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Founder Alan Faena, the Argentine hotelier and real estate visionary, first launched Faena Hotel Buenos Aires in 2004.—Emma Reynolds, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025 Well, Ruby’s gone now, and the Trixie Motel (its name since 2022) is proof that even if one hotelier goes wild, there’s still room for the next one to go wilder.—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025 The boutique hotelier is officially launching sales at its upcoming Residences at the Nashville Edition, 84 private condos that will span the top 15 floors of the new Edition hotel that’s soon to open in the Gulch neighborhood.—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2025 Fast-forward more than a hundred years, and now that enchanted villa is a luxury resort run by The Hospitality Experience, the hoteliers behind other Italian properties like The Place Firenze and Londra Palace in Venice.—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 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
Note:
Cf. hosteler, hostler, ultimately borrowed from Anglo-Norman counterparts to the continental Old French word.
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