ORLANDO (Nov. 13, 2007) – Rosen Hotels & Resorts in Orlando is pleased to announce the appointment of Patrick Anderson to the corporate sales team.
Anderson will be responsible for driving new business and brand awareness with synergistic sales efforts for the company’s three convention properties, all based in Orlando: Rosen Plaza, Rosen Centre and Rosen Shingle Creek.
As Mid-Atlantic National Sales Manager, Anderson will work the Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia markets in terms of corporate and association business. A 20-year industry veteran, Anderson has a solid background in hotel sales, having served as a director of sales for top worldwide hotel brands including Hyatt, The Ritz-Carlton, and Hilton, working primarily in London, New York and Washington, D.C. Most recently, Anderson served as the Vice President of Sales and Travel Industry Relations for JG Black Book of Travel in New York, where he led a sales team that represented a portfolio of 36 five-diamond properties in cities throughout the United States and Internationally. Prior to that position, Anderson spent five years as the Director of Sales for The Waldorf Towers in New York. He also spent more than a year “across the pond,” as Director of Sales for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company in London, following a three-year post as National Sales Manager for the luxury hotel chain in its Washington, D.C. office.
His new post at Rosen Hotels & Resorts is something of a homecoming for Anderson, who began his sales career as a National Sales Manager at the Rosen Plaza and Rosen Centre during pre-opening of both hotels.
Anderson will be based out of the Rosen Centre sales office in Orlando, but will be traveling extensively to his region to enhance and broaden the Rosen Hotels & Resorts’ brand. He represents three properties:
Rosen Plaza
9700 International Drive
Orlando, FL 32819
(800) 336-9700 www.RosenPlaza.com
The Rosen Plaza features over 60,000 sq. ft. of conference space and 800 superior guest rooms and suites in an impressive meetings hotel conveniently located next to the Orange County Convention Center. Rosen Plaza is a multiple-award winning hotel, with accolades including the Successful Meetings Pinnacle Award, Meetings & Conventions Gold Key Award, Meeting News Planners’ Choice Award, Corporate Incentive & Travel Award of Excellence, Association Meetings Inner Circle Award, and the Facilities Magazine H.O.T.E.L. Award.
Rosen Centre
9840 International Drive
Orlando, FL 32819
(800) 800-9840 www.RosenCentre.com
The Rosen Centre is a spectacular convention hotel with 106,000 sq. ft. of meeting space and 1,334 beautiful guest rooms and suites conveniently located next to the Orange County Convention Center. Rosen Centre has received top honors from numerous meetings/association groups and publications, including Successful Meetings Pinnacle Award, Meetings & Conventions Gold Key Award and Gold Platter Awards, Meeting News Planners’ Choice Award, Corporate Incentive & Travel Award of Excellence, Medical Meetings Merit & Distinction Award, Royal Doulton Style Award, Association Meetings Inner Circle Award, and Meetings South Top Planner Picks “Best Executive Suite.”
Rosen Shingle Creek Shingle Creek Golf Club,
9939 Universal Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32819
(866) 996-9939 www.RosenShingleCreek.com
Winner of the AAA Four Diamond Award, Successful Meetings’ Pinnacle Award (the only property in the award’s history to receive this award having been open less than a year) and M&C’s Gold Tee Award, the one-year old Rosen Shingle Creek features 1,500 guest rooms and suites and 445,000 square feet of state of the art meeting/event space, including one of the largest column-free ballrooms in the nation at 95,000 sq. ft. The hotel’s Shingle Creek Golf Club’s David Harman-designed, 18-hole, 7,228 yard championship golf course was ranked “One of the Top 40 Best New Courses” by Golfweek magazine. The hotel is located just one mile from the Orange County Convention Center.
