CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2011. More than 400 of the tourism industry’s leading professionals attended the 2011 Illinois Governor’s Conference of Tourism, March 16-18 at the Donald E. Stephen Convention Center in Rosemont. The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Office of Tourism (DCEO/IOT) and the Illinois Council of Convention and Visitors Bureaus (ICCVB) together used this year’s theme of “Evolution Through Innovation” as a banner for demonstrating how the thriving tourism industry continues to be a key economic driver for the state.






