Rosen revamps hotel leadership, but he’s not going anywhere
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A new leadership structure has been instituted at Rosen Hotels & Resorts, President Harris Rosen announced Friday.
Joshua Rosen, son of Harris Rosen, is now associate vice president and remains the national sales manager for the organization. Shayna Rosen, daughter of Harris Rosen, is now secretary of Rosen Hotels & Resorts. Both will be on the board of directors.
The announcement is not an indication that Harris Rosen, 83, is set to retire, Frank Santos, the company’s vice president, said Friday.
“It is not a retirement announcement. It is just good business planning. Harris is healthy and wise, and he will continue to lead the company,” Santos said.
“Harris Rosen will be at his desk for a very long, foreseeable future,” he said, and will continue his role as company president and chief operating officer.
“He would like to slow down. He’s in the office seven days a week,” Santos said.
Rosen Hotels & Resorts operates seven properties — including Rosen Shingle Creek, Rosen Plaza and Rosen Centre — with more than 6,000 guest rooms. It employs about 4,000 people.
In addition, Harris Rosen has created an advisory committee that includes Santos and six other company executives.
Harris Rosen “would like these individuals who work very close with him every day to learn more from him about his thoughts and the company into the future. … He would like them to think like him, although I believe most of them do. We all carry the same philosophy not only in business but also in his goal of philanthropy,” Santos said.
The concept of the advisory committee had been around for years but not announced, he said.
“It was time to formalize and announce this, this group of individuals who will have some responsibility as it relates to succession planning,” Santos said.
“I have the utmost confidence this team will collectively operate as an extension of me and make decisions driven by both brains and hearts, keeping it simple and always doing the right thing,” Harris Rosen said in a news release.
