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

The boutique hotelier is officially launching sales at its upcoming Residences at the Nashville Edition, 84 private condos that will span the top 15 floors of the new Edition hotel that’s soon to open in the Gulch neighborhood. —Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2025

Fast-forward more than a hundred years, and now that enchanted villa is a luxury resort run by The Hospitality Experience, the hoteliers behind other Italian properties like The Place Firenze and Londra Palace in Venice. —Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025

Indian American hoteliers are uniquely positioned to help shape the bilateral policy agenda on investment, workforce mobility, visa policy, and infrastructure. —Ronak D. Desai, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025

As a third-generation hotelier, hospitality quite literally runs in her blood. —Melissa Noel, Essence, 21 Mar. 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