Pineapple ripened or off-green. A plant growth regulator, Ethephon, is typically sprayed onto the fruit one week before harvest, developing ethylene, which turns the fruit golden yellow. After cleaning and slicing, a pineapple is typically canned in sugar syrup with added preservative. A pineapple never becomes any riper than it was when harvested. The fruit itself is quite perishable and if it is stored at room temperature, it should be used within two days; however, if it is refrigerated, the time span extends to 5–7 days. Mimi Sheller writes: "The pineapple entered European iconography as a symbol of welcome and hospitality,
Rosen College of Hospitality Management Rosen College of Hospitality Management The Rosen College of Hospitality Management is an academic college of the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida, United States. The college is renowned as one of the finest schools of hospitality in the United States and, in 2016, was rated #5 among all hospitality schools worldwide (and the youngest of the top five rated schools). Rosen College is also one of the fastest growing academic programs at UCF. UCF offered its first program in Hospitality Management in 1983. The program was the outgrowth of UCF's Dick Pope Sr. Institute for Tourism Studies,