Mayor Mufi Hannemann is in Chicago today to participate in a roundtable discussion of travel and tourism issues with members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, tourism industry leaders, and U.S. Senator John McCain.

The Travel Business Roundtable event will follow an address by McCain to the National Restaurant Association, which had also invited all other presidential candidates to speak. Hannemann is participating as chairman of the U.S. Conference of Mayors Standing Committee on Tourism, Arts, Parks, Entertainment and Sports. Two other mayors will also participate: Manuel Diaz of Miami, incoming chair of the USCM; and Richard Daley of Chicago.