SF Gate reports
Failures on the part of the Aramark subsidiary contracted to run visitor services in Yosemite National Park have led to the deterioration of historic structures, resulting in injuries to a visitor and a staff member, according to United States Department of the Interior records.
Reports of the deficiencies come from last year’s National Park Service annual report on Yosemite Hospitality, a subsidiary of Aramark Corporation, which has been contracted to operate and maintain the various hotels, restaurants, gift shops and other attractions in the park since 2016. SFGATE obtained the document through a Freedom of Information Act request.
NPS initially awarded Yosemite Hospitality a “satisfactory” rating overall. But complaints about the services provided by the contractor, which included a visitor falling from a porch after a poorly maintained balcony railing broke, as well as the partial collapse of a dining room ceiling during meal service, led Superintendent Cicely Muldoon to revise the grade…
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