Tag: Hotels
R.I. hotel industry projecting $107.8M less in business travel revenue in...
PROVIDENCE – A new report has found that Rhode Island’s hotel industry is projected to end the year with $107.8 million less revenue from...
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...
Target hospitality inequities
Hotels and restaurants have been too busy trying to find enough workers this summer to sort through the long-term pandemic fallout.
But as this week’s...
‘Herculean effort’ needed for local hospitality industry to recover
PROVIDENCE – Farouk Rajab on Thursday said there is “no clear path forward” for economic recovery of his downtown hotel that has been crippled...
R.I. program to provide $20M in tourism, arts relief draws criticism...
PROVIDENCE – Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the beleaguered hotel industry in Rhode Island now has access to a dedicated program using federal...
Can R.I. tourism avoid summer of sadness?
From beach vacations to business conferences, travel-related tourism is the lifeblood of the state economy, generating $6.8 billion in 2018, according to a report...
Despite some permitting improvements, developers often ‘going nowhere fast’ in Providence
The developer of a riverfront hotel proposed for Providence gained initial approval from the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission a year ago, giving him clearance...
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