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a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
for their 50th anniversary they stayed at one of the finest hotels in San Francisco
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Recent Examples of hotels
Neville said he's noticed many boutique and family-run hotels, especially in high-demand spots like Dubrovnik, Prague, and Santorini, booking out earlier than ever, requiring full deposits up front, and enforcing strict cancellation policies.
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Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Misinformation about the identity of the attacker prompted mass demonstrations outside the hotels Britain uses to house asylum seekers, some of which turned violent.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Quite the contrary, the high-end expedition includes private chartered flights, stays in upscale hotels, and memorable experiences like traditional game drives and hot-air balloon rides.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025
There has been a lot of finger pointing, blame and rationalization from all sides, but the silver lining for travelers is that with Vegas visitation down, whatever the reasons, the city is starting to roll out travel deals, even on the Strip, were hotels have been resistant to package discounts.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The Park Hotel Group currently runs seven hotels spread across Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, the Maldives, and mainland China.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
Empty hotels and golf courses might do it.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
The governor suggests this is needed because all the immigrants who were staffing hotels, building homes and picking crops are packing up and leaving.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
The state’s Community Investment Fund earlier this year endorsed spending $10 million to prepare most of the 86-acre mall site for a new complex of two hotels, 450 apartments, 165,000 square feet of new anchor retail spaces and up to 9 acres of restaurants and smaller shops and service businesses.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2025
Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Misinformation about the identity of the attacker prompted mass demonstrations outside the hotels Britain uses to house asylum seekers, some of which turned violent.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Quite the contrary, the high-end expedition includes private chartered flights, stays in upscale hotels, and memorable experiences like traditional game drives and hot-air balloon rides.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025
There has been a lot of finger pointing, blame and rationalization from all sides, but the silver lining for travelers is that with Vegas visitation down, whatever the reasons, the city is starting to roll out travel deals, even on the Strip, were hotels have been resistant to package discounts.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The Park Hotel Group currently runs seven hotels spread across Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, the Maldives, and mainland China.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
Empty hotels and golf courses might do it.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
The governor suggests this is needed because all the immigrants who were staffing hotels, building homes and picking crops are packing up and leaving.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
The state’s Community Investment Fund earlier this year endorsed spending $10 million to prepare most of the 86-acre mall site for a new complex of two hotels, 450 apartments, 165,000 square feet of new anchor retail spaces and up to 9 acres of restaurants and smaller shops and service businesses.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hotels
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Trubetter Foldable Travel Hangers Many standard hotel room closets contain at least one or two hangers, but other types of lodging—like Airbnb, boutique hotels, and hostels—may not have any at all.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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The a&o hostels welcome a significant number of business travelers each year and offer amenities tailored specifically to their needs.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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From Bavarian caves to Bohemian beer halls, from Milwaukee taverns to Oktoberfest tents, lagers have always been tied to the vessels they’re served in.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Yamahiro, who also presided over that case, dismissed the lawsuit against the taverns on July 22, online court records show.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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And our best times at motels were spent swimming in the dark in the motel pool.—
Anne Carson,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Hotels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotels. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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