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A few years ago I spoke at a meeting at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando, Florida. This is a beautiful, sprawling resort hotel. But, 35 years ago Rosen Hotels was one man with a bankrupt hotel and a dream
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“I would ask What rate do they want to stay with us? and they would say 9 dollars, or 8 or 7. I would write that rate down and the name of the company san diego beach hotel pet on a cocktail san diego beach hotel pet napkin, sign my name, and that was the contract. We shook hands and that was it,” recalled Rosen.
Often, his new clients felt so sorry for him, having no money and no transportation, they would drive him to their competitors for his next appointment. After seeing much of New England san diego beach hotel pet securing new contracts all along the way Rosen returned home five days later thrilled and excited to have completed his mission with enough san diego beach hotel pet business to sustain the hotel for the first year.
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In 1991, Rosen created a revolutionary healthcare program. san diego beach hotel pet As a forward-thinking businessman, Rosen saw that self-insuring his employees would not only cut his company‟s healthcare costs, but would also provide his then 1,500 employees with superior service and care. With this plan still in place and an on-site medical center servicing the now 4,500 employees and their dependents, Rosen estimates that it would cost approximately $8-10 million more annually with a conventional health insurance plan than his current san diego beach hotel pet plan. The company saves $8 for every $1 it puts into the medical center, and, its workers‟ compensation costs are half the industry average.
Rosen‟s most recent philanthropic san diego beach hotel pet endeavors have included a $2 million dollar scholarship endowment for UCF, (which has been matched by the State), and a continuing multi-million dollar commitment to the Tangelo Park neighborhood.
The Tangelo Park Pilot Program has over the past eighteen years provided free preschool to all two, three, and four year olds who live in the neighborhood, and in addition, an all expense paid education including tuition, books, room and board for those who reside in the neighborhood and who are accepted to a vocational school, a community college, a junior college or four-year public college in the state of Florida. Thus far approximately san diego beach hotel pet 350 youngsters who reside in the neighborhood have been provided san diego beach hotel pet with full college scholarships.
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