2025 Annual Meeting

You're invited to the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau's Annual Meeting. Please join us in celebrating hospitality heroes and local leaders. In hospitality and tourism, it's all about the details, and these honorees continuously exceed expectations and create memorable experiences for visitors, convention groups and Rhode Islanders alike.

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Crowne Plaza
801 Greenwich Avenue  |  Warwick, RI

4 p.m. Registration   |  4:30 p.m. Program & Awards

Reception Immediately Following

TICKET PRICES
Table Sponsor: $850
Includes seating for 10 & listing on event screen

Individual: $85

Featuring an awards ceremony honoring:

Hall of Fame Inductee
Kathleen Pletcher - FirstWorks

Partner of the Year
Moonshine Alley 

James McCarvill Leadership Award
Marsella Development Corporation

John Gibbons Sports Champion Award
Tim Pimental - Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport

Hospitality Sales & Service Partner of the Year
Becca Ponder - Rhode Island Convention Center

Special Recognition
The VETS

PWCVB Hospitality Hero Award Recipients