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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

The hotelier is also shifting away from the chic eateries that helped make some of his past hotels famous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Back then he was a brash hotelier, perhaps best known for hosting the US version of The Apprentice and his brief cameo in the 1992 film, Home Alone 2.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

In 1974, Corcuera’s friend Alfonso de Hohenlohe-Langenburg, a Spanish prince and hotelier who dated Ava Gardner and Kim Novak, imported the game to his tony Marbella Club Hotel in Marbella, Spain.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 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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