Tag: Providence Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau

USA Gymnastics Rhode Island

Providence to Host 2025 USA Gymnastics Championships

Providence, Rhode Island, will host the 2025 USA Gymnastics Championships from June 16–21 at the Amica Mutual Pavillion and the Rhode Island Convention Center. The meet is the national championship for rhythmic, trampoline and tumbling and acrobatic gymnastis. Roughly 2,000 gymnasts compete across the elite and development divisions each year. Elite athletes, including Olympians and […]

Continue Reading
Posted On :
Visit Greenville SEC basketball
Greenville, South Carolina, has become a home to the SEC Women's Basketball Tournament, having hosted the event six times in the past eight years. It will again be the site in 2025. Photo courtesy of Visit Greenville
Category:

Sports Commissions Punching Above Their Weight

The sports tourism industry continues to rise to new levels with each passing year, as it has not only recovered from COVID, but surpassed the pre-COVID years in many aspects. However, the upswing in sports business being brought into destinations has not correlated directly to local CVBs and sports commissions expanding their dedicated sports staff. […]

Continue Reading
Posted On :
Jonathan Walker

Jonathan Walker Named Senior Director of Sports Sales at Rhode Island Sports Commission

The Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau has promoted Jonathan Walker to senior director of sports sales within the Rhode Island Sports Commission. Walker, who joined the team in 2019, served as sports sales manager before a promotion to director of sports sales in July 2023. In his role, he oversees the sales, marketing and […]

Continue Reading
Posted On :
Wickerham_TEAMSConference2022_OKC_12354
John Gibbons of the Rhode Island Sports Commission discusses his destination's participation in The Great Race motorsports event during a panel at the TEAMS '22 Conference & Expo in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Photo by Jared Wickerham

Rhode Island Sports Commission’s John Gibbons Passes Away

The Providence Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced the passing of John Gibbons, executive director of the Rhode Island Sports Commission. Gibbons, 63, joined the PWCVB in 2006. In 2010, he ascended to his role as executive director of the RISC, where he worked tirelessly to transform the sports landscape in Rhode Island. Gibbons […]

Continue Reading
Posted On :
Kristen Adamo

Kristen Adamo Appointed President and CEO of the Providence Warwick CVB

Kristen Adamo has been appointed president and CEO of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau, where she most recently served as vice president of marketing and communications. Adamo will begin her new role on April 25. “Kristen was selected after a thorough and comprehensive process led by a search committee working with SearchWide Global, […]

Continue Reading
Posted On :
Martha_Sheridan

Martha Sheridan Named President and CEO of the Greater Boston CVB

Martha Sheridan has been named the next president and CEO of the Greater Boston Convention & Visitor Bureau, effective February 15, 2019. Sheridan has served as president and CEO of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau since 2006. She will succeed Pat Moscaritolo, who will retire February 14 after 28 years with the bureau. […]

Continue Reading
Posted On :