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{{Short description|Pakistani businessman (1942–2023)}}
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'''Byram Dinshawji Avari''' ({{langx|ur|بیرام ڈی آواری}}; 1942 – 22 January 2023) was a Pakistani [[hotelier]] and twice [[Asian Games]] gold medalist.<ref name=Tribune>{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/935379/raising-the-white-flag-a-tribute-to-our-heroes/|title=Raising the white flag: A tribute to our heroes - The Express Tribune (newspaper)|date=14 August 2015|author=Aamir Khan and Urooj Jawed|accessdate=28 April 2019}}</ref> He was based in [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]] and owner of [[Avari Hotels]].

==Business concerns==
Together with his sons, he owned and operated the Avari Group of companies, of which he was the chairman.<ref name=Tribune/><ref>[https://tribune.com.pk/story/1528031/byram-avari-dispels-notion-chinese-economic-domination/ Byram Avari dispels notion of Chinese economic domination] The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 11 October 2017, Retrieved 28 April 2019</ref>

[[Hotel management]] is the Avari Group's core business. In Pakistan, the group owns and operates [[Avari Hotels]] which include 5-star deluxe hotels in [[Karachi]], [[Lahore]], [[Sargodha]], [[Gujranwala]], [[Faisalabad]] and [[Gilgit]], the 5-star Avari Towers and the seafront ''Beach Luxury Hotel'' in Karachi. The group is also actively pursuing opportunities for owning and/or managing 3 and 4-star properties elsewhere in Pakistan.{{citation needed|date= October 2022}}

The Avari Group is the first Pakistani company to have obtained international hotel management contracts:<ref name=Tribune/> they operated the 200-room 4-star hotel in [[Dubai]] in the United Arab Emirates and previously managed the 200-room [[Ramada Inn]] in [[Toronto]] at [[Toronto Pearson International Airport|Pearson Airport]] in Canada.{{citation needed|date= October 2022}}

==Honorary consul==
Avari was the honorary [[Consul (representative)|consul]], or a diplomatic representative, for [[Canada]].<ref name=Tribune/>

==Sailing==
Avari was the commodore of [[Karachi Yacht Club]] in 1976 and again in 1980. He was a gold medallist in '[[Enterprise (dinghy)|enterprise]] class' [[yachting]] at the [[1978 Asian Games]] in Bangkok with [[Munir Sadiq]]<ref name="dawn"/> and again at the [[1982 Asian Games]] in [[New Delhi]] with his wife, [[Goshpi Avari|Goshpi]].<ref name="dawn">[http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/22/spt5.htm Pakistan has impressive record in sailing: Asian Games in perspective] Dawn (newspaper), Published 22 November 2006, Retrieved 28 April 2019</ref> He also won a silver medal at the Enterprise World Championship held in Canada in 1978.{{citation needed|date= October 2022}}

==Parsi community==
Avari was chairman of the ''Karachi Parsi Anjuman''.<ref>[http://tenets.zoroastrianism.com/novulturesok.html No vultures since 1956] Retrieved 28 April 2019</ref><ref name=Dawn>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1279957 |author=Saima S. Hussain|title=Cheese tasting with the Avaris|date=28 August 2016|work=Dawn|location=Pakistan|accessdate=28 April 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Avari was married to [[Gosphi Avari|Goshpi]] and had two sons and a daughter.<ref name=Dawn/>

Avari died on 22 January 2023, at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite news |title=Prominent Businessman Byram Avari Passes Away In Karachi |url=https://arynews.tv/prominent-businessman-byram-avari-passes-away-in-karachi/ |access-date=23 January 2023 |publisher=Ary News |date=22 January 2023}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
*[[Pride of Performance]] Award for Sports (Sailing) in 1982 by the [[President of Pakistan]]{{citation needed|date= October 2022}}

== See also ==
* [[Avari Hotels]]
* [[List of Parsis]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Pride of Performance for Sports}}
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[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2023 deaths]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Karachi]]
[[Category:Parsi people]]
[[Category:Pakistani industrialists]]
[[Category:Pakistani Zoroastrians]]
[[Category:Pakistani hoteliers]]
[[Category:Pakistani socialites]]
[[Category:Pakistani male sailors (sport)]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Pride of Performance]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Karachi]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in sailing]]
[[Category:Sailors at the 1978 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Sailors at the 1982 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games]]
[[Category:20th-century Pakistani sportsmen]]


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