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Greater Newport Chamber, Discover Newport form taskforce to combat COVID-19

Business Services 05/22/2020

NEWPORT – Restore Greater Newport, an economic recovery and resilience task force, has been formed, the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce and Discover Newport...

PRIME LOCATION: The Newport Country Club is scheduled to host the U.S. Senior Open golf championship from June 25-28. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

For Senior Open, organizers trying to take right course of action

Coronavirus 03/27/2020

Planning for the 2020 U.S. Senior Open started at least 2½ years ago, when the U.S. Golf Association announced that it would hold the...

Tom McNiff Appointed to Discover Newport Board of Directors

People on the Move 02/27/2020

Tom McNiff, co-owner and operator of The General’s Crossing Brewhouse in Jamestown, has been appointed to Discover Newport’s Board of Directors representing the town...

CIRCUITOUS ROUTE: Geremie Callaghan worked in the music and cosmetics industries while living in New York City before returning to Rhode Island to open seafood restaurant Fluke in Newport with her husband, Jeff. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Winding career path led restaurateur home to Newport

Business Women 02/07/2020

Geremie Callaghan and her husband, Jeff, were on their third date, at LeBistro, on Bannister’s Wharf at Newport Harbor in 1993. The cozy restaurant proved...

Elizabeth Buckley Joins Discover Newport’s Board of Directors

People on the Move 11/19/2019

Elizabeth Buckley will represent the Town of Barrington on Discover Newport's Board of Directors. Buckley, who has called the coastal community home for the...

Discover Newport Welcomes New Video & Photo Editor Corey Favino

People on the Move 11/19/2019

Discover Newport has hired Corey Favino to serve as the organization’s Video & Photo Editor. Favino graduated from the University of Rhode Island in...

Geremie Callaghan Joins Discover Newport Board of Directors

People on the Move 11/19/2019

Geremie Callaghan will represent restaurants throughout Newport and Bristol Counties on the Discover Newport Board of Directors. Callaghan, a Newport native, has co-owned Fluke...

DRAMATIC CHANGE: Tom McGinn, captain and president, and Kristin Stone are co-owners of Providence Riverboat. After the company joined the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau, it shifted its business model from cocktail cruises to catering to the tourism industry and nearly tripled its revenue in the first year, Stone said.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Tourism: In search of coordination

Cover Story 07/26/2019

The Providence Riverboat Co. once served primarily local customers. Its boats would take groups out on the Providence River for cocktail cruises, leaving from...

Families and tourists enjoy some beach time on Block Island. / PBN FILE PHOTO/K. CURTIS

Tourism districts win funding boost

Hot Topic 07/05/2019

As the summer season heads toward its peak, Rhode Island’s six tourism districts’ budgets will see a long-awaited boost from taxes generated by housing...