Tag: Providence Marriott Downtown
UPDATED: R.I. Congressional Manufacturing Summit Postponed
UPDATED March 12: The Rhode Island Manufacturers Association has postponed its congressional summit, due to the increased risk of the virus associated with COVID-19. The...
‘Intangible’ holiday gifts are big business for spas, hotels
“Give the gift of time.” It’s a sales pitch for a watch, right? Not always. Sometimes the gift of time is actual time – quiet time,...
R.I. tourism inches toward sustainability as threats from climate change, ‘overtourism’...
About 25 million visitors drive, fly and sail into Rhode Island each year. Mansions, restaurants, theaters and historical sites attract their fair share of...
R.I. high school students hone their hospitality chops at career conference
The Rhode Island Hospitality Education Foundation recently held a Hospitality Student Career Conference for 150 high school students who are currently enrolled in a...
PBN Health Care summit addresses industry trends, problems
PROVIDENCE – Employers are wasting almost all of the money they invest in workplace- wellness programs because they simply don’t understand the lives, problems...
Optimism tempered by uncertainty
Rhode Island’s economy is doing well, but a handful of perennial bugaboos, along with actions at the federal level, have dampened the business community’s...
Are your health care dollars wasted?
The 2019 health plan open-enrollment season is kicking off for many Rhode Island employers. Each year the rising cost of health care takes its...
PBN names 2018 Business Women honorees
PROVIDENCE — Sandra J. Pattie, president and CEO of BankNewport, has been named the 2018 Career Achiever in the 2018 Providence Business News Business...
Application deadline for PBN Business Women Awards honors approaches
PROVIDENCE – Two weeks remain to submit nominees for PBN’s 2018 Business Women Awards program. Applications are due on April 11 by 5 p.m. Honorees will...
RICPG conference focuses on gambling prevention, legal issues
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling will host its third annual conference at the Providence Marriott Downtown on Friday, March 9, in...
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