title: Byram D. Avari
text: Byram Dinshawji Avari (; 1942 – 22 January 2023) was a Pakistani businessman and twice Asian Games gold medalist. 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.
  
  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 Now Avari Gilgat 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.
  
  The Avari Group is the first Pakistani company to have obtained international hotel management contracts: they operate the 200-room 4-star hotel in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and manage the 200-room Ramada Inn in Toronto at Pearson Airport in Canada.
  
  Honorary Consul
  Avari was the Honorary Consul, or a diplomatic representative, for Canada.
  
  Sailing
  Avari was the Commodore of Karachi Yacht Club in 1976 and again in 1980. He was a gold medallist in 'enterprise class' yachting at the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok with Munir Sadiq and again at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi with his wife, Goshpi. He also won a silver medal at the Enterprise World Championship held in Canada in 1978.
  
  Parsi Community
  Avari was Chairman of the Karachi Parsi Anjuman.
  
  Personal life and death
  Avari was married to Goshpi and had two sons and a daughter. 
  
  Avari died on 22 January 2023, at the age of 81.
  
  Awards and recognition
  Pride of Performance Award for Sports (Sailing) in 1982 by the President of Pakistan
  
  See also 
   Avari Hotels
   List of Parsis
  
  References
  
  1942 births
  2023 deaths
  Businesspeople from Karachi
  Parsi people
  Pakistani industrialists
  Pakistani Zoroastrians
  Pakistani hoteliers
  Pakistani socialites
  Pakistani male sailors (sport)
  Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan
  Recipients of the Pride of Performance
  Sportspeople from Karachi
  Asian Games medalists in sailing
  Sailors at the 1978 Asian Games
  Sailors at the 1982 Asian Games
  Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games
  Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games