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

Especially unnerving this year for hoteliers was a far less robust summer than normal, so much so that nightly rates for the hotel group fell by as much as 10%, depending on the day of the week, Gleason said. —Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025

The property marks the ninth entrant into the hotelier’s Reserve portfolio that’s embedded in wellness and connection to local traditions, inviting its guests to slow down and take in nature. —Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2025

Mourer’s firm only ever occupied half of the building, and sold it to a small-scale hotelier in the spring. —Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 27 Nov. 2025

Its current-day iteration began in 2016 when hoteliers Frankie and Josephine Whelehan snapped up the property, renovated, and flung open the doors once again in 2018. —Liam Hess, Vogue, 26 Nov. 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