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motor inn

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Definition of motor inn

as in motor court

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Recent Examples of motor inn Another solid New Mexico option is Arrive Albuquerque, which opened in 2025 as a 137-room boutique hotel set in a former mid-century motor inn. — Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026 Book a room at either Arrive Albuquerque, a motor inn reimagined as a boutique hotel, or El Vado Motel, a white adobe property that was restored and reopened in 2018. — Matt Kirouac, AFAR Media, 29 Jan. 2026 Built in 1939, this is a true motor inn, with garages between the rooms for parking your car. — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 19 July 2024 It’s partly set in 1955 in a fictional Southwest town, a lonely four corners with a diner, gas station and motor inn. — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 15 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for motor inn

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Other than a rebranding from Goodnight Court to Classic Inn, little has changed over the past eight decades at the tourist court.

— Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
No longer a tourist court, the building was reconfigured into a private home.

— Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025

Definition of tourist court

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The pair had spent the previous night talking for hours after meeting by chance in the elevator of a youth hostel in Munich in May 1998.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Home to a youth hostel and folk museum, Glencoe is mostly a destination for outdoorspeople looking to kayak, mountain climb, go trekking, or pitch tents.

— Timothy Latterner, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2026

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The hotel itself, which had opened as a motor lodge in the 1950s and then transformed into a Southwestern roadside hotel, had also fallen into disrepair.

— Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Previously a 1960s motor lodge, it’s been reimagined by hospitality experts Keath and Dave Jacoby, who took it from being a botched reno property to one that feels mid-century cool.

— Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 July 2026

Definition of motor lodge

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Photos and video on social media show the roof of a motel being blown off and damage to other buildings along Route 13 northeast of downtown.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Bass defended Inside Safe, a housing initiative launched by Bass to move people from street encampments into temporary motel and hotel rooms.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of motel

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This is not a medical spa and therefore there is no nutrition concept, but healthful snacks like fruit grown on property and nuts are available in the changing spaces, hydrotherapy zone and the relaxation rooms.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026
Hood River also recently welcomed its first full-service hotel, the Lightwell, which hosts live music in its lobby and first Friday jazz performances and has arguably the town’s most pampering spa—a must for any mountain town.

— Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of spa

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The resort has a refreshingly unpretentious vibe, and now oddly-endearing late-80s aesthetic from when it was first designed and built.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
There’s Labadie, the private resort open only to American cruise ships and foreign holiday makers.

— Etant Dupain, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of resort

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The product is intended for people navigating screen-heavy workdays, mental fatigue, travel, irregular routines, or periods of rest before returning to focused tasks.

— William Jones, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Indeed, the lounge has value to both airlines and passengers beyond rest and relaxation.

— Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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