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Despite consumer comfort, inflation reinforces pressure on hospitality industry

Economic Activity 06/27/2022

PROVIDENCE – As inflation hits its highest rates in decades, the hospitality industry is feeling the impacts of widespread financial strain despite consumers' increasing...

PLACESETTER: Angela Craig prepares the dining room at Newport’s historic Admiral Fitzroy Inn, where she started as the innkeeper in 2004. / PBN FILE PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Admiral Fitzroy Inn’s Craig became part of Newport historic inn’s fabric

Business Women 05/27/2022

Business Women Awards 2022 Achievement Honoree Angela Craig, Admiral Fitzroy Inn BEFORE BECOMING INKEEPER at Newport’s historic Admiral Fitzroy Inn in 2004, Angela Craig and her...

UNIQUE OFFERING: Harmony Oschefski is co-owner of The Bodhi Spa LLC, with locations in Newport and Providence, where she and her sister, Cedar Hwang, offer clients what they call the Water Journey, a sauna session followed by a plunge in cold water. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Oschefski’s spa venture with Bodhi Spa picking up steam

Business Women 05/27/2022

Business Women Awards 2022 Achievement Honoree Harmony Oschefski, The Bodhi Spa LLC THE BODHI SPA LLC co-owner Harmony Oschefski built her business around family memories full...

Are Tax Savings Waiting on Your Doorstep?

Branded Content 05/02/2022

Many restaurant and hotel property owners are often unaware of the opportunities for significant tax savings, and how to take advantage of them via...

Vermont-based firm to study tourism impacts on Block Island

Economy 03/28/2022

NEW SHOREHAM – The Block Island Tourism Council has contracted a firm to study societal and environmental impacts of tourism on Block Island. The study,...

LADDER 133 KITCHEN & SOCIAL on Friday received a surprise $50,000 gift from Ally Financial Inc. The money is being used to pay bonuses for the restaurant's employees. / COURTESY LADDER 133 KITCHEN & SOCIAL

PC tourney run leads to $50K gift for local sports bar;...

Coronavirus 03/25/2022

PROVIDENCE – While the Providence College men’s basketball team was battling top-seeded University of Kansas Friday night in the NCAA Tournament’s “Sweet 16” round,...

Airbnb remits record $6M in 2021 tax revenue to R.I.

Economy 03/18/2022

PROVIDENCE – Airbnb, an online rental hosting platform, announced on Friday that it remitted a record $6 million in 2021 tax revenue to the...

Dining Out: Are gratuities shrinking?

Dining Out 03/18/2022

Signs are all around us of a return to normal. At long last, things appear to look more like the life we knew before...

MURPHY'S DELI & BAR was at maximum capacity around noon Thursday right as when the Providence College men's basketball team tipped off. / PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

‘March Madness,’ events could help springboard local bars past COVID-19

Economic Activity 03/11/2022

PROVIDENCE – At around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, drinks and food inside Murphy’s Deli & Bar were widely available, but not seats. Patrons packed the Irish...