ORLANDO (July 21, 2009) – Although Orlando hotelier and philanthropist Harris Rosen is turning 70 this September, if there’s one thing he’s learned over the years it’s that it truly is more blessed to give gifts than to receive them. The owner of Florida’s largest independent hotel chain with seven Orlando hotels, Rosen is celebrating this milestone birthday by offering guests an unprecedented $70 nightly rate at each of his three award-winning hotels, the AAA Four Diamond Rosen Shingle Creek, Rosen Centre and Rosen Plaza. Not only will guests receive an incredibly low rate on room nights at their choice of the three luxurious Orlando hotels, in addition, Rosen will donate five percent of each room night sold to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation dedicated to education and research about breast cancer causes, treatment and the search for a cure.
“One doesn’t reach 70 years old without realizing the great importance of family, friends and good health,” said Harris Rosen, President & COO of Rosen Hotels & Resorts. “I can’t think of a better way to celebrate my birthday than to invite others to spend some down time with their family and friends at one of our hotels in beautiful Orlando. We not only want to offer guests a much-needed getaway that is also affordable in this economy, but to have the opportunity to feel good about contributing to a worthwhile cause -- the Susan G. Komen Foundation.”
The special “Sleepover for the Cure” rate is available for select dates now through Dec. 28, 2009 and is $70 plus tax per night, double occupancy, based on date and rate availability and includes:
- Complimentary self parking
- Two for one golf at Shingle Creek Golf Club, named a Four Star Best Places to Play by Golf Digest
- Fifteen (15) percent off coupons valid at Rosen Shingle Creek, Rosen Centre and Rosen Plaza dining and lounging outlets including:
- “Dine around” restaurants including AAA Four Diamond A Land Remembered, AAA Four Diamond Cala Bella and Café Osceola at Rosen Shingle Creek; Everglades Restaurant, Banshoo Sushi and Café Gauguin at Rosen Centre; and Jack’s Place and Café Matisse at Rosen Plaza
- Headwaters Lounge, Cala Bella quiet bar, A Land Remembered Bar and Osceola Bar at Rosen Shingle Creek; The Lobby Bar and Everglades Bar at Rosen Centre; and The Lobby Bar at Rosen Plaza
- Coffee and pastries at Smoooth Java coffee bar at all three properties
To book this special rate, guests may call Rosen Shingle Creek at 407-996-6338, Rosen Centre at 407-996-9840 and Rosen Plaza at 407-996-1703 and ask for the “Sleepover for the Cure” 70th Birthday available dates or find the dates and book online at www.rosensleepoverforthecure.com. The offer does not include taxes or gratuities and is not valid for groups or with any other discount or offer. Reservations are recommended for golf and dining.
A philanthropist as well as a businessman, Harris Rosen has been widely recognized in the Central Florida community for his charitable contributions. He is the founder of the Tangelo Park Pilot Program, a program which has provided free preschool, as well as full college or vocational-school scholarships to disadvantaged youth in Orlando’s Tangelo Park neighborhood for the last 16 years. A firm believer in the power of higher education, Rosen donated a 20-acre site to the University of Central Florida as well as an additional $10 million to build the Rosen School of Hospitality Management. Most recently, he donated $3 million to build the Jack & Lee Rosen Southwest Orlando Jewish Community Center, named in honor of his parents. The hotel group also has been lauded for its revolutionary in-house associate health care and insurance program, which provides low-cost insurance and prescriptions, as well as affordable and accessible healthcare and wellness programs to all Rosen Hotels associates.
Together, the Rosen convention hotels boast more than 3,600 luxurious guest rooms more than 611,000 gross square feet of flexible meeting space and one of the nation’s largest column-free ballrooms. Each offers steps-away convenience to International Drive, the Pointe Orlando shopping, dining and entertainment complex, and Orlando’s world-class theme parks and water parks. Rosen Hotels & Resorts guests may enjoy the amenities at any of the three hotels, including the award-winning championship 18-hole Shingle Creek Golf Club and Brad Brewer Golf Academy, two incredible day spas — The Spa at Shingle Creek and the Body & Sol Spa at Rosen Centre, nearly two dozen award-winning dining, entertainment and lounging options, including Jack’s Place voted the best restaurant on International Drive and Backstage lounge at Rosen Plaza, Everglades restaurant featuring prime steaks and fresh seafood and the new Banshoo Sushi bar at Rosen Centre and the AAA Four Diamond A Land Remembered classic steakhouse and AAA Four Diamond Cala Bella Italian Bistro at Rosen Shingle Creek, as well as state-of-the-art fitness centers and a variety of tennis and sport courts, nature trails and seasonal fishing.
Rosen Hotels & Resorts was established in 1974 when businessman Harris Rosen purchased his first hotel, the 256-room Quality Inn on International Drive. Today, the President & COO owns and operates seven hotel properties, including four leisure properties: Quality Inn on International Drive, Rodeway Inn International, Quality Inn Plaza and Comfort Inn at Lake Buena Vista, as well as three award-winning convention properties: Rosen Plaza, Rosen Centre and Rosen Shingle Creek. Rosen Hotels & Resorts encompasses 6,300 rooms, approximately six percent of the total Central Florida room inventory. Over the next seven years, Rosen Hotels & Resorts will complete a $50-100 million expansion and renovation throughout the company.
For more information about Rosen Hotels & Resorts, visit www.rosenhotels.com.