By David Brooks, Monitor Staff Pent-up demand for travel after pandemic lockdowns continues to bring visitors to New Hampshire, with the state reporting that the fall 2021 tourism season set new records for visits and spending, following an equally vigorous summer. According to the New Hampshire Department of Travel and Tourism, 4.3 million visitors came to...Read More

By Kevin Landrigan, New Hampshire Union Leader CONCORD — Gov. Chris Sununu headed to Washington Tuesday to lobby the State Department to jump-start J-1 Visas for cultural exchange and tourism worker programs, decimated during COVID-19. Sununu authored a bipartisan letter to President Biden with Maine Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican,...Read More

By Cassidy Jensen, Monitor staff Anyone who has dreamed of running a taco truck and fans of rolling restaurant cuisine can rejoice this week: The Concord City Council voted on Monday to modernize the peddler’s ordinance, allowing the regular operation of food trucks in the city for the first time.  The older version of the ordinance assumed that any peddler would...Read More

By Tom Eastman, Conway Daily Sun JACKSON — Foodies will rejoice to learn that after a two-year absence, the White Mountain Chapter of the American Culinary Federation is bringing back its Taste of New Hampshire Chefs Choice Dinner on May 20 to the big events tent at the Eagle Mountain House in Jackson. “It’s a...Read More

By Jonathan Phelps, New Hampshire Union Leader Hotel bookings are expected to continue to increase as business travel slowly returns to pre-pandemic levels. After a several-year wait because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the developer of a proposed Home 2 Suites by Hilton to be built at 270 S. River Road in Bedford is ready to...Read More

By Hunter Oberst, Sentinel Staff More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses in the Monadnock Region and beyond are still reeling from its effects. And while scores of local companies and establishments have come out intact, they weren’t unscathed. Many business owners had to temporarily shut their doors and reshape their operations to...Read More

By Daymond Steer, Conway Daily Sun CONWAY — The North Conway Holiday Inn Express was closed Friday following an early morning electrical fire that burned siding on the exterior of the building. It marked the second hotel fire in a week. Last Saturday, the south wing of the Red Jacket Mountain View Resort burned to...Read More

By Cassidy Jensen, Concord Monitor Two New Hampshire restaurants agreed last month to pay more than $890,000 in back wages and damages to 63 workers for alleged violations of wage laws uncovered by the U.S. Department of Labor. The federal agency’s Wage and Hour Division announced on April 25 that two locations of the La...Read More

By Rob Cook, NH Business Review The New Hampshire business community is stepping up to offer the Red Jacket Mountain View Resort in North Conway any support it can muster following a devastating fire that destroyed 75 rooms at the landmark hotel. Mike Somers, CEO of the NH Lodging and Restaurant Association, told NH Business...Read More

SUNAPEE, N.H. — A new boat is ready to cruise Lake Sunapee in style after getting landlocked in Pennsylvania. The Sunapee Lake Queen took to New Hampshire waters for the first time on Sunday. She’s joining the fleet of Sunapee cruises where folks can catch a ride and enjoy the beautiful sights over dinner. Owners...Read More