The Scoop from IT&ME

Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Ill., 45 minutes west of Chicago, underwent a $14 million renovation last year and is redoing its lobby this winter. Completion is expected by February. The 473-room resort has 100,000 square feet of meeting space, a spa, and an 18-hole championship golf course; plus the historic town of St. Charles, full of boutique shopping.

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