Fort Myers resort lays off 195, total hospitality layoffs in SWFL now top 1,000

Damage from Hurricane Ian has forced the 72-year-old Pink Shell to shut down and cut employees.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 7:19 a.m. November 3, 2022
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Damage from Hurricane Ian has forced the 72-year-old Pink Shell Resort in Fort Myers resort to shut down and cut employees. (Courtesy photo)
Damage from Hurricane Ian has forced the 72-year-old Pink Shell Resort in Fort Myers resort to shut down and cut employees. (Courtesy photo)
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Pink Shell Beach Resort & Marina in Fort Myers is laying off 195 employees after damage caused by Hurricane Ian forced it to close for at least a year.

These layoffs bring the total number of hotel workers to lose their jobs because of the storm to 1,024 according to a state database, with The Ritz-Carlton, Naples cutting 591 employees and South Seas Island Resort 238.

 

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