Innkeeping Elite (Flavor/Gracious Living‪)‬

Big news broke in little Edenton. "I was shocked," said Giuliano Giannone . So was his business partner, Michael Scalpi . // Scarcely 12 months after buying a bed-and-breakfast in this small North Carolina waterfront town, Scalpi and Giannone were named 2011 Innkeepers of the Year. // The distinction for The Pack House Inn came in January from Pamela Lanier's Bed and Breakfast Directory, an online and print encyclopedia of B&Bs around the world. // The inn received the most votes out of 8,500 properties in the running for the award. Votes are cast by former B&B guests and visitors to the website. // In bestowing the honors, Lanier praised the Edenton innkeepers' "exceptional hospitality and effort to go that extra mile." // Scalpi and Giannone know the hospitality business. // Scalpi, who still jokingly calls their Edenton venture "the new broom in town," made his reputation by founding the Plumbush Inn & Restaurant in Cold Spring in New York's Hudson Valley . While the grand Victorian was in Scalpi's hands, The New York Times awarded it five stars . //