{"id":2797,"date":"2018-02-02T13:33:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T18:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/?p=2797"},"modified":"2018-02-02T13:33:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T18:33:41","slug":"new-york-florist-wins-prestigious-hospitality-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/news\/new-york-florist-wins-prestigious-hospitality-award","title":{"rendered":"NYC Florist Wins Prestigious Hospitality Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For more than 20 years of service beautifying the Big Apple&#8217;s hotels, collaborating with various New York marketing groups, and sponsoring charitable events, Nic Faitos, senior partner of Starbright Floral Design, received Lifetime Achievement honors at the Hotel Experience Awards on Monday, January 29, at the iconic Cipriani Wall Street.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Am I even old enough to earn such an award?&#8221; Faitos said. &#8220;I kid, of course. This is a tremendous honor and a humbling experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2800 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual or association that demonstrates exceptional achievement in their field, in addition to superior contributions to New York City&#8217;s hospitality industry. Past recipients include Police Chief Ray Kelly (for cleaning up Times Square and making the city a family-friendly tourist destination) and Whoopi Goldberg (for getting the film industry to shoot scenes in the city).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over 200 of the city&#8217;s best hoteliers and concierges recommend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starflor.com\/\">Starbright<\/a>,&#8221; said Adeline Tafuri Jurecka, publisher of Where IN New York, which hosts the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mvpny.net\/media-kit\/hotel-excellence-awards\">Hotel Excellence Awards<\/a>. &#8220;Nic Faitos continues to set new standards in the floral and decor industry, we can&#8217;t think of a better person to honor this year because of how much Starbright Floral Design positively impacts visitors as much as it impacts the city itself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When Faitos started Starbright Floral Design in 1994, he decided he would make corporate work his niche. He started out by cold calling hotels from the phone book. 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