Two more executives leave Fontainebleau Las Vegas

Thursday, January 11, 2024 11:49 PM
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  • McKenna Ross, Las Vegas Review-Journal

Two more executives at the newly opened Fontainebleau Las Vegas have left, less than a month after the resort’s opening. Chief Operating Officer Colleen Birch and Chief Marketing Officer Shane Smith “voluntarily resigned” from their leadership positions, a resort representative said in a statement.

“We thank them for their contributions and wish them well in the future,” the representative said.

The departures mark the third high-profile exit at the 67-story, $3.7 billion North Strip property. Michael Clifford, a senior vice president of casino operations, also left the company in the last two weeks.

Birch was hired as the resort’s COO in November 2022. Birch was previously a senior vice president of revenue optimization at the Cosmopolitan.