Government Meetings by Palmer House Hilton

The Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel understands the challenges you are facing when planning Government meetings from strict guidelines which include budget restrictions to lengthy approval processes.  We have created tools to ease the systems in place to make the process a smooth and successful one for you.

• Contracting:  Easy to do business with;  extensive experience working with Government groups.
• Food and Beverage:  Can work within per diem requirements while providing creative options.
• Audio/Visual:  Flexibility to use your preferred production vendor as well as our in house partner, PSAV.
• Central Standard:  Ease of access from coast to coast, with two airports and nearly 3,000 inbound flights per day.
• Sustainability:  Environmentally-friendly practices recognized by the city of Chicago and Hilton Worldwide
• Security:  Our security team has Presidential (Secret Service) and Foreign Dignitary Experience.
• Dining:  Lockwood Restaurant, Lobby Bar, Potter’s Chicago Burger Bar, and Starbucks located on site that offer items within daily per diem for attendees.
• Location:  Positioned in the heart of downtown near local and regional agencies with even more per diem, affordable local neighborhood dining options walking distance from hotel.
• Transportation:  Easy access from the airports to the hotel.  Public transit at $2.50 to $35 taxi ride.  Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel is located one block from the CTA orange train line providing direct service to Midway Airport, and two blocks from the CTA blue train line providing direct service to O’Hare Airport.  Reference CTA train system and map information.
• History:  In addition to the hotel history, we have hosted many government agencies over the past with monumental success.
• Government Per Diem:  Ability to offer Government Per Diem rates established for the city of Chicago in 2018 as follows:

2018 Per Diem

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
$130	$130	$130	$215	$215	$215	$193	$193	$226	$226	$226	$130

2019 Per Diem

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
$131	$131	$131	$219	$219	$219	$183	$183	$223	$223	$223	$131