AAA: 2.5M New Englanders to travel for July 4
PROVIDENCE – Roughly 2.5 million New England residents are expected to travel for Independence Day, according to AAA Northeast Tuesday.Overall in the United States,...
Five Questions With Kristen Adamo
Kristen Adamo | President and CEO, Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau1. You were promoted to president and CEO of the Providence Warwick...
Pinwheel lets you decide what tours are worth
A free tour may not sound like a practical business model, but Bradly VanDerStad, owner of Bradly J. LLC – doing business as Pinwheel...
Downtown Providence Parks Conservancy receives $35K from Providence Tourism Council
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Foundation’s Downtown Providence Parks Conservancy program has been awarded $35,000 from the Providence Tourism Council, the foundation announced Monday.The funds...
PBN on WJAR-TV, June 17, 2019
From Block Island to the state’s urban centers, boutique is the watchword for preferred hotel experiences.Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on...
Boutique hotels go mainstream
Early on a chilly Wednesday morning just before Memorial Day weekend, Christopher Bicho walks into the Town & Tide Inn in Newport. An aroma...
Boutique Revival
Since November 2017 there have been 15 boutique hotel construction and/or renovation projects completed or announced in three Ocean State communities. Combined, the projects...
Puglisi named new general manager of The Vanderbilt
MASSIMILIANO PUGLISI was recently named the new general manager of The Vanderbilt mansion hotel in Newport. Puglisi, a native of Italy, has worked in...
Collection of 5% hotel tax in March up on hosting platform...
PROVIDENCE – The collection of the 5% hotel tax in Rhode Island in March totaled $1.14 million, a 3% increase year over year, according...
Collette CEO named 2019 Pawtucket Person of the Year
DANIEL J. SULLIVAN JR., CEO of Collette Travel Service Inc., was recognized as the 2019 Pawtucket Person of the Year by the Pawtucket Foundation...
