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SHOW FLOOR: Attendees and exhibitors interact at the Northeastern Retail Lumber Association expo hall at the R.I. Convention Center in Providence. Over the three days the NRLA expo was held in February, attendees booked 3,052 hotel rooms and spent $1.13 ­million. / COURTESY NRLA

Convention center eyes strong 2018

In February, hundreds of members of the Northeastern Retail Lumber Association poured into Providence to attend their annual industry expo at the R.I. Convention...
Bruce Newbury

Surcharges could impact consumer food prices in R.I., regardless of tolls

It’s no secret that Rhode Islanders like to do business in person. While in larger cities across the country the trend is for mega companies...

Farouk Rajab

Farouk Rajab has been named General Manager of the Providence Marriott Downtown. Previously he was the general manager of the Westin Minneapolis. Rajab is...
ON THURSDAY MORNING the Rhode Island Hospitality Association hosted its 14th annual Economic Outlook Breakfast. L to R: Dale Venturini, RIHA president and CEO, Hudson Riehle, National Restaurant Association SVP of research and knowledge group, Marvin L. Abey, chairman of the House Finance Committee, and Rachel Roginsky, principal of Pinnacle Advisory Group. / COURTESY RIHA

Steady, but slow growth reported at RIHA’s 14th annual Economic Outlook...

PROVIDENCE – Evidence for steady, moderate growth and predictions for the changing shape of the hospitality industry were presented at the 14th annual Rhode...

No longer a spectacle but still beloved by many, Ringling circus...

When Lawrence Records was a child in the 1960s he attended a special Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus performance at the Providence...
SHOWCASING VEGGIES: Local 121 buys all its food from local farms and vendors, so it's fresh as can be. /

Restaurant keeps it local with all its food supplies

If Local 121 were “just any other restaurant,” said Tree Callanan, “I wouldn’t have become involved.” But Local 121, which opened last month in...
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