Hospitality

Chick-fil-A, the Atlanta-based fast-food chain that specializes in serving up chicken sandwiches, is closer to the debut of its first stand-alone New England restaurant after receiving a special permit from the Westborough Planning Board earlier this month.

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Quality Beverage of Taunton said it has completed its acquisition of beverage distributor Consolidated Beverages, based in Auburn. Quality will now operate two divisions, in Taunton and Auburn.

Admission prices at The EcoTarium, as well as train rides and planetarium shows, will be half-price in September, the Worcester science and nature center announced.

Worcester's DCU Center will host a job fair as it seeks to fill more than 100 part-time positions.

For a town that has seen a steady rise in its population over the last six decades, plus an increase in traffic along its main thoroughfare — Route 146 — one would think development, including supermarkets, would be humming along.

The Northeast casino market is becoming “increasingly crowded,” making the launching of casinos in Massachusetts the best hope for tribes that run Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods in Connecticut, according to a new report from Moody's Investor Service.

The Four Points Hotel by Sheraton in Leominster has traded hands and will convert to a Double Tree, the hotel's general manager, Suzanne Farias, said Wednesday.

A New Hampshire-based hotel owner and operator has announced plans to bring a Hilton hotel to Marlborough-Berlin area.

The odds of Central Massachusetts becoming home to the state's only slots parlor improved Monday after the state gaming commission ruled the developers for the proposed site in Plainville as unqualified.