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From Maps to Memories: Welcoming Visitors to Providence

The Providence Visitor Center offers much more than maps and brochures. GoProvidence Visitor Services Manager Phyllis Blanchette joins PVD POV to share how she found her way into tourism, what goes into welcoming visitors and convention attendees, and why personal recommendations still matter.

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