Rosen Hotels & Resorts in Orlando is pleased to announce the appointment of VENESSA GRANT and JILL SANDERS to the corporate sales team.

Venessa and Jill 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 Shingle Creek, Rosen Centre and Rosen Plaza.

As Northeast Corporate Sales Representative, Jill Sanders will be handling the Pharmaceutical and Insurance markets worldwide as well as the Northeast and Canada for corporate and association business. Jill brings more than 20 years of travel experience to her new position, beginning her travel career with Rosenbluth Travel in Philadelphia in corporate and meeting airline contracting. The past 15 years, Jill was with Maritz/McGettigan, Philadelphia, as a Meeting & Incentive Specialist, servicing a range of national accounts. In her most recent seven years with Maritz/McGettigan, Jill served as a Hotel Travel Buyer specializing in pharmaceutical and financial accounts. Within this position, she was a Sourcing Manager/Travel Buyer for five years working onsite exclusively for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.

As Midwest Corporate Sales Representative, Venessa Grant will be handling the Midwest market for worldwide corporate and association business. A nearly 20-year industry veteran, Venessa brings a varied background in incentive and corporate travel as a Director, Account Executive and Sourcing Manager. Venessa began her career with EF MacDonald/Carlson Marketing Group, where she was a Travel Buyer and Supervisor for 10 years working clients including General Motors, Chrysler, IBM, Shell Oil and Lucent Technologies and worked with major events such as the Olympics and the Super Bowl. She spent her most recent 10 years as Director of Sales (Midwest) for Navigant Performance Group in Chicago, where she was the top sales producer for four consecutive years. Venessa is also an award-winning speaker with Toastmasters International.

Both women will be based out of the Rosen Shingle Creek sales office in Orlando, but will be traveling extensively to their regions to enhance and broaden the Rosen Hotels & Resorts' client bases. The three properties they will be representing include:

• 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.