Avari Hotels
{{Short description|Pakistani hotel chain}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=April 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Avari Hotels International
| logo = Avari Hotels International - logo.gif
| logo_size = 200px
| image = AvariKarachi.jpg
| type = Private
| foundation = March 1948
| founder = Dinshaw Avari
| location = Karachi-75530, Pakistan
| key_people = Dinshaw Avari (Chairman)
|industry = Hospitality
| products =
| num_employees = {{circa|2000}}
| revenue =
| net_income =
| homepage = {{url|avari.com}}
}}
Avari Hotels ({{langx|ur|آواری ہوٹل}}) is a Pakistani international hotel chain based in Karachi. It operates five hotel properties in Pakistan, a duo in Dubai, and one in Toronto.{{cite journal | url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/097282011100900106 | doi=10.1177/097282011100900106 | title=Avari Group | date=2012 | last1=Afghan | first1=Nasir | journal=Asian Journal of Management Cases | volume=9 | pages=59–78 }}
History
Avari Hotels Group was founded in March 1948 by Dinshaw Avari who was originally from Bombay.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independenturdu.com/node/175736|title=’ہم جو بھی ہیں، پاکستان کی وجہ سے ہیں‘: ہوٹل چین کا مالک آواری خاندان|trans-title=Whatever we are, we are because of Pakistan': Hotel chain owner Awari family|date=10 September 2024|website=Independent Urdu}}{{cite book|title=Kashmir Thinks It's Free: #2 in the Kashmir is Free Series|publisher=publishwithprasen.com|date=16 February 2019|author1=Arun Kumar|author2=Prasenjeet Kumar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FUOIDwAAQBAJ}}
Avari Hotels first location was the Beach Luxury Hotel in Karachi which opened on 21 March 1948. Later, Avari Hotel Lahore was opened in 1978 and the 17-story Avari Tower Hotel with 120 suites in Karachi in 1985.
In 2013, the group announced the launch of a major expansion phase.{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/624298/hospitality-industry-avari-hotels-set-to-expand/|title=Hospitality industry: Avari Hotels set to expand|website=Tribune.com.pk|date=30 October 2013|author=Shahram Haq|accessdate=4 December 2019}} In 2017, Avari Hotels announced the opening of two 4-star hotels in Multan.{{cite web|url=https://www.researchsnipers.com/avari-hotels-and-roomi-enterprises-to-launch-two-new-4-star-hotels-in-multan/|title=Avari Hotels and Roomi Enterprises to Launch Two New 4-Star Hotels in Multan|website=Researchsnipers.com|date=11 October 2017|author=Aiman Bilal|accessdate=4 December 2019}}
Ownership
The hotel chain is owned by the Parsi Avari family and which was led by Byram D. Avari until his death in 2023.{{Cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/373711/avari-group-set-for-local-expansion/|title=Avari Group set for local expansion - The Express Tribune|date=4 May 2012|website=|language=en-US|access-date=22 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/624298/hospitality-industry-avari-hotels-set-to-expand/|title=Hospitality industry: Avari Hotels set to expand - The Express Tribune|date=29 October 2013|website=The Express Tribune|language=en-US|access-date=22 April 2019}}
Locations
- Avari Towers Hotel, Karachi
- Hotel Crown Inn, Karachi
- Avari Hotel, Lahore{{cite web|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/04/question-time-with-pakistans-longest-serving-foreign-general-manager-of-avari-towers/ |title=Question time with Pakistan's longest serving foreign General Manager of Avari Towers!|author=Ismail Dilawar|date=5 March 2013|publisher=Pakistan Today|accessdate=22 April 2019}}