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The Zoom, which Gen barely gets together, is with British billionaire hotelier Thomas Heatherton, who correctly rejects the extremely idiotic plan of making his launch event have, like, a giant Eiffel Tower or whatever in the lobby.—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025 For travelers unmoved by the glitz of palace hotels in capital cities, Gulf hoteliers are offering up something new.—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 16 Dec. 2025 It's designed by Heinz Julen, a local hotelier and designer.—New Atlas, 13 Dec. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for hotelier
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
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Cf. hosteler, hostler, ultimately borrowed from Anglo-Norman counterparts to the continental Old French word.
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