R.I. Commerce seeking tourism marketing leader with local knowledge
R.I. COMMERCE CORP. is seeking a chief marketing officer with local knowledge. Pictured above is the North Lighthouse on Block Island, which is a popular tourist attraction. / COURTESY BLOCK ISLAND TOURISM COUNCIL
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. is seeking candidates for its chief marketing officer position that have a working knowledge of Rhode Island and its assets.
The quasi-public state agency is not using a search firm to find candidates and is in the process of reviewing resumes.
It is something the state’s tourism leaders, who have stressed the need to have a chief marketing officer with local knowledge and marketing skills, agree with.
Dan McGowan moderates the forum, featuring Governor Dan McKee, business owner Jennifer Ortiz, and Kristen Adamo from the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau. There’s still time to sign up to watch.
COLLECTION OF the 5% hotel tax in Rhode Island in February declined 45% year over year. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE
PROVIDENCE – Collection of the 5% hotel tax in Rhode Island in February totaled $521,797, a 45% decline year over year, the R.I. Department of Revenue said on Monday.
Traditional hotels accounted for $469,049 of the total collection for the month, while hosting platforms and room resellers accounted for $52,748.
Regional tourism districts were allocated $202,632 of the tax, the largest share of which was for Aquidneck Island at $87,193. The Convention Authority of Providence saw the largest nominal decline year over year of all districts, galling $79,623 year over year to $25,260 in February.
Local artists partner with popular gift shop to help struggling restaurant workers in R.I.
Two local artists help reboot an â08 economic program, urging people to âBuy Localâ and support fellow Rhode Islanders
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Artist Michael Ezzell uses a hair dryer to dry the first printing of a graphic as he prints a design made by a fellow Rhode Island artist onto a t-shirt as part of the Buy Local Rhode Island t-shirt campaign. Shirts are being sold in the Buy Local RI project, which is donating 25% of all sales to the Rhode Island Hospitality Employee Relief Fund. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
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Providence businesses still struggling a year after the R.I. Convention Center was forced to close due to COVID-19
With the field hospital closed, but equipment still being stored in the Convention Center, local businesses wonder whether theyâll be able make it through more months without the usual crowds
By Alexa Gagosz Globe Staff,Updated March 10, 2021, 6:00 a.m.
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Ruth Ferrazzano owns Murphy s, which is an Irish-American pub and New York-style deli that has been open since 1929.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
PROVIDENCE â For the last 40 years, people would flock to Murphyâs Pub starting at 9 a.m. on St. Patrickâs Day. The Irish pubâs owner, Ruth Ferrazzano, would watch them gathered on Fountain Street, wearing layers of swinging emerald-colored Mardi Gras beads, four-leaf clover pins, and shades of green that ranged from chartreuse to a shadowy seaweed.