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  • 200 to lose jobs after Kona Village shuts

    03/19/2011 1:01:35 PM PDT · by americanophile · 38 replies
    Star Advertiser ^ | March 19, 2011 | Gene Park
    After more than 45 years, the Kona Village Resort on the Big Island will be closing its doors, its future uncertain. The 82-acre property suffered extensive damage due to last week's tsunami from Japan's magnitude-9.0 earthquake. More than 200 employees will be laid off. All will be paid through April 3, and their medical benefits will last until the end of April, said Patrick Fitzgerald, president and chief executive officer of the resort. "It was a very hard decision to let the Kona Village staff go; they're a very special group of people," he said. "They've done an amazing job for...