June 11, 2006
 
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Chicagoan in Travel Industry Lauds HNN Editor’s Note
 
Dear Editor: Thanks for the “Editors Note” at the end of this article [a Scripps Howard story on vacation destinations for residents of Las Vegas on all three HNN sites].
 
Ms. Ruiz had plenty of [nerve] to mention any hesitation (much less what she actually said!!), on record, of anyone visiting Chicago for vacations and/or pleasure. As both someone who has worked in the travel industry, in and for Chicago AND AS a native Chicagoan, I am seriously offended by her comments! Chicago, as a convention town, may long for the business that Vegas gained from our losses…[but] as a place of and for leisure, Chicago has Vegas topped in 8 of 10 categories. We don’t have the gambling but everything else is top notch in Chicago—and many of the luxuries Las Vegas has were thought of by and in Chicago, so they should be thanking us!!
 
I am now quite a supporter of Huntington News Network now that I see that you took the matters into your own hands here and politely corrected Ms. Ruiz on where she really is wrong and made a point to mention that Chicago has much to offer. Many people tire of Vegas in 3-4 days, but if you spend that time in Chicago, you’re “barely scratching the surface,” as they say. Kudos to you and your organization. I look for future interesting articles.
 
Katherine Harris
Chicago, IL