Dora Companies

Welcome To
DORA COMPANIES
Welcome To
DORA COMPANIES
Welcome To
DORA COMPANIES
Welcome To
DORA COMPANIES
Welcome To
DORA COMPANIES
Welcome To
DORA COMPANIES
Welcome To
DORA COMPANIES
Welcome To
DORA COMPANIES
Welcome To
DORA COMPANIES
Welcome To
DORA COMPANIES

Our Company

Murphy, our French Bulldog “Director of Security,” is older than we’ve been around. Well, only in dog years – and just barely. That’s how long the Doras have been hobnobbing in hotels.

After more than a half century in the business, it’s safe to say the Dora family knows the hospitality industry. It’s a family tradition that carries on to this day after operating high-quality hotels since 1958. Dora Hotel Company, LLC owner Tim Dora is proud to continue the family legacy through his Indiana-based hospitality management company.

“We develop awesome hotels that are creatively designed, meticulously maintained and sparkling clean,” Dora said. “We do this because we love it and we are really good at it.”

Dora Hotel Company oversees 20-plus properties throughout Indiana. Tim Dora is a principal in most of the properties, while those not owned are operated under management agreements.

The company works with multiple global hotel brands including Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT), Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR), InterContinental Hotels Group (NYSE: IHG), as well as several other independent properties. Dora Hotel Company specializes in real estate development and management, and owns, develops and/or manages restaurants, office buildings and parking garages in addition to hotels. The company provides a full range of hospitality services including accounting and financial reporting, purchasing, design and construction services, franchisor relationships, sales administration and revenue management.

Our team members are dedicated to providing our guests with outstanding service in impeccably clean and well-maintained hotels. We aggressively renovate our hotels to provide our guests with the highest-quality facilities in the markets that they serve. We carefully select and train our team members to ensure quality customer service. Our success is achieved by providing our guests with service and facilities that are second to none, and by maximizing asset values for our partners and clients.

For a first-class hospitality experience, visit a Dora Hotel Company property next time you’re on the go – and tell them Murphy sent you.

Our Awards

2023 Outstanding Ranking

2023 Outstanding Ranking
for Hilton QA Inspection
& SALT Scores

Doubletree by Hilton Lafayette East

Lafayette, Indiana

2023 Tribune-Star Readers’
Choice Award – Best Hotel

Hilton Garden Inn

Terre Haute, IN

2023 Top Third-Party Manage-
ment Companies Award

Dora Hotel Co.

Fishers, Indiana

2023 Outstanding Ranking

2022 Outstanding Ranking
for Hilton QA Inspection
& SALT Scores

Doubletree by Hilton Lafayette East

Lafayette, Indiana

2023 Top Third-Party Manage-
ment Companies Award

Dora Hotel Co.

Fishers, Indiana

2022 Spirit of True
Hospitality Award

Holiday Inn

Columbus, Indiana

2021 Spirit of True
Hospitality Award

Dora Hotel Co.

Fishers, Indiana

2021 Discover Kalamazoo
Partnership Award

Dora Hotel Co.

Fishers, Indiana

2021 Lux Gold Standard Award
in Hospitality Management

Dora Hotel Co.

Fishers, Indiana

Best Hotel Management
Company – Midwest, USA

Dora Hotel Co

Fishers, IN

2019 Torch Bearer Award
(Intercontinental Hotel)

Candlewood Suites

Terre Haute, Indiana

2018 Pride
Award

Doubletree by Hilton Lafayette East

Lafayette, IN

2018 Outstanding Ranking for
Hilton QA Inspection

Doubletree by Hilton

Lafayette, IN

2018 Torch Bearer Award
(Intercontinental Hotel)

Staybridge Suites Downtown

Indianapolis, IN

2018 Quality
Excellence Award

Candlewood Suites

Terre Haute, IN

2018 IHG Rewards Club
Excellence Award

Hotel Indigo

Columbus, IN

2018 5 of 5
Winning Metrics

Holiday Inn Express Downtown

Indianapolis, IN

2016 Quality
Excellence Award

Hotel Indigo

Columbus, IN

2016 Torch Bearer Award
(Intercontinental Hotel)

Hotel Indigo

Columbus, IN

2016 Torch Bearer Award
(Intercontinental Hotel)

Holiday Inn Express

Terre Haute, IN

2016 Torch Bearer Award
(Intercontinental Hotel)

Staybridge Suites Downtown

Indianapolis, IN

2015 Quality
Excellence Award

Candlewood Suites

Terre Haute, IN

2015 Quality
Excellence Award

Candlewood Suites

Indianapolis, IN

2015 Quality
Excellence Award

Hotel Indigo

Columbus, IN

2014 Rennovation
Award

Hotel Indigo

Columbus, IN

2014 Quality
Excellence Award

Hotel Indigo

Columbus, IN

2013 IHG Rewards Club
Excellence Award

Hotel Indigo

Columbus, IN

2013 Silver
Performance Award

Residence Inn

Goodyear, Arizona

2012 Newcomer
of the Year Award

Holiday Inn Express & Suites

Terre Haute, IN

2011, 2010, 2009
Torch Bearer Award

Hotel Indigo

Columbus, IN

2009 Renovation
Award

Candelwood Suites

Terre Haute, IN

2009 Turning
Point Award

Hotel Indigo

Columbus, IN

2009 Quality
Excellence Award

Staybridge Suites Airport

Indianapolis, IN

2008 Mayor’s
Art Award

Hotel Indigo

Columbus, IN

2008 Rookie of
the Year Award

Comfort Inn & Suites

Columbus, IN

2008 Developer
of the Year Award

Presented by InterContinental

Hotel Group

2008 Renovation
Award

Hotel Indigo

Fishers, IN

2008 Newcomer
of the Year Award

Staybridge Suites Airport

Plainfield, IN

2007 Vision
A Level Above Award

Presented by Terre Haute Chamber

of Commerce, Terre Haute, IN

2007 Mayor’s Achievement &
Community Investment Award

Hotel Indigo

Columbus, IN

1998-2002, 2005 Choice Hotels
International Gold Award

Comfort Inn & Suites

Indianapolis, IN

2003 Quality of
Excellence Award

Holiday Inn Express

Algonquin, IL

Indianapolis, IN

2003 Quality of
Excellence Award

Holiday Inn Northeast

Indianapolis, IN

2002 Choice Hotels
International Gold Award

Sleep Inn

Indianapolis, IN

2002 Platinum
Award

Comfort Inn and Suites

City Centre

Indianapolis, IN

2001 Developer
of the Year Award

Presented by Hilton Hotel Corporation

Quality Excellence

1998 Quality of
Excellence Award

Holiday Inn

Plainfield, IN

1998 Quality of
Excellence Award

Holiday Inn Worldwide

Holiday Inn Express

Plainfield, IN

1994 Quality of
Excellence Award

Holiday Inn Express

Fishers, IN

1994 Quality of
Excellence Award

Holiday Inn Worldwide

Holiday Inn Express

fishers, IN

1993 Newcomer
of the Year Award

Holiday Inn Worldwide

Holiday Inn Express

fishers, IN

Behind Our Success

Tim Dora — Tim Dora

Tim Dora

President

Tim Dora holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Finance from the University of Colorado. He is the owner of Dora Hotel Company, a Hotel Development and Management Company as well as Vision Building Company, a general contracting and construction management firm.

Tim takes pride knowing Dora Hotel Company, LLC, is one of Indiana’s most successful hotel management companies. The company’s portfolio covers a wide range of hotel brands with locations throughout Indiana. From innovative products such as Hotel Indigo to traditional favorites such as Holiday Inn Express & Suites. Tim and his team develop and manage high-demand properties in key markets.

Tim’s properties have been recipients of numerous awards for quality and service excellence including Developer of the Year Award from Hilton Worldwide and Developer of the Year Award from Intercontinental Hotels Group. He has been involved in the management, development and opening of over forty hotels during his career in the hospitality industry.

He is the former Chairman of the Hotel Indigo Owner’s Association for Intercontinental Hotels Group. Tim is the past President and Board Member of the Indiana Hotel & Lodging Association and has served on several hospitality related boards and committees. The American Hotel & Lodging Association has designated him as a Certified Hotel Administrator. He is the former Chairman of Premier Capital Corporation of Indianapolis, Indiana a Certified Development Corporation of the Small Business Administration.

Chris Dora — Chris Dora

Chris Dora

Vice President

Chris Dora graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science in Finance in 2018. Chris joined the Accounting team in 2020. Prior to joining Dora Hotel Company, Chris worked as an Accounting Analyst for J.C. Penney in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Wendy Bland — Wendy Bland

Wendy Bland

Regional Manager

An employee of Tim Dora’s for over 16 years and a hospitality professional of 22 years, Wendy Bland provides a wealth of experience in daily hotel operations, hotel construction, renovations, plus food and beverage knowledge. During her time with Dora Hotel Company and Dora Brothers Hospitality, Wendy has overseen the construction and opening of over 14 hotel properties including independent, extended-stay plus limited and full-service properties. During the design and construction phase, her goal has been to accommodate the needs of today's hotel guest while ensuring on-time openings. Wendy has also maintained the role of General Manager and Regional General Manager of numerous hotels. Her focus has been to train new hotel staff as well as organize hotel procedures to guarantee guest satisfaction long into the future. This attention to detail has helped Dora Hotels gain a strong reputation of customer service that Wendy is proud to continue.

Cindy Waddle — Cindy Waddle

Cindy Waddle

Regional Manager

Ms. Waddle is a graduate of the University of Evansville, with a B.A. in Education specializing in Communications and English. She has been in the hospitality industry for 18 years and currently serves on the Columbus CVB Board of Directors, as well as serving as Secretary on the Executive Committee for the CVB. She is a member of the Women's Giving Circle of Bartholomew County as well.

She has management experience in Food & Beverage, Sales & Catering, and Front Office Operations. She has managed hotels as well as extended stay facilities for Dora Hotel Company for the last 9 years and has been a Regional Manager for Dora properties for the last 7 years. Ms. Waddle has overseen two renovation projects within Dora and has been the lead operations manager in the opening of the first new-build Hotel Indigo within the brand.

As the manager of the Hotel Indigo, Columbus, the property has won the 2009 Newcomer Award, 2010 Torchbearer Award, and 2011 Torchbearer Award from Intercontinental Hotels Group. Ms. Waddle was awarded the title of General Manager of the Year for Hotel Indigo properties in 2011.

Erica Free — Erica Free

Erica Free

Regional Manager

Erica Free has over 25 years of Hospitality experience. She has managed many select service properties including dual-branded properties in almost every sector of the business –corporate, extended stay, franchised, and independent. She has extensive experience with new openings, renovation planning, and asset management. Erica’s commitment and desire to provide the highest customer service is marked through outstanding quality assurance evaluations, employee retention, and high-ranking guest service scores.

Most recently as the General Manager at the Hilton Garden Inn, she was able to obtain her MBA at Indiana State University. She currently serves as an adjunct professor in the Marketing Department within the Scott College of Business at Indiana State University.

Kelly Tabeling — Kelly Tabeling

Kelly Tabeling

Regional Manager

Kelly, a hospitality industry veteran of more than twenty years, joined Dora Hotel Company in 1995. She served as General Manager for numerous hotels and most recently as Regional Manager. During this time she supervised numerous hotel renovations. She has overseen the construction and opening of two Hilton Garden Inns and Hotel Indigo. Kelly’s hotel’s received several awards over the years, including a Quality Excellence Award and Renovation Award. She has management experience in Sales and Catering and Food and Beverage in addition to extensive Front desk experience. Her duties now include working with the General Managers in the day-to-day operations of the hotels. Kelly believes strongly in Dora Hotel Company's hands on management approach, developing and nurturing our service culture. She is passionate about the company values and maintaining high quality hotels.

Eric Groganz — Eric Groganz

Eric Groganz

Corporate Controller

Eric Groganz is a graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance. He began his accounting career with Dora Hotel Company in 2013. In 2015, Eric transitioned to governmental accounting working for the Indiana Finance Authority. He returned to Dora Hotel Company in 2019 as the assistant controller.

Leslie Mimms — Leslie Mimms

Leslie Mimms

Chief Financial Officer

Leslie graduated from Indiana State University earning her Bachelor of Science in Accounting and started her career in public accounting. In 1996, she acquired her CPA license in the state of Indiana. Leslie worked in public accounting for nearly 13 years, while 11 of those years were with the accounting firm Katz, Sapper and Miller working on hospitality clients before transitioning into the private accounting sector. For the past ten years, she has been sharping her debit and credit skills in the hospitality industry as Corporate Controller of a hotel management company. Leslie joined Dora Hotel Company in 2019 as Controller leading the accounting team with her 20 years of hospitality accounting experience.

Mandy Leverenz — Mandy Leverenz

Mandy Leverenz

Mandy is a graduate of IUPUI with a B.S. in Tourism, Conventions and Event Management. Mandy has worked for Dora Hotel Company since 2007. She began working at the Hotel Indigo in Fishers, IN. Since then, she has worked at several of our properties over the years. Mandy has worn many hats throughout her time with Dora. She has worked in the Accounting Department, Operations, Development, and Construction. In 2024 she will be the Director of Sales at Hotel Nickle Plate.

Teresa Smith — Teresa Smith

Teresa Smith

Accountant

Ms. Smith is a graduate of Ball State University with a B.A. in Geography specializing in Travel and Tourism and a minor in Business. Teresa has been in the hospitality business for 25 years, all of them working for the Dora Family. She began working at the Holiday Inn in Anderson in 1987 and performed duties including Night Audit, Guest Service Representative, and Bookkeeper. In 2007, she transferred to the Holiday Inn Express-Fishers where she was Front Office Manager. Shortly thereafter, she joined the staff at the corporate office of Dora Brothers Hospitality where she was an Administrative and Accounting Assistant. Teresa began working for Dora Hotel Company in March 2010 as an Accounting Assistant.

Kevin Johnston — Kevin Johnston

Kevin Johnston

Accountant

When he’s not slipping Murphy copious amounts of people food, Kevin can be found crunching numbers in the hallowed stillness of the Dora Hotel Company Accounting Department.

Prior to joining Dora, Kevin spent nine years at the now-defunct St. Vincent Marten House Hotel and Lilly Conference Center as the Accounting Supervisor and a Night Auditor. He studied Sports Communication at Indiana University in Bloomington, and New Media at IUPUI in Indianapolis.

Kevin also works as a Freelance Correspondent for The Indianapolis Star, covering the Indy Eleven and other sports, and he’s the Founder and Managing Editor of soccer news outlet SocTakes.com. His drab musings have infiltrated many desolate parts of the Internet.

Born and raised in the Circle City, the Indy lifer has never met a breaded tenderloin he didn’t like. He often wakes up in cold sweats from recurring nightmares of debits and credits, but satisfies his massive OCD with dreams of perfect accordion folds and balanced bank reconciliations by day.

Chrissy Johnston — Chrissy Johnston

Chrissy Johnston

Corporate Sales Manager

Chrissy Johnston has nearly 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry servicing markets in the Midwest. She began her career in hotel operations at the St. Vincent Marten House Hotel & Lilly Conference Center, eventually becoming the Catering Sales Manager before assuming the role of Director of Sales at the Holiday Inn Express Downtown Indianapolis. Her expertise includes sales, catering, event planning, marketing, social media, and operations.

Chrissy studied Tourism, Conventions and Event Management at IUPUI and started her career with Dora Hotel Company in 2013. She currently serves as the Corporate Sales Manager focusing on corporate sales, sales strategy, sales plans, customer acquisition, revenue management, and portfolio expansion.

Theresa Gallivan — Theresa Gallivan

Theresa Gallivan

Human Resources

Theresa currently serves as Director of Human Resources for Dora Hotel Company. Ms. Gallivan joined Dora Hotel Company in 2013, bringing with her over 20 progressive years of business experience, human resources management, and enthusiasm for excellence. Her primary responsibilities include employee relations, compensation and benefits, compliance, training and development. Before working with Dora, Theresa was the Director of Human Resources for St. Vincent Marten House Hotel in Indianapolis. Ms.Gallivan brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Dora Hotel Company from her extensive background with Hilton Hotels where she gained diverse experience in Front Office Operations, Sales, Catering, Human Resources, and Administration.

Darlene Lambert — Darlene Lambert

Darlene Lambert

Payroll Manager

Ms. Lambert is a HR payroll generalist specializing in HRIS implementations. She also has services in a variety of departments including employment, benefits, compliance and disciplinary issues for all company associates. Ms. Lambert has led a successful integration of all Payroll and Human Resource programs and policies. Darlene started her career with Dora Brothers Hospitality in 1996. Since this time she has held a number of key roles giving Darlene the perspective and understanding to be an outstanding Payroll Manager.

Liz Hardin — Liz Hardin

Liz Hardin

Office Administrator

Liz has over 10 years of office management experience. Her background includes working in dental, sales and collections, and her favorite: dry cleaning. She has a vast knowledge of accounts receivable, collections, marketing, client relationships, and quality customer service. She joined Dora Hotel Company in 2021 as the Office Administrator and Accounts Payable Clerk.

Elizabeth Yorger — Elizabeth Yorger

Elizabeth Yorger

Construction Coordinator

Construction is an integral part of Elizabeth’s life, as four generations of her family worked in various construction trades. She is a graduate of William Woods University with a B.S. in Equestrian Science and a minor in Business Administration. She has a broad range of experience in construction administration as well as customer service in the financial services industry. She enjoys traveling and the personal growth that comes through experiencing different cultures. She joined Vision Building Company in October 2017.

Joel Montalvo — Joel Montalvo

Joel Montalvo

Corporate Food and Beverage Director

Joel Montalvo has more than four decades of experience in food and beverage serving at some of the finest properties in the world including the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana and several Forbes Five-Star rated properties including Hotel Bel-Air, Ritz Carlton Chicago (a Four Seasons Hotel), The Resort at Pelican Hill, and Dolder Grand Hotel in Zurich, Switzerland. Dolder Grand is a fairy tale castle nestled in the Swiss Alps overlooking Zurich and has always been known as one of the best hotels in Europe. Fortunate to be the first American to complete a Stagiaire de Service at the legendary hotel, Joel learned a tremendous amount about the gastronomic world while trained weekly by the Certified Maitre d’ Hotel and biweekly on European wines.

When arriving in the United States from Switzerland, numerous hotels hired Joel to fully elevate their service, rewrite their manuals, and retrain the staff. E.G. - The Formal Dining Room at the Ritz Carlton Chicago, was one of the best dining rooms in the country that regularly hosted influential clients. Joel was assigned to rewrite the full-service manual, create sequences of services, and retrain the entire staff on service, Aperitifs, Digestifs, and Wine (Representative of the Wine Committee).

One of Joel’s most distinct opportunities was being selected as part of the Senior Management Opening Team serving as the Director of Events and Banquet Services for The Resort at Pelican Hill. Daily duties included writing extensive and meticulous manuals, interviewing, and as a team to develop a six-star hotel management style.

At the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Joel was hired to assist in opening a new 100,000 sq. ft. convention center addition to the hotel and casino. The establishment ultimately expanded to over 160,000 sq.ft. of event space and became the 8th largest convention casino hotel in the world, new home of “The World Series of Poker,” and one of the most legendary casinos. Once the addition opened, Joel’s team had the task of launching the new World Series of Poker on an immense world scale. He created and devised a lead waiter system to handle a large amount of additional convention space and executed some of the largest synchronized table service functions in the world. He also took pride in being the main designer of the team for all corporate VIP special events – action, bar & food station displays.

Hired by Regent International for their first property in the United States, The Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Joel’s first immense assignment was to inventory every bottle of wine documenting detailed information necessary from each label to write a worthy Wine Spectator “Grand Award Wine List.” When the Regent took over the hotel it had one of the most elaborate wine cellars, housing some of the rarest and most expensive wines in the world, to which Joel created a wine list from scratch utilizing the current inventory and won the “Grand Award” again for the hotel. Within 1½ years, Joel took over banquet operations and rewrote all the manuals and sequence of services for every position, reorganized and retrained supervision, certified all waiters to a five-star level, created a new posh buffet/bar design scheme, and developed the first off-premise catering operation (which served Tiffany’s, Bvlgari, the Hollywood Bowl, the Petersen Automotive Museum, etc.). Joel also wrote, designed, and executed all of the training with custom exams to develop staff retention.. The Regent Beverly Wilshire was the only hotel in the country to provide French Silver Service as a standard for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Joel was brought on board at the Hotel Bel-Air (rated the Number #1 Hotel in the Country by Condé Nast Magazine}, to restructure the entire purchasing department including migrating from perpetual to a computer software accounting/purchasing system. He also upgraded and rewrote the wine list and won the Wine Spectator “Best Award of Excellence.” As the Certified Sommelier of The Bel-Air, Lloyds of London Commissioned him to present exemplary Californian wine of his choice to the Commander of The Royal Yacht Britannia.

Joel joined Dora Hotel Company in 2021 as the Corporate Food and Beverage Director.