Rosen Hotels & Resorts’ Convention Properties Rack Up Awards from Leading Meeting Planner Publication

Orlando’s Rosen Plaza, Rosen Centre and Rosen Shingle Creek Each Receive Top Honors from Readers of M&C Magazine

For more information, contact: Mary Deatrick DPR
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ORLANDO (Aug. 14, 2008) – Orlando’s Rosen Plaza, Rosen Centre and Rosen Shingle Creek have received numerous consumer and business awards over the years, but this is perhaps the finest hour for the powerhouse trio of convention properties surrounding Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center.

 

All three properties received Meetings & Conventions (M&C) magazine’s prestigious Gold Key Award, designating them as outstanding meeting properties. Additionally, Rosen Centre earned the Gold Platter award for its excellence in food and beverage, while Rosen Shingle Creek received one of the meetings industry’s most prestigious awards, Gold Platter “Elite” status, which is given only to the top five convention hotel catering departments in the United States.

 

Gold Key, Gold Platter and Gold Platter “Elite” Awards have served as a meetings industry benchmark for more than 30 years. The award winners are voted upon by readers of M&C magazine, as many as 70,000 corporate, incentive and association meeting planners, via totally unaided recall. Winners will be published in the magazine’s annual Gold Award supplement which will be released in November.

 

“For each of our three convention properties, all located in the same city, all within a mile of each other and all located in the shadow of the Orange County Convention Center, to receive Gold Key Awards, says a lot about our commitment to the ongoing growth of the meetings industry in Orlando. It is both an incredible honor and an incredible achievement for our hard-working associates,” said Harris Rosen, President and COO of Rosen Hotels & Resorts. “I am deeply grateful to the readers of M&C magazine for booking their meetings with us, voting for us, and naming us the ‘best of the best’ in the industry. We know that planners look for Gold Key, Gold Platter and Gold Platter ‘Elite’ status when booking their meetings, and we take these designations very seriously.”

 

Together, the three Rosen convention hotels offer the most rooms, most meeting space and closest proximity to the Orange County Convention Center of any Orlando convention hotels. Combined, they offer more than 3,600 rooms and more than 611,000 square feet of flexible meeting space and one of the nation’s largest column-free ballrooms. An award-winning championship 18-hole golf course and golf academy, world-class spa, nearly two dozen dining, entertainment and lounging options, state-of-the-art fitness centers, and a variety of tennis and sport courts, provide meetings attendees and leisure guests unparalleled convenience and amenities. Each of the Rosen convention properties has been designated a One Palm Green Lodge by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, meeting and often surpassing the state’s requirements to be deemed eco-friendly hotels

 

For more information about Rosen Plaza, call (800) 336-9700 or visit www.RosenPlaza.com.
For more information about Rosen Centre, call (800) 800-9840 or visit www.RosenCentre.com
To learn more about Rosen Shingle Creek, call (866) 996-9939 or visit www.RosenShingleCreek.com