About Us

Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide our members with a modern business networking platform where they can benefit from curated strategic alliances with our Vendor Partners, who provide best-in-class business solutions across industries.
Members leverage our purchasing power and create business relationships with industry leaders and colleagues that empower them to improve their bottom line and thrive in their respective industries.

We are dedicated to communicating, collaborating, and conveying business innovations, business growth, and cost savings for our members across all membership types. 

Vision Statement

ROC Hospitality Network has the vision to achieve local, national, and global recognition, as well as Business prominence with our innovative and disciplinary business solutions through our business networking platform. We empower our members to participate in as many business sectors as they select within our network to achieve their full potential, and increase their profitability.

In the spirit of collaboration enriched by diverse business innovations as well as true and tried business practices, our comprehensive and unique approach with all Vendor Partners is reshaping the way business is done in the small business sectors.

Our History

In 2018, a group of restaurateurs from South Florida came together to establish business relationships with F&B vendors. Once the business goals were achieved ROC, Restaurant Owner's Club, was established.  

The business relationships started with F&B and quickly evolved to other vendor categories within the restaurant industry. 

During the pandemic years, our group benefited tremendously from exchanging ideas and experiences on how to navigate during one of the worst social and economic times in our industry. Through the continuous discussions our members participated in, we were all able to make informed decisions that helped overcome many of our daily challenges. 

The knowledge gained through this experience was so powerful, that in 2021 we decided to extend the Restaurant Owners Club benefits to small businesses and help all entrepreneurs grow and leverage our purchasing power.

Small businesses in general struggle due to the lack of synergies and bargaining power. We realized that many of the business partner vendors in our network also do business in other industries, so we expanded our network offerings beyond restaurants to include Hotels, Retail, Small Businesses, Friends and Families.

In 2023 ROC Hospitality Network was established, we invested in a new infrastructure and created a robust business platform for our members and vendors to establish business relationships. 

We created four different types of memberships: 

• Restaurants, Bars & All Eateries
• Hotels & Lodging
• Retail & Small Businesses
• Friends & Family

Now, businesses anywhere in the country can join our Network and start enjoying savings as a result of our best in class local and nationwide partnerships.

We believe that ROC Hospitality Network is reshaping the way business is done for those independent entrepreneurs, giving our members the opportunity to have a seat at the table with the top vendors and getting the best solutions and savings for their businesses.

Company Values

Citizenship

• Civic, social responsibility – globally, nationally, locally, and within ROC Hospitality Network. 
• Sustainable practices, and financial and social endeavors, as we are always looking for ways to make a positive contribution to society.   
• Active partnership collaborations and cooperation among our members, our business partners, and the larger community in general. 

Excellence

• High-quality learning with webinars and conferences, as well as smaller regional meetings and educational dinners where applicable, in collaboration with our business vendor partners.
• Continuous improvement and innovation of best-in-class business solutions with our business vendor partners for all our members.
• An outstanding and welcoming business environment.
• Openness to the rich diversity of humankind in all aspects within our ROC Hospitality Network. 
• Respect for all individuals, differences, cultures, and diversity.  
• Creation, preservation, and sharing of business knowledge
• Intellectual freedom and diversity of thought and Integrity.
• Accountability to all our members and vendor partners from whom we receive support
  Honesty in our communications and our actions when providing solutions. 
• Application of knowledge in a manner that promotes the common good.
• Our commitment to work smart and contribute to the success of all our members. 

Inclusion

• A welcoming and supportive Business environment
• Openness to rich diversity, and the commitment to contribute to the success of different businesses across many business sectors. 
• Intellectual freedom and diversity of thought Integrity
• Respect for all individuals, regardless of differences and cultures, as defined in the excellence section.
• Accountability to those we serve and from whom we receive support
• Honesty in our communications and our actions of best-in-class solutions.
• Creation, preservation, and sharing of business knowledge where applicable via our executive team, business staff, and business vendor partners.
• Application of knowledge and corporate support from our executive team and business staff in a manner that promotes our Mission.

Industry background

About 20 percent of small businesses in the United States are concentrated in the goods-producing sector. The remaining 80% are in the service sector, the high concentration of small businesses in the service sector reflects the makeup of the overall US. economy.*

The hospitality and tourism industry is a vast sector that includes all economic activities that indirectly and directly contribute to or depend upon travel and tourism.  This sector includes Restaurants, hotels, nightclubs, bars, cafés, bistros, and lounges just to name a few.  The US. Small Business Administration counts businesses with as much as $35.5 million in sales and 1,500 employees as "small businesses" it all depends on the industry. Outside the government, companies with less than $7 million in sales and fewer than five hundred employees are widely considered small businesses.*     *Source, The Small Business Administration.          

ROC Hospitality Network serves as a haven for the world's most ambitious business leaders. 

Join ROC Hospitality Network today and start saving!