Tag: Hospitality
Rhode Island can keep getting better
(Editor’s note: This essay is part of PBN’s 35th anniversary publication, which can be viewed here.)
Rhode Island has come a long way in the...
Refugees could help employers
Businesses and community groups preparing to welcome an estimated 250 refugees from Afghanistan expected to settle in Rhode Island deserve thanks and, more importantly,...
Pandemic relief programs still have aid available
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses in the hard-hit arts and hospitality industries were forced to shutter. But drawing from state grant funding, Brooklyn...
At JWU, hospitality professionals share stories of perseverance
PROVIDENCE – A panel of local hospitality professionals Wednesday discussed how they survived and, in some cases, thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic that has...
Meixell to lead JWU College of Business
MARY MEIXELL was recently named the new dean for the Johnson & Wales University College of Business. She brings to the university more than...
CakeSafe LLC
THE STORY: In 1989, Scott Chapin invented a box to protect the wedding cakes his wife, Juli, made and she used it on a...
Ocean State Shields LP
THE STORY: Ocean State Shields LP, based in Providence, was founded to help address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Co-founded by Allyson Cote and Todd...
How the Hospitality Industry Can Weather the COVID-19 Storm
To say that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the hospitality landscape is an understatement. The changes due to the pandemic have brought most of...
Survive and advance
Daniel P. McConaghy | R.I. Convention Center Authority executive director
There’s a popular phrase in the college basketball universe: Survive and advance.
It’s about using the...
Federal pandemic aid can help now and the long term
While Rhode Island state leaders are focused on hoarding an estimated $1.1 billion in new federal pandemic aid, a different political dynamic is playing...
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