Tourism and hospitality now a major focus at Salve Regina University

TOURISM TRACK: Melissa Varao, an associate professor at the Salve Regina University School of Business, crafted a degree track for a tourism, hospitality and event management bachelor’s program, which is now enrolling students for fall classes. 
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DAVID HANSEN
TOURISM TRACK: Melissa Varao, an associate professor at the Salve Regina University School of Business, crafted a degree track for a tourism, hospitality and event management bachelor’s program, which is now enrolling students for fall classes. 
PBN PHOTO/
DAVID HANSEN

Between the soft sand beaches, Gilded Age mansions and nestled shops of Thames Street, Newport is undeniably one of Rhode Island’s most popular tourist destinations, in a state where visitors spent $6 billion in 2024 and supported nearly 90,000 jobs, according to state data. Yet despite Newport’s reliance on tourism, Salve Regina University, the city’s

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