Tag: Providence-warwick Convention And Visitors Bureau
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...
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...
Rhode Island will have big role in helping host Army-Navy football...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will play a significant role when Gillette Stadium plays host to one of college football’s oldest traditions in December 2023.
The...
Coronavirus pandemic deals sudden, crushing blow to R.I. businesses
Like many small businesses, Books on the Square has a manager who keeps a close eye on numbers and trends. More than three weeks...
Providence Restaurant Weeks arrives with summer
PROVIDENCE – When the outside temperature heats up, savvy foodies know it is time to make plans to take part in Providence Restaurant Weeks....
Marketing and sailing rewards, but departures too in 2018
R.I. Commerce Corp. last year unveiled a much-anticipated statewide tourism marketing campaign that included an updated website and digital ad initiative.
Both centered on what...
Lepore, Panaggio, Cooke, RWP Zoo honored at PWCVB annual meeting
PROVIDENCE – A healthy local hospitality industry was celebrated Wednesday evening at the Providence Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau annual meeting.
The group tallied a...
Providence to host 2019 Homebrew Con
PROVIDENCE – In 2019, homebrewers from across the nation will descend upon Providence as Rhode Island's capital city hosts the 2019 American Homebrewers Association's...
