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THE GREATER PROVIDENCE area was named one of the best markets in the U.S. to host a convention. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Providence-Warwick named among top U.S. urban areas for conventions

PROVIDENCE –The Providence-Warwick area was named as one of the best medium-size U.S. cities to host a convention for 2018, according to MeetingSource.com (for the...
MARTHA SHERIDAN, president and CEO of Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau./ PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

PWCVB expects record year

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau expects to wrap 2017 with a 75 percent hotel room occupancy rate – a figure...
POPULAR RACE: Boats skim the water during the Team Vestas Wind In-Port Race in Newport at the Volvo Ocean Race in May 2015. The race contributes to making Newport an attractive touring destination.   / COURTESY VOLVO OCEAN RACE/AINHOA SANCHEZ

Eighteen months after the ‘Cooler & Warmer’ debacle, does R.I....

When Portsmouth-based Rail Explorers USA, which offers unusual tours on recumbent bicycles along abandoned rail lines, got some national press in late July, business...

Providence selected to host 2019 NAST Conference

PROVIDENCE – The National Association of State Treasurers will hold its 2019 Treasury Management Training Symposium at the R.I. Convention Center from May 21-24,...
IN THE THICK OF IT: Cara Cromwell, executive director of Rhode Island NGA 2017, poses in front of the Providence Performing Arts Center, one of four venues that will be featured in the National Governors Association annual summer meeting in July, which is being hosted by Rhode Island.  / PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

National governors’ meeting chance for R.I. to shine

Rhode Island has an opportunity to attract national attention in July, when the state hosts the National Governors Association summer meeting, a convention that...
THE RHODE TOUR 'Providence Walks' series now features three separate tours in historic Providence: Downtown, The West Side, and The East Side. /COURTESY PROVIDENCE WARWICK CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU

Rhode Tour mobile app launches new self-guided Providence tours

PROVIDENCE – Tourists in Providence will be able to escort themselves through historic city districts, with the addition of two new self-guided walking tours...

Workshop looks at city’s lesser-known attractions

Barbara Barnes started the workshop with a “Peanuts” comic. Linus is telling Charlie Brown about a trip he went on. All the hotels and...
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