Oak Brook, Chicago

The village of Oak Brook, Illinois, is soliciting proposals from agencies with experience executing marketing campaigns and strategies for the hotel industry.

The Chicago suburb, which counts a population of about 8,000, is located about 15 miles west of the Chicago Loop. It's the current headquarters of companies such as Ace Hardware, Blistex, Federal Signal, TreeHouse Foods and Lions Clubs International.

The village seeks to enter a multi-year contract with an agency that can plan, design and implement a marketing strategy and campaign that enhances the image of Oak Brook and promotes leisure demand and travel to the village as well as increased bookings at Oak Brook hotels.

In addition to creating a marketing plan for the village, the contracted agency also needs to manage website content and update websites with new digital content.

Proposals are due by 2:00 p.m. (CST) on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, and should be mailed or delivered to:

Rania Serences
Senior Purchasing Assistant
Village of Oak Brook
1200 Oak Brook Road
Oak Brook, IL 60523

All bidding agencies should include three copies of their proposals and one assembled PDF copy (on a USB drive) in a sealed envelope marked “Development and Implementation – Hotel Marketing Campaign.”

Questions should be directed to Village Manager Greg Summers, [email protected], by 12:00 p.m. (CST) on Tuesday, January 17. 

Download the RFP (PDF).