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What’s New Orlando for 2014 from Visit Orlando

By Membership FL Society of Assn Executives posted 06-17-2014 09:03

  
  • The much anticipated Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World® Resort will open this summer with 444 luxury rooms, 37,000 square feet of meeting space and a top floor steakhouse named Capa. The resort will also offer guests spectacular views of the nightly fireworks from Orlando’s theme parks. It joins a lineup of luxury properties in Orlando including The Ritz-Carlton Orlando Grand Lakes and Waldorf Astoria® Orlando, among others.
  • ASAE’s Great Ideas Conference, held at the Hyatt Regency Orlando, welcomed more than 700 attendees to Orlando in March. The event saw the highest attendance in its 11-year history. Association professionals and industry partners heard from business strategist John Spence and had access to more than 80 education sessions.
  • The Orange County Convention Center’s five-year capital improvement plan is in full swing inside and outside of the West Building. Additions include new signage, restroom upgrades and renovated show offices. There are also plenty of behind-the-scenes projects—all important to building safety, maintenance and aesthetics.  You can stay up-to-date on the progress of the Capital Improvement Projects by visiting the CIP Section on the Orange County Convention Center website.
  • Orlando is experiencing one of the most significant expansion periods in the destination's history. Universal Orlando® Resort will open the world's first centrally themed, multipark experience this summer by expanding The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™ across both of its theme parks. SeaWorld® Orlando recently opened Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin® - the biggest expansion in its company's history, while Walt Disney World® Resort will complete a multiyear project that is doubling the size of New Fantasyland when it debuts the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train coaster this summer.
  • Harris Rosen, President and COO, Rosen Hotels & Resorts, Celebrates 40 Years: Harris Rosen grew up in a 500-square-foot apartment on the lower east side of Manhattan and once had aspirations of becoming an artist. Yet, instead of going to Pratt Institute in New York City, he attended Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 1961. From there, he amassed quite a few entries on his resume: Three years in the United States Army as an officer in Germany and South Korea; a career at the Waldorf Astoria® in New York City. Fueled by his interest in hospitality, Rosen continued to work in various management positions in some of the larger Hilton hotels and later joined Disney in California as Director of Hotel Planning. After being told he was not Disney material, he said to himself: “If I have to sell hot dogs from a cart, I’ll work for myself.” So, in 1974, Rosen purchased the 256-room Quality Inn on International Drive for $20,000 (now Rosen Inn International). Today, Rosen owns seven hotels, employs 3,500 and says he is amazed every day at where he is and how far he’s come.
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