Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers

This darling of the convention circuit is an absolute behemoth, boasting 1,209 rooms and the largest hotel ballroom in the Midwest. An equally spacious lobby with imported marble and rich wood accents has huge picture windows overlooking the river, making it a sedate spot in which to sip a cup of coffee from the Java Bar. Serenity continues with the lobby’s perpetual waterfalls, in black granite. *High-speed Internet (via cable in rooms).