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VERC Enterprises honored by Energi Insurance Services Inc.

Gas station and convenience store retailer VERC Enterprises received the 2014 Excellence in Risk Management Award from Energi Insurance Services Inc. for its commitment to loss prevention and safety. Accepting the award at the 2014 Risk Management & Insurance Summit in San Antonio was Barry Ahern, director of operations at VERC. This marks the second consecutive year VERC Enterprises has received the honor. The summit featured keynote address speaker President George W. Bush. "It was an honor to once again receive the Risk Management award from such a prominent company and to have the opportunity to attend this prestigious summit," said Leo Vercollone, president of VERC Enterprises. Energi is a Peabody, Mass.-based industrial reinsurance company that provides specialized insurance and risk management products to targeted market segments of the North American energy industry. The theme of the 2014 summit was "Pioneering the North American Energy Industry." Duxbury, Mass.-based VERC Enterprises is a leading regional convenience store and Mobil/Gulf gasoline operator with locations throughout eastern Mass. and N.H. It has more than 230 employees and is a leader in hiring those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In 2011 VERC Enterprises was recognized byThe Boston Business Journal as a Best Place to Work in Mass. and as a Leader in Diversity and in 2011, 2012 and 2013 by The Boston Globe as a Best Place to Work in Mass.
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Colwen Hotels celebrates opening of the first hotel in Portland’s Thompson’s Point - Residence Inn by Marriott and Moxy Hotel

Portland, ME Colwen Hotels celebrated the opening of Residence Inn by Marriott and Moxy Hotel Portland Thompson’s Point, the first hotel in the city’s Thompson’s Point district. Developed by XSS Hotels and managed by Colwen Hotels, the five-story, dual-branded property introduces 148 guestrooms to one of southern Maine’s fastest-growing waterfront destinations.
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