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R.I. Commerce awards $220,000 contract for tourism development

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. board of directors on Monday awarded a contract to an Ohio-based firm to create a five-year tourism development...

Does Rhode Island need a recognizable marketing tagline or slogan to...

In March, Anika Kimble-Huntley, the state’s chief tourism marketer, told Providence Business News that R.I. Commerce Corp. was close to coming out with a...
ON GUARD: Becky and Tim Clark, owners of The Beachead restaurant on Block Island, say business hasn’t been quite as robust so far this summer. 
PBN PHOTO/ K. CURTIS

R.I. tourism stays local: Regional campaigns lead the way this summer

Just days before the start of the high season in Newport in early July, local tourism officials gathered to talk status and strategy. At the...
SLOW START? The Beachhead owners Becky and Tim Clark say business hasn’t been as busy as they’d hoped for yet this summer at their Block Island restaurant. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/
K. CURTIS

State tourism efforts could use a boost from new campaign

Within weeks of the poorly conceived 2016 rollout of the disastrous “Rhode Island: Cooler & Warmer” campaign, Rhode Island tourism leaders said they were...
THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS passing through Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport is climbing, and the Transportation Security Administration is projecting volume will grow this summer. The state is spending $4.5 million to promote air travel to Rhode Island. / COURTESY R.I. AIRPORT CORP.

R.I. airport passenger volume growing, but is it enough?

Things are looking up at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport with passenger counts climbing as the summer tourism season arrives and a $4.5...
HONOREES AND HONOREE REPRESENTATIVES pose with their Providence Business News 2023 C-Suite Awards following Thursday's awards event at the Omni Providence Hotel. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN’s C-Suite honorees lauded for addressing challenges, inspiring others

PROVIDENCE – Health care was a passion for Ann M. Kashmanian even before her time at Brown Medicine. Kashmanian, the CEO of the East Providence-based...
STATE ATTRACTION: Since becoming R.I. Commerce Corp.’s chief marketing officer, Anika Kimble-Huntley has increased the number of email addresses in VisitRhodeIsland.com’s database by 400%, through in-person  and online promotions. PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

R.I. Commerce’s Kimble-Huntley’s career is full of entertainment

2023 C-Suite Awards Government Agency: Anika Kimble-Huntley | R.I. Commerce Corp. chief marketing officer A MARKETER WHOSE TRANSCONTINENTAL CAREER began with toy maker Hasbro Inc., jumped...
ANN M. KASHMANIAN, CEO of Brown Medicine, has been named the 2023 Career Achiever for PBN's C-Suite Awards program. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Brown Medicine’s Kashmanian named Career Achiever in PBN’s 2023 C-Suite Awards...

PROVIDENCE – Ann M. Kashmanian, CEO of Brown Medicine, has been named the 2023 Career Achiever for Providence Business News’ annual C-Suite Awards program. Kashmanian,...
TABLE TALK: Anika Kimble-Huntley, second from left, chief marketing officer at R.I. Commerce Corp., confers with her staff at the R.I. Commerce headquarters in Providence. The staff includes, from left, Mark Brodeur, director of international and domestic group sales; Lindsay Russell, deputy director of communications and stakeholder engagement; and Robin Erickson, domestic tourism and marketing operations director.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

ATTRACTION STRATEGY: R.I.’s chief tourism marketer setting plan to entice visitors...

With the start of the peak tourism season approaching, Anika Kimble-Huntley is eyeing the billions of ­dollars that potential visitors to Rhode Island could...
BIG DRAW: The Ocean Race is coming back to Newport for a week in May. More than 100,000 people visited the race village in Newport in 2015, pictured above, and again in 2018. 
COURTESY OCEAN RACE/MARC BOW

With recession looming, think big on tourism

This is a big year for Rhode Island tourism, starting with the impending release of the first major statewide campaign since 2017. Rhode Island tourism...
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