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STAR ATTRACTION: Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau Director of National Accounts Kerri Furtado creates opportunities to bring meetings and conventions of all sizes to the region, helping fuel a high economic impact for Rhode Island. 
PBN PHOTO/JOSH EDENBAUM

Kerri Furtado

PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2025 KERRI FURTADO Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau Director of national accounts SELLING RHODE ISLAND as a destination she truly...

PBN’s 2025 Leaders & Achievers celebrated and honored

WARWICK – Twenty-two local business industry leaders were formally recognized Thursday evening for their leadership efforts across multiple sectors in Providence Business News’ 2025...

PBN unveils 2025 Leaders & Achievers honorees

PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News has named 22 honorees for its 2025 Leaders & Achievers Awards program. The individuals chosen for this year’s program –...

Time ticking on World Cup push

With just a year to go before hundreds of thousands of soccer fans are expected to flood into the region for the 2026 FIFA...

R.I. hopes to again score big with ‘March Madness’ in town

PROVIDENCE – True basketball madness is coming to Rhode Island’s capital city for the first time in close to a decade. With that, local hospitality...
APPROXIMATLY 160 PEOPLE attended Providence Business News' 2024 C-Suite Awards ceremony, which recognized 12 local business leaders, at the Omni Providence Hotel. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

URI Research Foundation’s Rumsey, CIC Providence’s Messier among honorees recognized at...

PROVIDENCE – Peter Rumsey feels that true leadership is not about commanding or receiving personal gain, but rather serving others and empowering them to...
THE BOSTON COLLEGE men's hockey team celebrates an overtime win March 31 over Quinnipiac University in the NCAA Division I Men's Hockey Tournament at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence. The hockey regional brought in $1.9 million in economic impact to the area. / COURTESY BOSTON COLLEGE MEN'S HOCKEY

NCAA hockey tourney, despite challenges, brought in $1.9M in economic impact

PROVIDENCE – Although hotel performance was weaker than what Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau officials hoped for on March 29-31, hockey “March Madness”...

URI Research Foundation’s Rumsey, CIC’s Messier among PBN’s 2024 C-Suite Awards...

PROVIDENCE – Peter Rumsey, chief business development officer for the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation, has been named the 2024 Career Achiever for...
DIGITAL SIGNAGE on the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence marks the upcoming Army-Navy football game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Early projections are that the state could have an direct spend economic impact of about $3.1 million with visitors coming into the state for the game. / PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Army-Navy expected to be a solid economic score for R.I.

PROVIDENCE – With the Army-Navy football game set to kick off at Gillette Stadium on 3 p.m. Saturday in Foxborough, Mass., Rhode Island is...

Rhode Island Comic Con expects another ‘massive’ turnout

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...
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