Hospitality & Tourism

Hotel, restaurant revenue down in Feb.

Hospitality & Tourism 04/20/2009

PROVIDENCE — The recession continued to hurt the state’s hospitality industry in February, state tax collection figures show. Meal and beverage tax collections in Rhode...

STEVE MARRA, left, and Bill Pinelli, of Pinelli Marra Restaurant Group, are
confident people will continue dining out. /

Eateries count on customer loyalty

Hospitality & Tourism 04/20/2009

As Rhode Island was slipping into recession a year and a half ago, Providence restaurateur Gianfranco Marrocco took a close look at customer trends...

MAKING ROOM: Jeffrey T. Karam, vice president of First Bristol Corporation, shows off the new Hampton Inn & Suites Providence Downtown, which has a 1,200-square-foot function room on the top floor. /

Hotels competing on package deals

Hospitality & Tourism 04/18/2009

Despite having led multiple tours of the new Hampton Inn & Suites Providence Downtown in just a few days, Jeffrey T. Karam still stopped...

Block Island marina expansion ruling appealed … twice

Hospitality & Tourism 04/17/2009

PROVIDENCE – The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) has filed two appeals to Superior Court Justice Netti C. Vogel’s Feb. 24 ruling that allows Champlin’s...

InsureMyTrip to present at Geeks tonight

Hospitality & Tourism 04/13/2009

PROVIDENCE – Online travel insurance provider InsureMyTrip.com will be the featured presenter at tonight’s monthly meeting of Providence Geeks, the local networking group for...

Despite economy, new eateries are opening

Hospitality & Tourism 04/13/2009

“I get in trouble for saying this, but I really believe we’re not so much in a financial recession as a recession of trust,”...

MICHAEL DEL SESTO, owner of Advantage Glass, has filed a lien against Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse in relation to window work the firm has been performing at the Dynamo House project. /

Dynamo House work stalls as contractors seek pay

Hospitality & Tourism 04/13/2009

Construction has stalled on the Dynamo House, the $137 million mixed-use redevelopment on Providence’s waterfront that includes the long-planned Heritage Harbor Museum. At least...

THE NEW bathhouse is slated to be 2,478 square feet, three times as larger as the structure it is replacing. /

Construction starts on Salty Brine bathhouse

Hospitality & Tourism 04/09/2009

NARRAGANSETT – At Salty Brine State Beach, construction is underway on a new 2,478-square-foot, two-level bathhouse that will be more than three times larger...

THE IAC, now it its 13th year, was established to recognize outstanding achievement in Internet advertising. Entries are evaluated by judges drawn from the field, based on creativity, innovation, impact, design, copywriting and use of the medium. /

Verizon, Cox, NYLO reap Web-ad honors

Hospitality & Tourism 04/08/2009

BOSTON – Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), Cox Communications and NYLO Hotels are among the winners in the Web Marketing Association’s 2009 Internet Advertising...