More than 40 Canyons Resort employees learned they will no longer be part of the operation when Vail Resorts Inc. takes over next week.
Denver-based Vail Resorts, which signed a long-term lease last month to run the Park City-area resort for Talisker Mountain Inc., said Monday it will retain most of the resort’s total workforce of 1,800. But 42 positions in Utah were eliminated after the industry giant did a “comprehensive review [of] areas where we need to consolidate duties, change or redirect resources and eliminate duplicate efforts,” said Vail spokeswoman Kelly Ladyga.
Nathan Rafferty, president of Ski Utah, marketing arm of the state’s $1 billion-a-year industry, said he did not know any specifics about the cuts but added a reduction in force seemed “inevitable” since Vail has a well-established corporate structure that would not need duplicated efforts by personnel in Park City.
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