
Honoring
Whoopi Goldberg
NEW YORK CITY RESIDENT, COMEDIAN, ACTOR AND TALK SHOW HOST
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT
Comprised of the Silver Plume Awards and the Hotel Experience Awards, the Hotel Excellence Awards recognizes the qualities and characteristics that define superior service and achievement in New York City's hospitality industry.
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Lifetime Achievement Award
Industry Acknowledgment — Each year an individual is recognized who epitomizes the principles and values promoted by HE A through exceptional achievement in their field and providing outstanding contributions to NYC’s hotel and hospitality industry.
Presented by MVP/NY in Cooperation with the Hotel Association of New York, Inc.
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Hotel Experience Award
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The People’s Choice — The Hotel Experience Awards recognize leaders in the New York hospitality community by allowing the most important audience—their guests—to identify those who excel. IN New York readers vote for their favorite hotels using response cards bound into the magazine, or via the MVPNY.net website. Readers cast ballots in six categories covering hotels with 500 rooms or more and hotels with less than 500 rooms:
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Peer Recognition — The Silver Plume Awards offer the hospitality community an opportunity to recognize exemplary service and performance by their peers. A nominating committee of past winners selects five nominees in each award category. Then, concierges vote to select the Silver Plume Award winners for:
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