US, July 13 -- The just-concluded 2025 Annual Convention of Destination International went out with a Bang at the House of Blues in Chicago last night.

An action-packed four-day agenda at the largest and arguably most confusing US Convention Center, the McCormick Convention Center, brought a record 2,000 delegates together from destinations in more than 30 countries.

image 6 | eTurboNews | eTN Well organized by Destination International and the Windy City.

Isabel Hill, the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Travel and Tourism and former Director of the National Travel and Tourism Office for the United States, summarized it all in her motivational acceptance speech for her award to be inducted into the Tourism Hall of Fame.

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