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Rhode Island Comic Con expects another ‘massive’ turnout

Economic Activity 11/02/2023

PROVIDENCE – Building on record attendance in 2022, Rhode Island Comic Con kicks off Friday with organizers projecting 100,000 visitors over the three-day event. The...

Application deadline for 2022 PBN Manufacturing Awards Program extended

Industries 09/23/2022

PROVIDENCE – The application deadline for PBN’s 2022 Manufacturing Awards Program has been extended to Sept. 28. Honorees will be recognized during the Manufacturing Awards...

STANDING READY: Outside Hammetts Hotel in Newport are, from left, General Manager Randi Milewski, Colin Kane and Sam Bradner, two of the hotel owners, and Sarah Eustis, CEO of the Main Street Hospitality Group, the company handling the hotel’s management. The hotel opened in June amid the uncertainty of the pandemic. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Hotel industry has been desolated, but some are betting on big...

Coronavirus 11/20/2020

In a normal year, early November is a shoulder season in Newport. Christopher Bicho, who owns six leisure-market hotels in the coastal area, would...

LOOKING AHEAD: Hammetts Hotel opened in Newport in June. Owners don’t expect to lay anyone off this winter. From left: General Manager Randi Milewski; Colin Kane and Sam Bradner, two owners; and Sarah Eustis, CEO of the Main Street Hospitality Group, which is managing the hotel. / PBN ARCHIVE PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Winter looks bleak for hotels, but many are taking long view

Coronavirus 11/20/2020

Winter is coming, and while White Walkers from the long-running HBO television series “Game of Thrones” are not on the local horizon, it is...

CLASSES IN SESSION: Stacy Sadlier, human resources director at Seven Stars Bakery LLC, says when the bakery was forced to lay off many of its workers during the shutdown, some employees lost access to English-learning courses. They have now resumed in a distance-learning format. The bakery hopes to recall its workers by the end of June. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Training on core skills still crucial in crisis

Coronavirus 05/29/2020

While many workforce-development initiatives in Rhode Island are aimed at training people in highly skilled labor, such as pipefitting and computer-assisted manufacturing, others seek...

BROWN UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT Christina H. Paxson addresses the crowd at PBN's 18th Business Excellence Awards program, held Wednesday evening at the Omni Hotel Providence. Paxson received the program's top honor for Business Leadership. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Paxson, Babineau lead honorees at PBN 2018 Business Excellence Awards

PBN Award Winners 11/08/2018

PROVIDENCE – With more than 225 of the region’s business leaders in attendance, Brown University President Christina H. Paxson and Lifespan President and CEO...

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