hotelier

noun

ho·​te·​lier hō-ˈtel-yər  ˌō-tᵊl-ˈyā 

ˌȯ-

: a proprietor or manager of a hotel

Examples of hotelier in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Now it’s overseen by her grandson, Charlie Collins, who had already gained international experience as a chef and hotelier when he got involved in 2002. —Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025

Development Services Director Craig Holland told members of the Osceola County Association of Realtors that the interest from hoteliers is a new phenomenon. —Laura Kinsler, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2025

The hotel is a collaboration between hoteliers Amelie and Dominik Posch, Christina and Martin Spielmann, and South Tyrolean architect Martin Gruber, who decided to renovate a 1936 Alpine hut and transform it into a refuge for the soul and mind. —Chiara Barzini, Vogue, 3 June 2025

The real estate developer, hotelier, broadcaster, and philanthropist, who passed away in 2008 at age 86, and his wife Pauline (Polly) went on to donate the property to the University of Washington. —Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French hôtelier, going back to Old French ostelier, hostelier "innkeeper," from ostel, hostel "lodgings, hotel entry 1" + -ier -er entry 2

Note: Cf. hosteler, hostler, ultimately borrowed from Anglo-Norman counterparts to the continental Old French word.

First Known Use

circa 1738, in the meaning defined above