Shelli M., General Manager of Boothill Inn and Suites, shares the return on investment seen so far as a result of the Inn’s Certified Autism Center™ designation.

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As far as name recognition, um, it has been huge.

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Um, I, I am involved a lot in town with the Chamber of Commerce,

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with visit Billings, with the zoo, with, with different boards and stuff.

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And I have had people come up and say,

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aren’t you that hotel that has that autism thing is how they put it?

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And yes. And then, oh, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate that.

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I have a grandson, I have this, I have that. So the word is getting out there.

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And, uh, in Billings,

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it has really positioned me well, um,

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because it is so much more than something to market,

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something to put heads in beds, but it’s the right thing to do,

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especially in this, um,

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diversity effort that we as a hotel and as a community are

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focused on right now.