Wicklund new exec. chef at Napa Valley
Erik Wicklund has been named executive chef for Napa Valley Grille at the chain’s Providence Place location. Wicklund brings a diverse amount of experience...
Taunton ice cream startup gets $18M
TAUNTON – MooBella Inc., a company that has created a made-to-order hard-scoop ice cream vending machine, has secured $18 million in Series A funding...
Getting to attractions in R.I. is part of pitch
When visitors arrive in Providence or Newport for conventions or business meetings, they are hardly stuck in one spot. They move around – from...
Teleconferencing, video streams reduce travel
Corporate meetings have come a long way since the days of overhead projectors. Many companies no longer spend hundreds of thousands of dollars flying...
Creativity becomes key selling point for city
The fact that Providence is now a branded city – “The Creative Capital,” a much-ballyhooed naming campaign that was rolled out earlier this year...
To survive, small venues go ‘above and beyond’
The trend for business meetings in 2009 can be summed up as fewer, shorter, smaller, less frilly, more self-conscious and budgeted so tightly that...
Ocean State attractions make meetings fruitful
We live in the age of the meeting, at least those of us who operate in the corporate world. And that is not all...
TV chefs risk reputation for cash, prestige
Chefs are much like music students, composers or theatrical directors. They all seem to be searching for, as Nick Rabar, corporate executive chef of...
L.C. inn pitches estate memberships
The Stone House, an upscale seaside resort in Little Compton that reopened July 1, offers a form of property ownership rare in Rhode Island,...
Sailing into the past makes future healthy
Any event that brings 400-plus people into the state for five days of spending on lodging, meals, entertainment, and souvenirs is good news anytime....
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