The Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association (IHLA) hosted the organization’s 2025 Stars of the Industry Awards at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel on Dec. 11. The awards ceremony, which included a luncheon, honored Illinois hotel employees chosen by peers as going above and beyond in their jobs. The IHLA awardees included Sheila Miller of The Gwen Hotel in Chicago in the Housekeeping category, Jérémy Foissac of Adorn Bar & Restaurant at the Four Seasons Chicago as top Mixologist, and Brit McKinney of the Hampton Inn Decatur/Mt. Zion as Hotelier of the Year. Encore, with a U.S. base in Schiller Park, handled most of the decor; Chicago’s Fig Media furnished a DJ; and the band Libido Funk Circus energized many of the 1,325 attendees from the Illinois hospitality industry.
 honored hospitality employees at the 2025 Stars of the Industry awards gala in Schaumburg.){kind=link}