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Hospitality & Tourism
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Worcester hotels are beating expectations
Updated: March 29, 2021The Worcester metro area benefits in part by relying less on tourism or major conventions, two areas crippled during the pandemic. That's helped it exceed national hotel occupancy averages, even as numbers have declined sharply locally.
Updated: March 29, 2021
Worcester moves toward multi-space parking meters, other improvements
March 23, 2021The City of Worcester is implementing a multi-phased parking improvement plan aimed at making parking easier, beginning with the Canal District, the City announced Monday.
March 23, 2021
Restaurant opens second location at Sudbury's Meadow Walk
March 18, 2021The Farmer's Daughter, an Easton restaurant emphasizing its locally sourced food, has opened a second location at Sudbury's Meadow Walk retail and residential development.
March 18, 2021
Worcester hopes cultural base will fuel city
March 17, 2021A minor league baseball team. A mid-level professional hockey club. A top-50 theater worldwide that can seat about 2,300. Nine institutions of higher education. Myriad breweries. A well-established cultural scene.
March 17, 2021
Worcester's Armsby Abbey to re-open in April
Updated: March 16, 2021One of Worcester's most renowned restaurants will soon be back. Armsby Abbey, a popular restaurant and bar on Main Street on the northern edge of downtown, announced on social media late Monday night it plans to reopen in April.
Updated: March 16, 2021
WooSox sell out full-year season tickets
March 15, 2021The Worcester Red Sox may be limited by state guidelines for how many fans they'll be able to have at Polar Park this season, but it's their own cap that's put a lid on how many full-year season tickets they can sell for their inaugural season.
March 15, 2021
Brew City will reopen one week from Friday
March 8, 2021Brew City Grill & Brew House on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester will reopen one week from Friday, on March 19, following a temporary closure which began in January, spurred by difficulties in running the restaurant under heightened coronavirus
March 8, 2021
Greater Worcester hotel occupancy beat national average in January
March 5, 2021January is often a slow time for Worcester-area hotels, but there was a bright spot this year: rooms were more likely to be occupied here than the rest of the nation on average.
March 5, 2021
Construction on Washington Square hotel in Worcester slated to start in next year
March 1, 2021The coronavirus pandemic has crippled the hotel industry, including in Worcester. But work on a second hotel on Worcester's Washington Square next to Union Station is expected to move forward within the next year, according to the city.
March 1, 2021
Worcester will re-open bar-top dining on Monday
February 26, 2021A week after the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to City Manager Edward Augustus requesting bar-top dining be allowed once again, the City of Worcester announced on Thursday the ban would be lifted Monday.
February 26, 2021
Baker ready to move into last phase of reopening
February 26, 2021Gov. Charlie Baker took a major step forward Thursday to reopen parts of the economy that have been shuttered, in some cases, since the beginning of the pandemic.
February 26, 2021
Worcester chamber asks city to reopen bar dining
February 22, 2021The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce has asked City Manager Edward Augustus to consider reopening bar dining in a Feb. 17 letter from Alex Guardiola, chamber director of government affairs and public policy.
February 22, 2021
Texas company buys The International Golf Club in Bolton
February 12, 2021Texas company Escalante Golf, which fashions itself as a boutique owner and operator of golf assets, has purchased The International Golf Club in Bolton.
February 12, 2021
BT's, Table Talk, Coney Island among those to be featured at Polar Park concessions
February 11, 2021Polar Park's concession stands will include some well known Worcester restaurants among its options for Worcester Red Sox baseball games.
February 11, 2021
Biz restrictions easing due to positive virus trends
February 4, 2021Shops, restaurants, gyms and other businesses will be able to welcome more patrons into their spaces starting Monday after Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday announced he'll ease the capacity restrictions he imposed in hopes of tamping down COVID-19
February 4, 2021
WooSox to hire 300+ part-time employees
January 27, 2021The Worcester Red Sox will use more than 300 part-time, seasonal employees to fill a variety of positions, including parking attendants, ushers, cleaning crews, concessions and merchandise staff, the team announced on Thursday.
January 27, 2021
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