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

Many hoteliers have priced incorrectly and have had to pay the penalty for unused rooms. —Bob Rauch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025

The problem, though, was that Diamandis didn’t have a wealthy hotelier to fund the prize and claim the naming rights. —Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025

Interior designer Lisa Koch spent nearly five years perfecting the 1937 property of a hotelier and producer Photography by Karyn Millet May 16, 2025 All products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors. —Lindsay Talbot, Architectural Digest, 16 May 2025

Founder Alan Faena, the Argentine hotelier and real estate visionary, first launched Faena Hotel Buenos Aires in 2004. —Emma Reynolds, Forbes.com, 22 May 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