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

Lisa Vanderpump is a restaurateur, reality TV personality – and soon hotelier. —Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025

The brainchild of famed politician and hotelier Eduard Cattani and his architect brother Arnold Cattani, the Grandhotel Winterhaus was purpose-built to awe. —Alexandra Cheney, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2025

The fourth-generation restaurateur and hotelier’s taste for the finer things has brought him a Rolex Yacht-Master 42, a Head tennis racquet, a Conran Shop backgammon set, and more Shop Landing Gear Get a Grip! —airmail.news, 15 Feb. 2025

No fisherman or coastal hotelier—whether Democrat or Republican—wants to suffer through something like the Deepwater Horizon spill that hit Louisiana's coast nearly 15 years ago. —Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025

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