Rosen Hotels & Resorts Purchases 25-Acre Parcel To Build 300- to 500- Unit Villa Property At Rosen Shingle Creek

New Luxury “Villas of Rosen Shingle Creek” Will Bring Rosen Shingle Creek to More Than 1,800 Rooms and Total Rosen Convention Rooms to Nearly 4,000

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ORLANDO (Dec. 17, 2009) – Orlando hotelier Harris Rosen, President and COO of Rosen Hotels & Resorts, is continuing his personal quest to help stimulate the Central Florida economy by announcing today that he has recently purchased a 25-acre parcel of land (fronting Shingle Creek Golf Course) where he intends to build a 300 to 500-unit luxury villa addition to his Rosen Shingle Creek hotel.  This addition to the Rosen family will expand his newest convention hotel, Rosen Shingle Creek, to close to 2,000 guest rooms and will bring the combined number of Rosen convention hotel guest rooms (at Rosen Plaza, Rosen Centre and Rosen Shingle Creek) to approximately 4,000.

The property, which is contiguous to the Rosen College of Hospitality Management, will feature a pool, restaurant, private check-in and registration desk, a private club house and private meeting space. Guests of the new property will have full access to all of Shingle Creek’s amenities, including the Shingle Creek Golf Club, the Spa at Shingle Creek, fitness center, twelve lounging/dining options and more.  All villa rooms will have fantastic golf course views.

Rosen said the project will move forward quickly and that he will immediately begin working with an architect on design plans.  However, before any plans are completed, the design team will take the opportunity to talk to a multitude of meeting planners to determine what features and amenities are important to their clients.  

“We have confidence in the rebound of the economy and even more confidence in the future of the Orlando meetings industry, so we have no serious qualms about building while others may be riding out the storm,” said the hotelier. “To stay competitive in this business, you must have your eye on the future.”

Inn International, Rodeway Inn International, Quality Inn Plaza and Comfort Inn Lake Buena Vista — for an estimated $50-70 million. Improvements at the Comfort Inn Lake Buena Vista and Quality Inn Plaza have already been completed, while renovations at the remaining two properties will be completed by spring 2010. Rosen Plaza and Rosen Centre are also scheduled to begin their refurbishing projects in the spring of 2010.  Both properties are creating additional meeting spaces, as well. 

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 with the new addition, they will continue to lead the local convention market offering more than 4,000 rooms and a total of 650,000 square feet of flexible meeting space featuring the nation’s second largest column-free ballroom, an award-winning championship 18-hole golf course and golf academy, world-class spa, nearly two dozen dining, entertainment and lounge options, a state-of-the-art fitness centers, a variety of tennis and sport courts which will provide meetings attendees and leisure guests unparalleled convenience and amenities.

Celebrating is 35th anniversary, Rosen Hotels & Resorts has grown from a single 256 room hotel to approximately 7,000 rooms in seven properties (six percent of the total guest rooms in Central Florida).  Today, the Rosen family of hotels, which includes the award-winning convention properties Rosen Plaza, Rosen Centre and Rosen Shingle Creek, and four leisure properties in the Orlando tourist corridor, including the Quality Inn International, Quality Inn Plaza and Rodeway Inn International and Comfort Inn Lake Buena Vista, remain committed to provide outstanding value for all guests.

For more information, visit www.rosenhotels.com or call 866-33-ROSEN.