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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
Anika Reed Nearby New York hotels, including The Carlyle, The Mark, The Pierre and The Lowell, are popular destinations for celebrities to get ready – and for fans to spot them – ahead of the red carpet.
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Anika Reed, USA Today, 5 May 2026
Travelers can bundle flights, hotels, car, rentals, excursions, and cruises at one time and save money while doing so.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2026
Joe and the five boys relocated to Los Angeles, initially staying at various places around the city, including several hotels and the homes of Gordy and Ross.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 4 May 2026
In Kansas City, 85% to 90% of hotels reported bookings below projections.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 4 May 2026
There is also a World Cup bus service from Logan Airport, Providence and hotels around Greater Boston to Foxboro.
—Neal Riley, CBS News, 4 May 2026
On a federal level, there’s no blanket law requiring hotels to waive penalties for medical emergencies, but the Federal Trade Commission does monitor businesses for misleading practices.
—Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026
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
Anika Reed, USA Today, 5 May 2026
Travelers can bundle flights, hotels, car, rentals, excursions, and cruises at one time and save money while doing so.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2026
Joe and the five boys relocated to Los Angeles, initially staying at various places around the city, including several hotels and the homes of Gordy and Ross.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 4 May 2026
In Kansas City, 85% to 90% of hotels reported bookings below projections.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 4 May 2026
There is also a World Cup bus service from Logan Airport, Providence and hotels around Greater Boston to Foxboro.
—Neal Riley, CBS News, 4 May 2026
On a federal level, there’s no blanket law requiring hotels to waive penalties for medical emergencies, but the Federal Trade Commission does monitor businesses for misleading practices.
—Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hotels
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There are heaps of hotels, hostels, and homestays in Hạ Long for around $15 a night.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2026
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Look for places with reliable public transit, hostels and walkable city centers — that infrastructure makes navigating alone way easier.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2026
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Keep in mind that despite the significance of the date of July 4, 1776, royalists and republicans had been arguing in print, pamphlets, taverns and on town greens long before 1776.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
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As the vessel toured Baja California, Diana Sanders of Vacaville sampled tequila shots — 14 or 15 in total — from six ship taverns, tequileras and pubs, according to court documents.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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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 May. 2026.
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