Tourism

Creative Economy
May 17

WaterFire looks to region for help designing sustainable future

WaterFire Providence is asking its supporters for help in an “unusual” way. The nonprofit organization was recently named one of 14 semifinalists in the ArtsFwd 2013 Business Unusual National Challenge, and it’s looking for online votes to help it come out on top.
Editorials
May 11

Collaboration likely to yield results

Thanks to efforts by the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau, a number of Rhode Island’s most interesting, but less trafficked, cultural attractions are likely to experience attendance increases this year.
Hospitality & Tourism
May 11

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer

Storm-damaged Cliff Walk expected to stay open

Newport dodged the worst of Hurricane Sandy last fall, but the damage it did sustain threatened a key piece of the city’s expansive tourism infrastructure: the Cliff Walk.
Hospitality & Tourism
May 11

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer

City to host foodie conference

It was a palm-in-the-face kind of moment that led Seth Resler, a culinary enthusiast and social enterpriser, to realize Providence was the place to hold what he calls the nation’s first food-tourism conference.
Tourism
May 11

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer

Summer sounds fill R.I. coffers

Music is one of Rhode Island’s top summer draws, headlined by the Newport jazz and folk festivals, which unfold enticingly on the grounds of Fort Adams State Park along Newport Harbor, framed by the Pell Bridge.
Nonprofit
May 11

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer

WaterFire hopes to avoid sequestration pinch

WaterFire plans to send its enchanting flames over the waterways of downtown Providence with 11 full lightings in 2013. At least that’s the schedule, the buildup to which was anything but typical this year due to added complexities of sequestration and public concern about security since the Boston Marathon bombing in April.
Hospitality & Tourism
May 11

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer

Luring tourists off beaten paths

For nonprofit museums and historical sites off the beaten path or public radar, there’s never enough publicity, promotion or cross-organizational cooperation to get the word out.
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