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Bruce Newbury

Newbury: Food events are heating up

Summer has landed in a big way in Rhode Island. More accurately, a sweaty humid way. Here are two upcoming July food events to...

Most-read stories on PBN.com, June 2024


1. PBN announces 40 Under Forty honorees POSTED ONLINE: JUNE 10. Forty young professionals have been chosen as the winners of Providence Business News’...
Bruce Newbury

Tips for the future

The Rhode Island Hospitality Association Education Foundation is an essential resource for educators, industry professionals and those seeking opportunities. In May, the foundation hosted a...

R.I. Commerce Corp. announces $2.7M for tourism events and attractions

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp. on Tuesday announced that 24 local organizations will share in $2.7 million in federal funding to create new attraction...
STAR ATTRACTION: In the 2023 fiscal year, Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau Senior Vice President Thomas Riel’s team booked 224 events that will result in more than $102 million in direct spend revenue in future years for Rhode Island. 
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PWCVB’s Riel’s knack makes state a destination again

PBN C-Suite 2024 Awards SMALL PRIVATE COMPANY: Thomas Riel Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau | Senior vice president THOMAS RIEL GETS ­EXCITED talking about the...

Convention bureau reports $10M increase in visitor spending during March and...

PROVIDENCE – Visitor spending at hotels and conventions during March and April grew $10 million over the past two years, the Providence Warwick Convention...

Regional tourism leaders optimistic new slogan can be ‘All That’ and...

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp. recently unveiled a long-planned statewide marketing campaign, announcing to the world the Ocean State is “All That” and a...
ARTHUR S. ROBBINS, a co-founder of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau who also served for 41 years on HopeHealth's board of directors, died Tuesday at the age of 91. / COURTESY HOPEHEALTH

Former PWCVB founder, longtime HopeHealth board member Robbins dies at 91

PROVIDENCE – Arthur S. Robbins, a local business leader who co-founded the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau and served four decades on HopeHealth’s...

Convention bureau in midst of winning season with sports bookings

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau is reporting a banner year for sports bookings in 2024, having already secured 14 events...
TALKING IT OUT: R.I. Commerce Secretary Elizabeth M. Tanner, second from left, discusses the state’s economic picture at Providence Business News’ Economic Trends Summit on Jan. 24 at the Providence Marriott. Also participating in the panel discussion is, from left, William C. Tsonos, Bank Rhode Island CEO and president; Thomas Sweeney, owner and principal of Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal; Marianne Raimondo, dean of the Rhode Island College School of Business; and Kristen Adamo, president of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau. The discussion was moderated by PBN Editor Michael Mello, far right. 
PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Panel: ‘The hard part is figuring out what’s next’

A benefit of living in a state with the population of a large American city is its accessibility. What in New York or Los...
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