Traveling to Chicago for work- should I stay in the Westin (Michigan Ave) or the Aloft City Center?

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Westin! Omg Westin is so much better than Aloft. Hate Aloft.

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Gwen

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Westin or Renaisance

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Marriott on Michigan. Gym is bomb

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Westin on Wacker

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Gwen has noisy HVAC units and it gets noisy.

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100% Gwen

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