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Hospitality leaders urge sector to proceed with caution at annual outlook...

WARWICK – Hotel and restaurant owners will need to balance opportunity with caution in 2026, said National Restaurant Association’s Chief Economist Chad Moutray during...
FAROUK RAJAB, president and CEO of the R.I. Hospitality Association. / COURTESY R.I. HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION

R.I. eatery workforce anticipated to increase this summer amid nationwide dining...

NEWPORT – Ocean State restaurants will increase their summer workforce by 17%, according to national projections, placing Rhode Island among the top four states...

In hospitality sector: ‘The No. 1 issue now … is the...

PROVIDENCE – With a consensus forecast that the probability of a recession in the next 12 months is more probable than not, hospitality industry...
Cristin O’Hara

Restaurant industry proves resiliency as it rebuilds

Like countless other industries, the restaurant industry has been completely redefined by the COVID-19 pandemic. Restaurant owners felt optimistic about the post-COVID world but...
Bruce Newbury

This celebrity chef cooks for celebrities

Rhode Island has a never-ending variety and seemingly endless source of creators and innovators, or “makers,” who are cooking up something new on an...
EXPERTS SAID it was "virtually impossible" to predict Rhode Island hospitality figures for next year due to the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic at the 17th annual Rhode Island Hospitality Association Economic Outlook Breakfast. / COURTESY NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION

Experts say R.I. hospitality, tourism industries could take years to come...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had been expecting moderate growth in the restaurant industry and modest lodging industry growth into next year. What these industries...
Bruce Newbury

Some restaurants make good out of a disaster

It appears that when we emerge from this coronavirus crisis, it will not be all at once but in segments, perhaps industry by industry....
Bruce Newbury

State of dining distinction

There are many reasons why Rhode Island is consistently such a popular culinary destination both for those who want to taste and experience, as...
Bruce Newbury

Local culinary high school anything but elementary

One of Newport’s oldest restaurants is not on the waterfront or Bellevue Avenue. The Colonial Dining Room, which opened in 1973, is a 60-seat...
Bruce Newbury

Not a recipe for failure

Recently, two East Greenwich restaurants on Main Street abruptly closed their doors. The story is that in mid-May, The Grille on Main, a mainstay on...
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