hotelier
noun /həʊˈteliə(r)/, /həʊˈtelieɪ/
/ˌəʊtelˈjeɪ/, /həʊˈteljər/
- a person who owns or manages a hotelTopics Holidaysc2, Jobsc2Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French hôtelier, from Old French hostelier ‘innkeeper’, from hostel, from medieval Latin hospitale, neuter of Latin hospitalis ‘hospitable’, from hospes, hospit- ‘host, guest’.