Harris Rosen
| Harris Rosen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Harris Rosen September 9, 1939 Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Residence | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Cornell University University of Virginia |
| Occupation | President and Chief Operating Officer Rosen Hotels & Resorts |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Website | Rosen Hotels & Resorts |
Harris Rosen (born September 9, 1939 in Manhattan, New York) is an American businessman and investor. He founded Rosen Hotels & Resorts in 1974, and serves as the company's President and Chief Operating Officer.
Rosen is widely known in the Central Florida area due to his philanthropy, and was named the Orlando Sentinel's Central Floridian of the Year in 2011.
Rosen was born in 1939 in Manhattan. He attended Cornell University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree from their School of Hotel Administration. He then served in the United States Army for three years in Germany and South Korea.
Rosen started his career at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City as a convention salesman, and worked at other hotels including various Hilton Hotels, and the New Yorker Hotel. Rosen eventually joined the Walt Disney Company as Director of Hotel Planning.
During the height of the 1973 oil crisis, Rosen left Disney and purchased his first hotel, a Quality Inn on International Drive in Southwest Orlando (Orange County; now Rosen Inn International). To market his hotel during those tough times, Rosen hitchhiked to New England and met with several motor coach companies in order to gain their Central Florida business (at the end of one trip, one company offered him a return trip ride with a couple traveling to Florida, if he would provide them accommodations there).
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