Job losses continue to mount in Queenstown's accommodation sector, as 60 workers are expected to be made redundant at the Scenic Hotel Group's two resort properties.
The Otago Daily Times understands 120 staff employed at Heartland Hotel Queenstown and Scenic Suites Queenstown have been invited to apply for 60 positions.
The company's managing director, Brendan Taylor, did not respond to an interview request, but in a statement on the company's website, said laying off staff had been the "hardest decisions in the group's 40-year history".
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There had been a "robust consultative process" with all staff, and although the majority of its hotels reopened last month, there had been "rationalisation of capacity" in centres where it had two properties or where there was a seasonal hibernation over winter.
"It has been really tough, as many of our staff have been with the group for over a decade," Mr Taylor said.
