Tag: Rhode Island Hospitality Association
Hospitality leaders urge sector to proceed with caution at annual outlook...
WARWICK – Hotel and restaurant owners will need to balance opportunity with caution in 2026, said National Restaurant Association’s Chief Economist Chad Moutray during...
Kerri Furtado
PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2025
KERRI FURTADO
Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau Director of national accounts
SELLING RHODE ISLAND as a destination she truly...
Coming together to help a neighbor in need
News of the devastating fire that destroyed the Matunuck Oyster Bar on May 20 swept through the Rhode Island restaurant community as quickly as...
Business, labor leaders share concerns about Trump tariff policies with Magaziner
CRANSTON – President Donald Trump’s tariff policy is rattling more than international markets. It’s fueling economic uncertainty among Rhode Island’s business and labor leaders.
“It’s...
Restaurateurs, hoteliers of tomorrow compete in R.I. ProStart competition
Food service industry professionals had an opportunity in late February to observe and evaluate the state’s top high school culinary and hospitality students as...
Davies Tech, Chariho Tech top performers at R.I. high school culinary...
WARWICK – The William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School in Lincoln and Chariho Career & Technical Center in Richmond were top...
Former R.I. tourism director DePetrillo dies
PROVIDENCE – David C. DePetrillo, who served as the state’s tourism director for 25 years, has died.
The Rhode Island Hospitality Association announced DePetrillo’s death...
Five Questions With: Sam Sacco
Sam Sacco is a senior business and economics lecturer at Salve Regina University. Sacco’s students, in partnership with the Rhode Island Hospitality Association, recently...
Study shows R.I. hospitality industry took $114M hit after Washington Bridge...
PROVIDENCE – A new joint report from the Rhode Island Hospitality Association and Salve Regina University econometrics students projects the state has taken a...
People power hospitality
Farouk Rajab | Rhode Island Hospitality Association, Rhode Island Hospitality Education Foundation CEO, president
At the heart of our industry, our associates are the driving...
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