Trisha McMahon
MVP/NY
212.716.8562
New York (December 2009): On February 1, 2010, Police Commissioner of the City of New York Raymond W. Kelly will accept the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2009 Hotel Excellence Awards, the annual travel and hospitality industry gala presented by publisher MVP/NY, the leading source of New York City information for visitors and locals.
The award, whose past recipients include hospitality giant Jonathan Tisch and NYC & Company President and CEO Cristyne Nicholas, is presented to individuals whose career achievements have made a major impact on New York City’s travel and tourism industry. Ray Kelly was appointed Police Commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in 2002, making him the first commissioner to hold the post in two separate tenures. That year, Commissioner Kelly created the first municipal police department counterterrorism bureau in the country and established a new global intelligence program. Under his leadership, the NYPD has cut city crime by nearly 40% since 2001. A 40- year veteran of the NYPD, Ray Kelly started with the department in 1963 and served in 25 different commands before being named Police Commissioner.
Commissioner Kelly has also served as Commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service, where he was awarded the Alexander Hamilton Medal for Exceptional Service; Under Secretary for Enforcement at the U.S. Treasury Department; Vice President for the Americas of Interpol and Director of the International Police Monitors in Haiti, for which he was awarded the Exceptionally Meritorious Service Commendation by the President of the United States.
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Morris Visitor Publications New York (MVP/NY) is a division of Morris Communications Company. MVP/NY’s market-leading visitor publications include IN New York and Where® New York magazines, QG: New York City's QuickGuide, Where GuestBook® New York and IN New York Map. Reaching every segment of the visitor market—from leisure and family to business and luxury travel—MVP/NY products appear at more than 300 of New York's most distinguished hotels, visitor centers and high-traffic attractions, private clubs, airports, on New York Water Taxi boats, Amtrak trains and Acela VIP lounges and in upscale corporate housing, generating an annual readership in excess of 34 million. For more information, log on to www.mvpny.net and www.innewyork.com.
