hotelier

noun ho·te·lier \ hō-ˈtel-yər ; ˌō-tᵊl-ˈyā , ˌȯ- \

|Updated on: 11 Jun 2018

Definition of hotelier

: a proprietor or manager of a hotel

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Recent Examples of hotelier from the Web

During five decades as a Florida hotelier, Langford not only met historic figures but also made history himself.

— joy wallace dickinson, OrlandoSentinel.com, "New Winter Park exhibit highlights hotels and motels," 3 June 2018
Initially, three other petitioners joined Ms. Kapur and Ms. Dalmia: Navtej Singh Johar, a dancer; Sunil Mehra, a journalist; and Aman Nath, a hotelier.

— New York Times, "Gay in India, Where Progress Has Come Only With Risk," 2 June 2018
Fonda plays a wealthy, age-defying hotelier, Vivian, fond of her independence and thigh-high boots, currently entertaining a younger lover from another era, Arthur (Don Johnson).

— katie walsh, kansascity, "In ‘Book Club,’ watching Fonda, Bergen, Keaton and Steenburgen is a guilty pleasure | The Kansas City Star," 17 May 2018
Fonda plays a wealthy, age-defying hotelier, Vivian, fond of her independence and thigh-high boots, currently entertaining Arthur (Don Johnson), a younger lover from another era.

— katie walsh, latimes.com, "'Book Club's' Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen prove to be sexy and funny at any age," 17 May 2018
Restaurateurs Ming Tsai, Chris Schlesinger, Brian Poe, Eric Aulenbach, and Jasper White, Shire’s longtime collaborator, mingled alongside former secretary of state John Kerry, fashion designers Tonya Mezrich and Thom Solo, and hotelier Robin Brown.

— rachel raczka, BostonGlobe.com, "Shire, Scampo mark 10th anniversary," 3 Apr. 2018
Companies in labor-intensive industries — hoteliers and home health care providers and employers with many warehouse and assembly jobs — are most likely to drop marijuana testing.

— christopher rugaber, BostonGlobe.com, "More businesses are mellowing out over hiring marijuana smokers," 2 May 2018
Amigo Lodge, Salida, CO A couple from Texas moves to the Rockies and renovates a 1950s motel, drawing inspiration from hometown hotelier Liz Lambert.

— stephanie granada, Sunset, "10 Modern Motor Lodges Worth a Stay," 22 Jan. 2018
Johanns Williams, regional franchise service director for LaQuinta Inns & Suites, worked with the United Way and area hoteliers to organize the first food drive, and that year 12,000 pounds were collected.

— mike nolan, Daily Southtown, "Food insecurity highlighted during collection drive," 25 Apr. 2018

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