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Pitch Your Hotel: Tim Dixon of The Iron Horse Hotel

Where: Milwaukee, WI, United States

Hotelier. The word is so romantic, so eccentric, so...French. However, run-of-the-mill real world hoteliers don't always live up to the etymology.

Always looking to bring you the most pertinent information on the worldwide hotel scene, we figured when we found hoteliers that were worthy of the French pronunciation of the word, we would let them speak to you directly. Besides, before you dropped a bunch of cash to stay at someone's house, wouldn't you want to get to know the owner a bit? Exactly. We, always oh so full of ourselves, are calling this series Hoteliers That Matter and we are sitting down with these hoteliers and letting them tell you, straight from their mouths to web ears, what you need to know about their hotels.

Tim Dixon is new to this hotelier profession. A rather successful real estate developer in Milwaukee, Dixon has made the leap to the hospitality industry with the Iron Horse Hotel and what a leap it is.

The Iron Horse hotel is set to be the first modern luxury boutique hotel geared towards high-end motorcycle enthusiasts. It's a place where bikers can have all the modern comforts they are used to as well as have a place to hang their boots and helmets at the end of the day. And since it's located across from the upcoming Harley-Davidson Museum, it was a no-brainer Dixon says as to what the theme of the hotel should be.

However, Dixon also doesn't want the Iron Horse Hotel to be pigeon-holed as a motorcyclist's hotel. Rather he sees the hotel as a place where a different kind of road warrior--the business traveler--can also enjoy a modern luxury hotel stay. Apparently Milwaukee is lacking in such hip places to spend the night.

Yesterday, we showed you a sneak peek of the rooms at the hotel which will open sometime in July 2008. After the jump, we quiz Tim Dixon on how this all got started.

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