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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

Seventy-five years later, Trump, another Atlantic City hotelier, would become the pageant world’s king when he bought the organization that owns the Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe competitions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

In Dumfries and Galloway, one hotelier has raised concerns that it would make the region "needlessly more expensive".

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2025

“You and me,” says hotelier Anita, “letting people get on with their lives.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2024

The first guests began arriving at Holmes’s World’s Fair Hotel, though not in the volume he and every other South Side hotelier had expected.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson