Hospitality & Tourism

GASOLINE PRICES CONTINUED TO CLIMB last week as crude oil traded higher on international markets and the summer driving season got under way. /

AAA: R.I. gas prices up nearly $1 in ’09

Hospitality & Tourism 06/15/2009

PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices climbed for the ninth week in a row as the cost of a gallon rose 7 cents in Rhode Island...

Editorial Cartoon: ‘Fill ‘er up’

Hospitality & Tourism 06/13/2009

A rather large man, eating a half dozen donuts and drinking both hot and iced coffee, says, “I hope I can eat enough to...

WHERE MILK IS HONEY: EMMA Acres owners Scooter and Cynthia LaPrise joined the Rhody Fresh Milk cooperative, bringing the group’s membership to nine farms. /

Rhody Fresh cooperative helping farmers survive

Hospitality & Tourism 06/13/2009

In February 2008, when the price of milk was at a highpoint, the LaPrise family bought 30 head of dairy cattle, built a new...

THE TOURO SYNAGOGUE is looking to attract more visitors this year with the opening of a visitor’s center and letter written by then-President George Washington in 1790. /

Attendance up, wait gone at The Breakers mansion

Hospitality & Tourism 06/13/2009

A well-received audio tour of The Breakers and the planned opening of a visitors’ center at the nation’s oldest synagogue are two of the...

FROM THE GROUND UP: A one-story building, right, wil be built next to an existing structure at 159 Weybosset St. that will be restored by developer Stanley Weiss. /

Plans for former Tefft-building site unveiled

Hospitality & Tourism 06/13/2009

On a slim, vacant lot along Weybosset Street, Stanley Weiss, the developer who refurbished the Hotel Providence, is planning to build a one-story, retail...

THE R.I. SUPREME COURT is going to consider the Superior Court decision to allow Champlin's Marina to expand its marina in Block Island's Great Salt Pond. /

Supreme Court to hear Champlin case

Hospitality & Tourism 06/09/2009

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Supreme Court today announced that it has decided to weigh in on a Superior Court decision that would allow Champlin’s...

THE OWNERS OF TWIN RIVER have told the state that unless the slot parlor received help with its indebtedness by the end of this legislative session, it likely will seek bankruptcy protection. /

Twin River threatens bankruptcy filing

Hospitality & Tourism 06/08/2009

LINCOLN – Twin River said today that it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the end of June if it cannot restructure its...

CELEBRATING THE RESULTS of the NYLO Sales Apprenticeship contest are, from left, Michael Cerio, communications manager of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, the beneficiary of the contest; Christine Nevers, GM, NYLO Providence/Warwick; Genna Lepore, NYLO sales apprenticeship winner; John Russell, CEO, NYLO Hotels; Maria Pichardo NYLO sales internship winner. /

NYLO chooses ‘apprentice’ after contest

Hospitality & Tourism 06/08/2009

WARWICK – Genna Lepore, of Providence, has won the NYLO Providence/Warwick Sales Apprenticeship Contest and earned a paid position with the hotel sales team...

FROM LEFT: Roy Nascimento, president and CEO of New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce; Nelson Hockert-Lotz, owner of Perfect Pizza Inc.; James R. Pratt, managing partner at Hodgson Pratt & Associates; and Thomas F. Lyons, president and CEO of BankFive. /

Chamber, BankFive tap Perfect Pizza for award

Hospitality & Tourism 06/07/2009

The New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce and BankFive recognized Perfect Pizza Inc., a Domino’s Pizza franchise, with the 2009 Greater New Bedford Small...