hotelier
noun
ho·te·lier hō-ˈtel-yər 
ˌō-tᵊl-ˈyā,
ˌȯ- : a proprietor or manager of a hotel
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Legendary hotelier Liz Lambert, formerly of Bunkhouse Hotels, worked alongside Larry McGuire and Tom Moorman to transform this 19th-century building into a playful 75-room boutique hotel in New Orleans’s Lower Garden District. 
Monica Mendal, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2022 The Pritzker Organization, the merchant bank for the business interests of billionaire hotelier Tom Pritzker, agreed to partner with Red Dog. Miriam Gottfried, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2022 Luxury hotelier Ritz-Carlton was ordered to pay more than half a million dollars in penalties Wednesday for the unlawful disposal of hazardous waste at eight of its California locations in six counties. Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022 Auberge Resorts Collection, the hotelier that pioneered luxury hospitality in Napa Valley 40 years ago, has staked its claim on the wine region once again with the opening of a new destination at the gateway of Napa. Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr. 2022 Decades of commercial and luxury development have transformed the island into a lush getaway for rich tourists—about half of whom are American, estimates the local hotelier. John Hyatt, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022 At Hotel Saint Vincent, Texas hotelier Liz Lambert—who introduced the hipster-hotel concept to places like Austin's South Congress Street and Marfa—brings her signature sense of nostalgia to the Big Easy. Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2022 City officials waged legal battles for years with Hank Freid, a hotelier who owned the Royal Park on West 97th Street, arguing that several of his hotels and hostels were intended to be permanent housing. New York Times, 28 Mar. 2022 One hotelier quoted in the Skift report said that Amazon has been hotel hunting based on positive TripAdvisor reviews, accepting only those properties with four or more stars. The Editors, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2014 See More
Monica Mendal, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2022 The Pritzker Organization, the merchant bank for the business interests of billionaire hotelier Tom Pritzker, agreed to partner with Red Dog. Miriam Gottfried, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2022 Luxury hotelier Ritz-Carlton was ordered to pay more than half a million dollars in penalties Wednesday for the unlawful disposal of hazardous waste at eight of its California locations in six counties. Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022 Auberge Resorts Collection, the hotelier that pioneered luxury hospitality in Napa Valley 40 years ago, has staked its claim on the wine region once again with the opening of a new destination at the gateway of Napa. Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr. 2022 Decades of commercial and luxury development have transformed the island into a lush getaway for rich tourists—about half of whom are American, estimates the local hotelier. John Hyatt, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022 At Hotel Saint Vincent, Texas hotelier Liz Lambert—who introduced the hipster-hotel concept to places like Austin's South Congress Street and Marfa—brings her signature sense of nostalgia to the Big Easy. Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2022 City officials waged legal battles for years with Hank Freid, a hotelier who owned the Royal Park on West 97th Street, arguing that several of his hotels and hostels were intended to be permanent housing. New York Times, 28 Mar. 2022 One hotelier quoted in the Skift report said that Amazon has been hotel hunting based on positive TripAdvisor reviews, accepting only those properties with four or more stars. The Editors, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2014 See More 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
hotelier
noun
as in hosteller
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- hosteller
- innkeeper
- hosteler
- hotelman
- landlord
- patron
- boniface
- padrone
- taverner