Tourism director resigns

The Wyoming Business Council continues to form partnerships with statewide groups such as the Wyoming Association of Municipalities and an international group, the International Development Research Council, to help promote economic development in Wyoming.

But it may have jeopardized its relationship with one of the integral parts of Wyoming’s economy — the state’s tourism industry — with the abrupt resignation of Gene Bryan, a long-time tourism advocate, as director of the council’s tourism arm.

Bryan said his resignation was triggered by a “core philosophical difference in management style” with Business Council CEO John Reardon, and he concluded that it was time to…