hotelier
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hotelier
Explanation
A hotelier is a person who runs or owns a hotel. If you stay at a hotel, you may never see the hotelier, who is responsible for hiring and managing staff and keeping things running smoothly. It's probably more common to use the term "hotel manager," but hotelier is a fancy way to refer to the person in charge of a hotel's operation. If you've got a complaint about your room, you might angrily demand to speak to the hotelier immediately. The word hotelier comes from the French hôtelier, "hotelkeeper or hotel proprietor," and its Old French root hostel, "a lodging."
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
Veteran Kenyan hotelier Mohammed Hersi also questioned Tanzania's move to restrict occupations for foreigners.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 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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