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State program to award $3M to minority- and women-owned businesses

PROVIDENCE – Minority business enterprises can now apply for a portion of around $3 million in state funding for technical assistance, training, physical space...
SUMMER RETREAT: Families have been traveling to Block Island as a summer retreat for generations, helping ensure steady business at the island’s 35 hotels and its beaches. Revenue from the state’s hotel tax is a major source of income for the island, generating $2.97 million between fiscal years 2007 and 2017.  / PBN PHOTO/K. CURTIS

Kimble-Huntley sees tourism opportunity in ‘customizable experiences’

PROVIDENCE – Anika Kimble-Huntley, chief marketing officer at R.I. Commerce Corp., sees signs of a tourism bounce back in the Ocean State despite ongoing...
THE R.I. COMMERCE CORP. board of directors is set to vote on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, on the establishment of RI Rebounds Small Business and Impacted Industry Program, and whether to authorize additional funding for project management, program support vendors, technical assistance providers, and outreach and marketing vendors to support the effort. / COURTESY R.I. COMMERCE CORP.

Commerce board delays consideration of funding to support RI Rebounds

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp.’s board of directors was poised on Monday to put federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to work to help...
RHODE ISLAND COMMERCE CORP. on Wednesday announced $16 million in grants awarded to small businesses and nonprofits through a host of state COVID-19 relief programs.

R.I. Commerce awards $16M in grants to small businesses, nonprofits

PROVIDENCE - The state on Wednesday awarded $16.1 million in funding to small businesses and nonprofits across three COVID-19-related grant programs. The funding announced by...
Dale Venturini / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Five Questions With: Dale Venturini, CEO and president of the Rhode...

1. What steps has the Rhode Island Hospitality Association taken to help restaurants stay on their feet during the pandemic? We have provided a...
RHODE ISLAND'S 5 PERCENT hotel tax collections totaled $922,558 in February. The Omni Providence Hotel, pictured above, accounted for $69,610 of the tax collection for the month. / PBN FILE PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

R.I. collects $922.6K in 5% hotel tax in Feb.

PROVIDENCE – Collection of the 5 percent hotel tax in Rhode Island in February totaled $922,558, a 15.2 percent increase year over year, according...
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