hotelier

[ oh-tuhl-yey, hoht-l-eer ]

noun

1. a manager or owner of a hotel or inn.

hotelier

/ həʊˈtɛljeɪ /

noun

1. an owner or manager of one or more hotels

Word History and Origins

Origin of hotelier¹

1900–05; < French hôtelier; hotel, -ier ²

Example Sentences

At the end of the film, as the hotelier, his wife and son are rescued and about to be evacuated to Belgium, they find the orphaned Kanimba and her younger sister in a refugee camp and adopt them.

From Washington Post

The former hotelier became an opposition leader in exile and a thorn in Kagame’s side.

From Washington Post

Loaning money to shopkeepers, landlords and hoteliers in places such as Times Square or SoHo used to be considered almost a sure thing.

From Washington Post

Rate Spotlight is the pricing intelligence tool that enables hoteliers to understand how their rates compare to competitors’ in their markets.

From Search Engine Land

Shmueli Levin, a hotelier from Davos, Switzerland, learned about Elli’s Kosher Kitchen last July.

From Ozy

The principals of design firm Roman and Williams discuss their collaboration with the late hotelier.

From The Daily Beast

The hotelier alerted authorities who sent a Coast Guard ship to meet the incoming boat.

From The Daily Beast

But focusing on in-store experience—and bringing in a French hotelier to fix it—misses the forest for the trees.

From The Daily Beast

Gaza City hotelier Jawdat Al Khodary said much the same thing.

From The Daily Beast

Related Words

• property owner
• proprietor