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

But his impact on Kansas City as a hotelier and passionate champion of downtown businesses was so huge that city leaders named a park the size of a city block after him. —Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2024

Both properties are part of a network of hotels, restaurants and an atmospheric hammam created by visionary Scottish hotelier James Stuart, who holds Vejer close to his heart. —Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2024

More recently, the RPF has faced off against the Rwandan Movement for Democratic Change, an opposition group based in eastern Congo and co-founded by Paul Rusesabagina, the hotelier featured in the movie Hotel Rwanda and celebrated for sheltering Tutsi civilians during the genocide. —Phil Clark, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021

Not surprisingly, analysts say, the demise of short-term rentals has driven up demand for hotel rooms and has emboldened some hoteliers to increase prices. —Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 25 May 2024

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