Illustrator files into InDesign and Editing

Hello,
I designed some pages in Illustrator that were intended to be coded as a web site, and now the client wants to print them for a trade show.
He's adding content, and now it looks as though there will be 16 pages.
The thought of re-creating, editing and then flattening and saving as PDF 16 pages separately (though using a template), makes my head spin a little, so I'm thinking I should use InDesign so I can have one multi-page document instead.
I've searched and found differing opinions on the most efficient way to achieve this.
One suggestion was to drag and drop from Illustrator to InDesign, but then I lose the text editing capabilities, which I will need because my client keeps making text changes.
I'm a little overwhelmed, and some advice on how best to approach this would be VERY much appreciated! The files are basically just a couple of layered background colors, a photo with a title at 85% opacity and text.
Thanks for any help!
Jen

The thought of re-creating,
Why re-creating?
Me, I would keep Illustrator files in Illustrator. If you want to put them together to make one big PDF, maybe it would make sense to Place each one on a page in Indesign, but make the edits in Illustrator and update the links in Indesign.
I don't have Illustrator CS4 yet, but I read somewhere that it finally does multipage AI files. So if you have AI CS4 you could combine your files into one file (I think).
Ken

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