Local Hotelier Honored as 2011 ‘Innkeeper of the Year’

Hotelier Honored as 2011 ‘Innkeeper of the Year’

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: President/CEO

262/782-2851 or pugal@wisconsinlodging.org

BROOKFIELD, WI (November 11, 2011) – The Wisconsin Hotel & Lodging

Association (WH&LA) has honored hotelier Bob Dhir, DHIR Group LLC,

Milwaukee, with its annual “Innkeeper of the Year” award for 2011. The

award recognizes one individual each year for outstanding leadership in the

Wisconsin lodging industry. Dhir was presented with the award at the 2011

Wisconsin Lodging Conference held at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel,

Appleton, on November 7.

Dhir is the Owner/President & CEO of the DHIR Group LLC, whose portfolio

currently consists of the recent award-winning Quality Inn

Milwaukee/Brookfield; Best Western PLUS Milwaukee Airport; and Super 8

Milwaukee Airport. Dhir and his wife, Anita, are a well-known team in the

Dhir Group, continually striving to make their properties the best from the

inside to the outside in operations, appearance and service.

Dhir has served for the past six years on the WH&LA Board of Directors, and

was instrumental in gaining approval for the change of the organization’s

name from the Wisconsin Innkeepers Association to it’s current name. He has

also served as president of the Wisconsin Coalition of Asian-Indian

Organizations, and serves on the advisory boards of franchisors Wyndham

Hotels Group/Super 8, and Choice Hotels International.

For his service to the lodging industry, Dhir also received a special

commendation from Gov. Scott Walker.

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The Wisconsin Hotel & Lodging Association (WH&LA) represents more than

700 hotels, motels, resorts, inns, hotel condos, and bed & breakfasts

throughout Wisconsin. Established in 1896, WH&LA provides marketing,

education, legislative and information services to Wisconsin’s lodging industry