Tag: Iftikhar Ahmad
S&P upgrades bond ratings for RIAC from A- to A
PROVIDENCE – Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings has raised its long-term and underlying ratings for the Rhode Island Airport Corp. from A- to A,...
Condé Nast readers rank T.F. Green 4th best airport in nation
WARWICK – Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport was recognized as the fourth best airport in the nation in Condé Nast Traveler’s 2022 Readers’...
New nonstop flights have R.I. tourism leaders salivating
Iftikhar Ahmad sees dollar signs in the winding security lines and crowds clumped around conveyor belts of suitcases at Rhode Island T.F. Green International...
Hopeful signs for tourism
As we leave another COVID winter behind, some hopeful signs for tourism are emerging along with the crocuses.
R.I. Commerce Corp. recently approved spending $3.4...
R.I. state airports to receive $45M in federal funds over 5...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s state-run airports will receive $45 million from the Federal Aviation Administration over the next five years to help upgrade and...
Kimble-Huntley: Time to be ‘thinking differently and thinking big’ on tourism
PROVIDENCE – “Thinking big is going to be one of the things that is going to set us apart from other states” on tourism,...
R.I. branding has been hit or miss
TOURISM
When R.I. Commerce Corp. decided to hire a chief marketing officer in late 2015, it made sense – bring in a person to guide...
Iftikhar Ahmad
Iftikhar Ahmad’s tenure as chief of the R.I. Airport Corp. has had its share of turbulence, but he’s managed to maintain his bearings through...
T.F. Green gets $14.8M federal grant
WARWICK – Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport has been awarded a $14.8 million federal grant that can be broadly used to boost...
PBN celebrates 35th anniversary with business community
WARWICK – Providence Business News on Thursday celebrated three and a half decades of providing business journalism to Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts at...
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