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High-end comes to Worcester's downtown
October 26, 2015In one fell swoop, a 168-room hotel has done something that years of development efforts have been striving for: align Worcester's downtown with the words luxury, premiere and high-end.
October 26, 2015Baby steps add up in downtown Worcester
October 26, 2015The hoopla surrounding this month's announcement of a $33-million, high-end luxury hotel for downtown Worcester may seem a bit overhyped, but given the step-by-step nature of economic revitalization, business and city officials have the right to be
October 26, 2015$29,000 grant to support Holy Cross service group
October 23, 2015Working for Worcester – a group founded by students at the College of the Holy Cross in 2012 to make improvements around the city – has won a $29,000 grant from The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts to help the organization upgrade and
October 23, 2015Brazilian company aims to open wax museum in Boston
October 22, 2015Property in Boston at One Washington Mall has been leased to the Boston Wax Museum, CBRE/New England said in a release Wednesday.
October 22, 2015Baker signs marijuana, millionaire’s tax petitions
October 16, 2015Gov. Charlie Baker signed petitions Thursday aimed at placing on the 2016 ballot initiative petitions that would legalize recreational marijuana and add a so-called millionaire's tax to the constitution.
October 16, 2015
High-end Worcester hotel to add 168 rooms downtown
October 7, 2015A European-style, high-end hotel will be the newest member of the CitySquare ecosystem in downtown Worcester beginning in 2017 when it opens with a restaurant, 168 rooms and meeting space.
October 7, 2015
Airbnb fills the hotel void in Worcester
September 28, 2015Open a map of Worcester on Airbnb, and a peppering of locations pops up throughout the city with a vast price range and style. Want a small room in an apartment in Main South? Dig $30 out of your pocket.
September 28, 2015Survey: Business travelers turning to 'sharing economy'
September 16, 2015A survey of corporate travel specialists has revealed that over half of business travelers have made use of a service in the sharing economy that encompasses companies such as Uber and AirBnB.
September 16, 2015New approach to tourism is a step in right direction
August 31, 2015If you were to come up with words or phrases to describe Central Massachusetts, “tourist mecca” would likely not make it into a “top 10” list. We're not Orlando or Las Vegas, but we're also not the Kansas and Nebraska plains.
August 31, 2015
One for all, all for tourism: Regional approach seen as economic development boost
August 31, 2015The Central Massachusetts Convention and Visitors Bureau is dead. Will its successor, the Worcester Regional Visitors and Tourism Corp., pump more life into the region's tourism industry?
August 31, 2015Direct flights credited in boost of global travel to Boston
August 24, 2015Highlighting the continued surge in international travel to Boston, Gov. Charlie Baker joined with tourism officials Friday at a hotel near Logan International Airport to recognize a record increase in visitors last year and the impact it has had on
August 24, 2015Atlas Travel acquires Tewksbury travel company
August 21, 2015Milford-based Atlas Travel has acquired United Travel Inc. of Tewksbury, Atlas Travel & Technology Group announced Thursday.
August 21, 2015Olympics boosters respond to Brattle Group report
August 19, 2015The group that sought to bring the 2024 Summer Olympic Games to Boston said Tuesday the state-commissioned report that identified sources of risk to state taxpayers contains "several" errors and misrepresentations.
August 19, 2015National rowing contest will return to Worcester
August 18, 2015(UPDATED at 1:52 p.m.) USRowing's Masters National Championships is returning to Lake Quinsigamond next year, Destination Worcester said today. The competition will be held Aug. 18-21 and will be hosted by Destination Worcester and the Quinsigamond
August 18, 2015Study: Boston's Olympics bid had areas of risk
August 18, 2015Plans to enlist private developers to construct an athlete's village and new "Midtown" neighborhood that would become home to a temporary Olympic stadium created the "biggest sources of risk" in Boston's now kaput bid to host the 2024 Summer Games,
August 18, 2015Urban Kitchen ends 7-month stint on Shrewsbury Street
August 13, 2015Urban Kitchen and Bar on Worcester's Shrewsbury Street will close Friday, and the location will be leased to British Beer Co., a Massachusetts-based pub chain.
August 13, 2015
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