Hospitality

Playa del Carmen, a Mexican family restaurant in Holden, has been rebranded with the name of the Spencer restaurant whose owners bought it recently, Mexicali Fresh Mex Grill, according to a statement from that company.

State regulators on Thursday recommended the preservation of a longstanding “happy hour” ban that prohibits bars and restaurants in Massachusetts from reducing alcoholic beverage prices for a fixed period of time.

The owner of a Central Massachusetts limousine service has bought the Leitrim Pub on Park Avenue, according to a firm that helped broker the sale for owners Michael Coonan and Kevin Lenihan.

While Boston-area mayors go back and forth on two neighboring casino proposals, another prospective developer is glad to be outside the urban area as he seeks approval of a casino in Milford.

The Worcester Sharks will have signed on for three more seasons on the ice at the DCU Center, the team and city officials announced today.

Developer David Nunes was one of several aspiring casino developers to pay a $400,000 application fee to the state just before Tuesday's 5 p.m. deadline, according to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission.

With the application deadline on Tuesday, the state gaming commission is waiting for 11th-hour applications for up to four gambling sites throughout Massachusetts that were permitted under the 2011 gaming expansion law.

Under the state's expanded gaming legislation, a slots parlor and up to three resort-style casinos can be...

Less than two weeks after an announcement that Toronto-based Clairvest Group was considering a Littleton development for a slots parlor, the company said it's decided to look elsewhere.

To reduce waste disposal by 2 million tons per year by 2020, hotels, grocery chains and other...