hotelier
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hotelier
Example Sentences
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The hotelier is also shifting away from the chic eateries that helped make some of his past hotels famous.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
"The world is going to know our flag," Sydney Elias, a hotelier in Praia, said.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025
Seventy-five years later, Trump, another Atlantic City hotelier, would become the pageant world’s king when he bought the organization that owns the Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe competitions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
Irish hotelier Patrick McKillen is suing members of the Qatari royal family, accusing them of defrauding him and his company.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025
The first guests began arriving at Holmes’s World’s Fair Hotel, though not in the volume he and every other South Side hotelier had expected.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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