Tag: Rhode Island Hospitality Association
R.I.’s hospitality industry expects moderate growth in 2020
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island can expect moderate growth in the restaurant industry and modest lodging industry growth into next year, state and regional experts...
Visas fill hundreds of summer jobs
It’s midsummer, and Susan Tosun is still waiting on a few Newport residents who were offered seasonal jobs to get back to her.
Each year...
Boutique hotels go mainstream
Early on a chilly Wednesday morning just before Memorial Day weekend, Christopher Bicho walks into the Town & Tide Inn in Newport. An aroma...
State of dining distinction
There are many reasons why Rhode Island is consistently such a popular culinary destination both for those who want to taste and experience, as...
Adapt to disruptors – or perish? New players are disrupting a...
Where have all the apartments gone? On Aquidneck Island, and particularly Newport, the listing of an affordable, livable, two-bedroom home now draws a frenzy...
Flanagan joins Rhode Island Hospitality Association board of directors
CRANSTON – In a late December announcement, Tim Flanagan, general manager of the Kirkbrae Country Club in Lincoln, was named to the Rhode Island...
Five Questions With: Sarah Bratko
Sarah Bratko is the manager of governmental affairs for the Rhode Island Hospitality Association, which represents more than 800 hospitality-related businesses in the state,...
Raimondo forms task force to tackle plastic pollution
In three years, seven Rhode Island cities and towns have begun banning single-use plastic bags – the ones distributed by grocery stores that often...
Rhode Island culinary culture recognized near and far
Rhode Island continues to receive national and international accolades for our leading-edge culinary culture.
On Sept. 12, the Rhode Island Hospitality Association hosted the 15th...
In regulation, the small things add up fast
The pervasiveness of state-imposed regulations has been a topic of contention for years among the business community in Rhode Island.
“Manufacturing employers there are...
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