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hotelier

American  
[oh-tuhl-yey, hoht-l-eer] / ˌoʊ təlˈyeɪ, ˌhoʊt lˈɪər /

noun

  1. a manager or owner of a hotel or inn.

hotelier British  
/ həʊˈtɛljeɪ /

noun

  1. an owner or manager of one or more hotels

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Etymology

Origin of hotelier

1900–05; < French hôtelier; hotel, -ier 2

Example Sentences

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The hotelier communicated with both Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

“Some people thought it was a bit petulant,” said Dave Burns, a hotelier and publican in Christchurch who helped launch the campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

"The world is going to know our flag," Sydney Elias, a hotelier in Praia, said.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

As Irish hotelier Patrick McKillen tells it, he met the former emir of Qatar on a yacht in Doha to discuss a business opportunity in California, more than 8,000 miles away.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025

“Yes, that’s the word. This hotelier brings him these parts. Now, this fence used to be a doctor, and he knows how to identify a skeleton’s sex based on, I don’t know, measurements.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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