hotel
(hoʊtel )
Word forms: hotels
countable noun A1
A hotel is a building where people stay, for example on holiday, paying for their rooms and meals.
The hotel reopened yesterday with tight security.
Synonyms: inn, motel, bed and breakfast, guest house
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Collocations:
airport hotel all-inclusive hotel beach hotel build a hotel cheap hotel chic hotel choose a hotel comfortable hotel cool hotel country house hotel elegant hotel exclusive hotel expensive hotel grand hotel hotel lobby hotel lounge hotel occupancy hotel operator hotel overlooks hotel owner hotel package hotel pool hotel reception hotel reservation hotel rooftop hotel spa hotel stay hotel suite hotel swimming pool hotel terrace landmark hotel luxurious hotel luxury hotel nearby hotel plush hotel recommend a hotel renovate a hotel run a hotel seafront hotel seaside hotel stylish hotel swanky hotel swish hotel three-star hotel tourist hotel
The company's airport hotels had seen a short-term boost to business from the disruption.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I had to stay in the airport hotel and take the first flight the next day.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I was supposed to be staying a night in an airport hotel.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We do not want an all-inclusive hotel, preferring modest accommodation and delicious local food.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Turkey's all-inclusive hotels are a great way to control your budget.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This popular resort is home to an array of all-inclusive hotels.
The Sun (2014)
A week's all-inclusive holiday in a beach hotel in Tunisia is on offer from £293.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We flew to the Kenya coast and checked into a beach hotel.
THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
Looking for the perfect beach hotel in Morocco?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Built in 2006, it is near the many golf courses and luxury hotels being built around the city.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The club hopes to build a new hotel with the cash.
The Sun (2014)
The hotel is newly built but feels solid and ancient.
The Sun (2013)
It's not easy these days to find a cheap hotel in New York.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Now I'm more likely to be staying at friends' houses or in cheap hotels.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Their survey also found many cheaper hotels charge less for wi-fi then four or five-star ones.
The Sun (2013)
It's a perfect destination that combines chic hotels with the best of urban life plus the beauty of tropical nature.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This contemporary, chic new hotel has oodles of style yet is relaxed and welcoming.
The Sun (2015)
Obviously, you stay only in suitably chic boutique hotels.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A supplement may be charged depending on availability and demand at your chosen hotel.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
So choosing a hotel that suits you is crucial.
The Sun (2010)
Then visit the website below to choose a hotel.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This is a comfortable new hotel that will give the others in St Andrews a run for their money.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Accommodation, ranging from hostels to comfortable hotels, is extra.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Then I returned to my comfortable hotel.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Stay in one of the coolest hotels on Greece's coolest party island.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Cool hotels have recently opened or undergone big renovations, and the city has a buzz.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Can you recommend any cool boutique hotels in the area?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Staff at the country house hotel described her as the most amusing guest in ages.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Hebridean Princess carries up to 49 passengers and has the feel of a country house hotel.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Save more than half the cost of a two-night break in a 17th-century country house hotel set in rolling countryside on the edge of the Cotswolds next month.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Designed exclusively for couples, this elegant boutique hotel is the ideal romantic escape.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It's the most elegant hotel in the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This elegant city-centre hotel has three restaurants and an extensive spa.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The 13th Century Ashford Castle - one of the most exclusive hotels in the world - is just a short drive from Knock.
The Sun (2008)
This will stop them enjoying nights in some of London's most exclusive hotels.
The Sun (2009)
At the opposite end of the global brand spectrum are the one-off exclusive hotels that also offer property sales.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He flew twice a year to his homeland in Australia, stayed at expensive hotels and took luxury holidays.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We checked into the most expensive hotel in Zagreb and asked at the desk for directions to a decent bar.
THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
It may not earn you anything but at least you'll save on expensive hotels.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The other grand hotels give a flavour of the history of Istanbul.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
My budget doesn't usually run to grand hotels.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
At a grand hotel, tip the man who carries your luggage to your room.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Standing in the hotel lobby, he stretches out his hand and passes the first test.
Times, Sunday Times
I also managed an hour of work at a table in the hotel lobby.
Houston Chronicle
We borrowed a stuffed reindeer from the hotel lobby and strung tinsel around a large fig tree in the corner of our room.
Times, Sunday Times
In the hotel lobby our minders joyfully embrace.
Times, Sunday Times
However, the mid-set cluster of instrumental jams was musical air freshener, more suited to a hotel lobby than a rock concert.
Times, Sunday Times
Both liked to end a long day in the hotel lounge over drinks.
Christianity Today
In the hotel lounge, hair tugged back in a ponytail, face creasing with pleasure as an idea strikes, she's a tonic.
Times, Sunday Times
They went on an afternoon hike leaving us chatting in the hotel lounge.
The Sun
As a plus, the hotel lounge and bar are light, airy but cosy places to relax after a hard day's shopping and sightseeing.
The Sun
The process included adding a new roof to the hotel, gutting the second and third floors, including the hotel lounge.
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Hotel occupancy rates sank to 8 per cent at one point.
Times, Sunday Times
Hotel occupancy rates more than halved in the first six months of the year, a study found.
Times,Sunday Times
Hotel occupancy dropped 90 per cent within a month of the disaster and was still 40 per cent down a year later.
Times, Sunday Times
One website's price for rooms left out extras such as hotel occupancy tax, which could increase costs by almost a third.
Times, Sunday Times
Hotel occupancy rates are down.
Times, Sunday Times
A tie-up would have created the world's biggest hotel operator.
Times, Sunday Times
Increasingly so, according to the world's biggest hotel operator.
Times, Sunday Times
The hotel operator denied that the move was the result of persistent bid speculation.
Times, Sunday Times
However, the portable hotel operator did reveal that before receiving his resignation, the board had begun 'a comprehensive review of the business'.
Times, Sunday Times
They were close friends, but not as close as one hotel operator assumed.
Globe and Mail
The hotel overlooks it, but there's plenty of room to stretch out and enjoy the sun.
Times, Sunday Times
The hotel overlooks the sea and has nine rooms with a palette of greys and beiges, enlivened by porthole mirrors and model galleons.
Times,Sunday Times
The 5* hotel overlooks the coast.
The Sun
The artefacts were found during rebuilding at the sacred site, which was partly destroyed by a hotel owner who thought it was ugly.
Times, Sunday Times
The snake was sold for 5 to a local hotel owner, who had it stuffed.
The Sun
He's 24 and the son of the hotel owner.
The Sun
But it's like being a hotel owner when all your rooms are full.
The Sun
The hotel owner watches her disembark.
Times, Sunday Times
Ticket and 4-star hotel package from only 99.95.
Times, Sunday Times
The hotel package includes a health spa with all the extras.
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You can book air and hotel packages by searching price, duration or departure time.
The Sun
I put my holiday details in and a mind-boggling 264 flight and hotel packages are flashed up.
The Sun
The sale includes flight-only, flight and hotel packages and fly-drive deals with discounted fares on destinations worldwide.
The Sun
Then... the hotel pool or fitness centre?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The footballers are close pals and were spotted at a hotel pool party in Miami in July.
The Sun (2016)
For reservations, speak to hotel reception on arrival.
The Sun
The vast atriums of greenery are deserted while workers try to scrub the mud from the restaurant terraces and the hotel reception.
Times, Sunday Times
Yet if we were to stage a breakout, she'd want to turn around, head straight for the hotel reception and check back in for good.
Times, Sunday Times
You ask hotel reception to call a taxi because you've booked a table for lunch.
The Sun
Set up a hotel reception at home.
The Sun
If your holiday firm goes belly up your flights and hotel reservation should still be valid.
The Sun
It has transformed itself from a niche hotel reservation service provider to a total hotel and travel reservation service provider.
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An online hotel reservation system has been developed.
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Someone from the hotel reservations team will confirm your booking with you.
The Sun
The gang lived a life of luxury as thousands of people booked the sunshine 'deals' - often arriving overseas to find no hotel reservations.
The Sun
Sunrise yoga on the hotel rooftop sounds idyllic, but unclean mats can be contaminated with fungi that cause athlete's foot or ringworm.
The Sun
First she played to a handful of guests on the hotel rooftop, then she held a small crowd rapt by the pool.
The Sun
I was on a hotel rooftop with a reallife pirate kingpin, one of the world's richest and most notorious buccaneers.
Times, Sunday Times
There aren't only rattan tub chairs, slab paving and beautifully clipped box hedges on this south-facing hotel rooftop terrace with views over the city.
Times, Sunday Times
The six characters meet on a hotel rooftop where they construct their plan and arrange for arms, ammunition, vehicles and gadgets.
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It cost 4,960, including a $250 (189) credit to use in the hotel spa.
Times, Sunday Times
The residents have a private entrance to the hotel spa and a direct line to the concierge.
Times, Sunday Times
Friendly staff can recommend local restaurants and there's a top-notch hotel spa across the street.
Times, Sunday Times
Dinner, breakfast and 90 worth of vouchers for the hotel spa are included in the deal.
Times, Sunday Times
The only structure that remained above water was the hotel spa.
Times, Sunday Times
Unite defended his hotel stay by saying that he had to attend late-night talks.
Times, Sunday Times
The price includes two nights hotel stay with full breakfast and dinner on the first night.
Times, Sunday Times
Prices start from just 899 per person including flights, transfers, all-inclusive hotel stay and full-board cruise.
The Sun
The deals, which include two weeks' hotel stay, 14-day park tickets, return flights and the perks, start at £1,199pp.
The Sun
Flights are included and a night's hotel stay pre-cruise.
Times, Sunday Times
In the hotel suite, he explains his reasons for clamming up.
Globe and Mail (2003)
For the past thirty minutes he had been in the operations room, a hotel suite which overlooked the floodlit outline of the prison.
THE SCAR (2002)
It is a sunny morning in London and the pair of us are sitting in a very grand penthouse hotel suite in the middle of Soho.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The world 's most sinful hotel suite?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He went back to his hotel suite with the intention of getting ready to go to the party.
The Sun (2013)
He was spotted yesterday relaxing at his hotel swimming pool.
The Sun
He fell into the hotel swimming pool on the way to dinner hurting his leg so badly that he needed to attend hospital.
Times, Sunday Times
It could be spotted in a few domestic gardens or round a hotel swimming pool - in both cases looking rather naff.
Times, Sunday Times
It must have also ruined any chance of relaxation for those using the hotel swimming pool, just the other side of a fence erected by the builders.
Times, Sunday Times
Now comatose at a hospital, her spirit keeps haunting the hotel swimming pool because she never wants to leave.
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At eight in the morning, tucking into breakfast on the hotel terrace, we were sometimes forced to move into the shade.
Times, Sunday Times
There's a disco on the hotel terrace, overlooking a fiery sunset.
Times, Sunday Times
A gleaming hotel terrace, a shimmering pool.
Times, Sunday Times
Her stepfather walked her up the aisle on the hotel terrace.
Times, Sunday Times
As we move from the hotel terrace into the bar inside, she speaks crisply and aggressively about her plans to become first minister in 2021.
Times, Sunday Times
Many notable folk have passed through this landmark hotel over the years — in a variety of circumstances.
Times, Sunday Times
The landmark hotel has been refurbished.
Times, Sunday Times
From world-famous singers to internationally hunted spies, these landmark hotels of old saw some of the 20th century's most colourful characters and epic events.
Times, Sunday Times
Traders were arguing that the company could defend itself by releasing value from its collection of 22 landmark hotels.
Times, Sunday Times
With meagre funds, they could not afford the luxurious hotel accommodation Marconi enjoyed.
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He converted the crumbling building into a luxurious hotel which opened in 2001 and is now owned by an independent hospitality company.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It has a seriously luxurious hotel with a superb restaurant and spa, and its own helicopter for guests to use.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
We are in a converted manor house that serves as a luxury hotel but the clubhouse is a short buggy ride away.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This luxury hotel allows you to sample all this from a discreet distance.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
While a league trustee, she was paid expenses for luxury hotel stays and taxis.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I sit down to a five-star luxury dinner at the five-star luxury hotel.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There had been plans to demolish the house and build more than one luxury hotel, but local hoteliers had objected.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
About 30 firefighters checked the building while the wedding party spent two hours in a nearby hotel waiting for news.
Times, Sunday Times
When a nearby hotel came up for sale, he arranged to use its parking spaces.
Times, Sunday Times
It's a five-minute walk to a nearby hotel with a bar and restaurant.
Times, Sunday Times
I was putty in his hands when he suggested getting a room in a nearby hotel.
The Sun
Residents unable to return to neighbouring flats were put up in a nearby hotel.
The Sun
Training at Liverpool's Melwood complex was followed by a night at a plush hotel.
The Sun (2012)
Plush five-star hotels were dotted around the Sinai Peninsula destination.
The Sun (2008)
Talking about their plush hotel, she complained: 'They charge you about 100 quid for the dressing gown.'
The Sun (2012)
Can you recommend a budget hotel and activities that we will all enjoy?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Many clinics recommend a hotel and some arrange a discount.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Could you also recommend hotels with live music near by?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In 1996 a decision to completely renovate the hotel was made. 24 million dollars of internal funds was allocated which was unprecedented for that period.
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Renovating the hotel helped him to start rebuilding his own life.
Times, Sunday Times
In 2014 the hotel was bought by a group of owners who renovated the hotel and restaurant.
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In 1998 the brothers completely renovated the hotel and reopened in 2000.
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When they renovated the hotel, the front side was kept for historical reasons and everything else was demolished.
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Having established that the two hotels are run by the same company, I contacted our hotel direct.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The group owns 70 tenanted pubs and runs four hotels.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Latterly he ran a hotel in Spain.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
On sunny days sit on the stylish terrace of this four-star seafront hotel where you can tuck into potted smoked mackerel.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Hotel Lone is a sleek seafront design hotel - the kind of place you may find hard to pull yourself away from.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The seafront hotel has a children's club.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The seaside hotel features a health club, indoor and outdoor pools and kids' activities.
The Sun (2013)
Could there be a better spot for a seaside hotel?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Many seaside hotels lack space for kids to run around in.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I'm looking for a stylish hotel for a weekend in Brussels.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This is a modern and stylish hotel with exquisite views of Bournemouth's coastline.
The Sun (2013)
Its stylish hotels are popular for fashion shoots.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Even in our relatively swanky hotel you could recline on your sun lounger and watch the small economies being made.
Times, Sunday Times
We set up a date to go out for a meal and then on to a swanky hotel.
The Sun
It means staying in a swanky hotel, with exacting design values, that can't call itself five-star because it doesn't have the frills.
Times, Sunday Times
Adopting disguises they head to a swanky hotel and check out the four-wheeled talent.
The Sun
But the writer's representative confirmed she had been penning the novel at the swanky hotel.
The Sun
She has been lying low in a swish hotel on Australia's Gold Coast.
The Sun (2008)
He is sitting in the restaurant of a swish hotel in central London, which seems like his natural habitat.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They met at a birthday party in a swish hotel.
The Sun (2011)
The answer has been to source hotel accommodation, usually in three-star hotels.
Times,Sunday Times (2020)
This includes escorted and self-guided walks, a stay in a three-star hotel and some meals and lunches.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Three-star hotels in Austin start from 34 per room, per night.
The Sun (2010)
An optimist, however, will rejoice at the new tourist hotel built by the entrepreneurs and hope that it will improve the lives of the villagers.
Times, Sunday Times
Instead, he glances around the breakfast room at the soulless international tourist hotel he has (inexplicably) chosen to stay in and flicks the grumble button to autopilot.
Times, Sunday Times
Dating back to 1751, it includes a notable tourist hotel.
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The town was maintained during the 1930s, when saw the installation of a fisheries station and the establishment of a tourist hotel.
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Being the closest place to the town, the area got the first tourist hotel already in the 1960s.
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Translations:
Chinese: 酒店
Japanese: ホテル
- leave someone holding the baby
- leave someone holding the bag
- leave someone in the lurch
- leave someone out in the cold
- leave someone to sink or swim
- leave someone to stew
- leave sth be
- leave sth too late
- leave sth until last
- leave temporarily
- leave the army
- leave the convent
- leave voluntarily
- leave your mark
- leave yourself wide open
- leave your wife
- leaving aside
- leaving aside/leaving to one side
- leaving to one side
- Lebanese
- lecher
- lecherous
- lechery
- lectern
- lecture