Rosen Plaza Wins Golden Key Award for the Third Time
Meeting& Conventions "Gold Key Award" Goes To the Rosen Property for a Third Consecutive Year
ORLANDO, FL, August 15, 2006. They say the third time is a charm, but according to Victoria Hall, Director of Sales and Marketing at The Rosen Plaza Hotel, each year is significant when being recognized by the people who matter most - your customers.
"Although we have received this award the last two years, our team is very honored to receive this esteemed industry distinction again in 2006," states Hall. "We strive for superior service in all aspects of our business every day and never rest on last year's accomplishments. Being recognized by those customers you serve is even more reason to continue to meet and exceed expectations - every day, every year."
The Orlando property located in the heart of the International Drive resort area, has been awarded the prestigious 2006 Gold Key Award by meeting planners who are readers of Meetings & Conventions magazine. Rosen Plaza was nominated and awarded this distinction based on the hotel's superior service, meeting facilities, hotel offerings and the quality of its food and beverage.
The award-winning property has also been recognized in previous years by numerous publications, including Successful Meetings magazine's Pinnacle Award, Meeting News' Planner's Choice Award, Corporate & Incentive Travel's Award of Excellence and Association Meetings' Inner Circle Award.
The Rosen Plaza Hotel, ideally located across from the Pointe Orlando shopping and dining complex, features 800 deluxe guest rooms. In addition, it offers 60,000 square feet of flexible meeting space that includes a 26,000 square-foot Grand Ballroom and 22 individual meeting rooms.
Rosen Plaza features an innovative off-site airport check-in service that it is offering called BAGS Inc. (Baggage Airline Guest Services). Approved by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, BAGS allows guests to obtain their boarding passes and check bags at the hotel for a small fee. Bags are scanned by TSA representatives, and then transferred to a secure vehicle and routed to the airport.
Rosen Plaza guests receive preferred tee times at Shingle Creek Golf Club, named one of the "Top 40 New Courses" by Golfweek magazine. The par 72, David Harman-designed championship course is just minutes from the hotel and lies along historic Shingle Creek - headwaters of the Florida Everglades. Rosen Plaza guests receive complimentary transportation to the golf club, can host tournaments on the course, and can arrange corporate group programs with The Brad Brewer Golf Academy.
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