hotelier

noun

ho·​te·​lier hō-ˈtel-yər  ˌō-tᵊl-ˈyā 

ˌȯ-

: a proprietor or manager of a hotel

Examples of hotelier in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

She is approached by a hotelier couple whose daughter Cecily has gone missing. —Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024

According to the New York Times, Lewis-Martin will be charged together with her adult son, Glen Martin II, New York hotelier Mayank Dwivedi and one of Dwivedi’s business partners. —Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024

Paris is the great granddaughter of famed hotelier Conrad Hilton, who founded the Hilton Hotel chain, now valued at $62.38 billion, in 1946. —Claudia Williams, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024

Dwivedi, the hotelier The Times said is expected to be charged alongside Lewis-Martin and her son, lives in Manhattan and operates multiple properties in the city and the Hamptons. —Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French hôtelier, going back to Old French ostelier, hostelier "innkeeper," from ostel, hostel "lodgings, hotel entry 1" + -ier -er entry 2

Note: Cf. hosteler, hostler, ultimately borrowed from Anglo-Norman counterparts to the continental Old French word.

First Known Use

circa 1738, in the meaning defined above