Archive for September 2021
Take a walk through the Seaport’s $550M Omni Boston Hotel
Mike Jorgensen and his team at Seaport’s Omni hired 450 workers to staff the hotel, which opened Wednesday. Read More
Read MoreD.C.’s travel outlook may still be cloudy, but there are some bright signs in 2022
Destination D.C.’s chief talks about the crucial Covid-era marketing shifts for a city that’s long relied on tourism. Read More
Read MoreProminent architect Robert J. Verrier, founder of Chelsea’s TAT, dies at 81
Verrier won more than 50 awards throughout the course of his career, including a National Historic Preservation Award from President Ronald Reagan in 1988. Read More
Read MoreSen. Warren: Big Tech ‘wants to buy a law’ with Uber ballot question
The U.S. Senator came out in support of gig economy workers who want to be treated as employees Wednesday, accusing Big Tech companies of trying to "buy a law here in Massachusetts … that would boost profits by squeezing workers." Read More
Read MoreEUSA, Shire veteran joins Woburn startup as CEO
ReForm Biologics, the Woburn startup that earlier this summer tapped former Genzyme CFO and Massachusetts Biotechnology Council co-founder Jim Sherblom as executive chairman, has netted another big fish in Jeffrey Hackman. Read More
Read MoreSJC rules MassHealth can’t collect on decade-old overcharges
The state’s highest court has sided with a Boston-based home health care agency, ruling that the state can’t recoup alleged overpayments from more than a decade ago. Read More
Read MoreVineyard Vines, Lululemon pop-up and other stores to open at Assembly Row
The third development phase expanded Assembly Row’s footprint to 1 million square feet of office space and 500,000 square feet for retail, restaurants and entertainment. Read More
Read MoreBoston’s hotel industry remains largely checked-out
Pre-pandemic, the hospitality industry in Greater Boston was among the strongest in the U.S. But a return to normal levels isn’t expected until 2025. Read More
Read MoreReturn of travel to Logan Airport faces continuing headwinds
The return of business travel was already expected to be gradual, but it looks like the Delta variant’s rise has stretched out the industry’s comeback even more. And if past is prologue, the return could be particularly slow in coming to Boston’s Logan International Airport. Read More
Read MoreSanofi to acquire Kadmon, founded by former ImClone CEO, for $1.9B
Sanofi S.A. (Nasdaq: SNY) is buying biopharmaceutical company Kadmon Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: KDMN) for $1.9 billion. Kadmon is headquartered in New York with an office in Cambridge. Read More
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