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

Jacketed doormen usher you inside, through a rotunda hand-painted with an artist’s rendering of colonial Charles Towne’s 18th-century harbor and skyline, including one panel devoted to the Richmond plantation purchased several years ago by hotelier and businessman Michael Bennett. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026

Some hoteliers are expecting that. —Miami Herald, 6 May 2026

Mike Testa, president and CEO of Visit Sacramento, which represents local hoteliers, said there was a disconnect separating Old Sacramento from the remainder of the downtown business district. —Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 5 May 2026

General Manager Samuel Peter, a Swiss hotelier who spent nearly two decades running luxury properties across Japan, Singapore, Thailand and Switzerland before arriving here, describes this as the hotel’s essential proposition. —Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2026

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