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Hospitality & Tourism

  • May Golf Rounds Up In Mass.

    July 11, 2012

    Despite above-average temperatures and precipitation, Massachusetts golf courses fared better in May than they did during the same month a year ago, according to PGA PerformanceTrak.

    July 11, 2012
  • Summer Brings Life To ‘Restaurant Row’

    June 25, 2012

    With more than 40 restaurants on Shrewsbury Street's Restaurant Row, the Worcester strip has evolved over the past decade into a place where proprietors want to be, knowing it's a good bet the crowds will come.

    June 25, 2012
  • Behind The Sound Bite

    June 25, 2012

    Casino gambling is an entirely new animal for Massachusetts. But there remains much to be done before casinos can shuffle up and deal.

    June 25, 2012
  • An Expanded Bottle Law In Mass.? Can That Thought

    June 25, 2012

    Does Massachusetts really need an expanded bottle law?It's a question that's been asked several times before, and the business sector — as it has before — is offering the same answer: No, and a resounding no at that.

    June 25, 2012
  • Are Anti-Casino Forces
    Winning The Battle In Mass.?

    June 10, 2012

    After all the fanfare that accompanied last year’s passage and signing of the casino gambling bill in Massachusetts, the excitement over the prospect of blackjack tables and slot machines has faded in favor of loud and decisive rejections of casin

    June 10, 2012
  • Trash To Cash

    May 29, 2012

    At Metech Recycling, housed in an 80,000-square-foot warehouse on Blackstone River Road in Worcester, workers hack at old television sets and telecom electronics cabinets with long hammers.

    May 29, 2012
  • MetroWest-Wide Weeklong Promotion Planned

    May 21, 2012

    The MetroWest Tourism & Visitors Bureau is launching a weeklong program to promote retailers, restaurants and other businesses in 19 communities.

    May 21, 2012
  • Pulling Together To Bring In More Tourists

    May 11, 2012

    When it comes to tourism in Worcester, no one is under any illusions that it’s in the same league as major cities like Boston.

    May 11, 2012
  • Worcester's Downtown Efforts Get Historical Perspectives

    Rick Saia May 2, 2012

    Does a new downtown Worcester have potential through a mix of commercial and residential development?If some of the recent successes of Providence and Lowell can be imitated, then the answer to that question is yes.

    Rick Saia May 2, 2012
  • Merger Expands Manufacturing At Framingham Firm

    Susan Shalhoub April 3, 2012

    Framingham-Based Ian's Natural Foods has merged with California-based seafood company Blue Horizon Wild and changed its name to Elevation Brands LLC to reflect the "elevating of the mission of two companies," said Ian's CEO Chuck Marble.

    Susan Shalhoub April 3, 2012
  • Hotels Ride A Surge | Revenues for 2011 near pre-recession levels, but uncertainty clouds construction market

    April 2, 2012

    The region's hotel market has largely rebounded since taking a recessionary dip in 2009, data from Smith Travel Research show.

    April 2, 2012
  • Q&A With Bob Watson of 5 & Diner

    Rick Saia April 2, 2012

    BOB WATSON TITLE: CEO, 5 & Diner restaurant chain and LPM Holding Co. HOMETOWN and RESIDENCE: Boston

    Rick Saia April 2, 2012
  • MGM Ends Brimfield Casino Effort

    March 27, 2012

    Less than three months after announcing its intention to purse a casino development north of the Massachusetts Turnpike in Brimfield, MGM Resorts International said it has scrapped those efforts because of concerns ove

    March 27, 2012
  • Piccadilly Appears Finished

    March 21, 2012

    The landlords for the Piccadilly Pub restaurant chain have acquired its bank obligations and are seeking new tenants for the properties it occupied in Massachusetts, the landlords' attorney wrote in a letter to Auburn officials.

    March 21, 2012
  • Piccadilly Appears Finished

    March 21, 2012

    The landlords for the Piccadilly Pub restaurant chain have acquired its bank obligations and are seeking new tenants for the properties it occupied in Massachusetts, the landlords' attorney wrote in a letter to Auburn officials.

    March 21, 2012
  • Shuttered Piccadilly Pubs Owe Nearly $460K In Meals Taxes

    March 20, 2012

    The owner of the Piccadilly Pub restaurant chain, which closed abruptly in February, owes the state nearly half a million dollars in back meals taxes, records show.

    March 20, 2012

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The Massachusetts House passed an overhaul marijuana oversight bill on June 4, part of which would raise the retail license limit for each business from three to six over a three-year period. The three-license limit was established to prevent large companies from taking over the legal cannabis industry and push out smaller firms. However, the new six-license-limit proposal is seen as a way for firms to achieve economies of scale and survive in the ultra-competitive industry.