Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A manager or owner of a hotel.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun an owner or manager of a hotel or hotels.

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  • noun someone who runs a hotel

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an owner or manager of hotels

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French hôtelier, from Old French hostilier, from hostel, inn; see hostel.]

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From French hôtelier.

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Examples

  • Between Roy Rogers, Bob's Big Boy restaurants and Marriott Hotels, the hotelier was accounting for up to $1 million a year of Gelberg's revenues, half the company's business.

    At Gelberg, their signs point to growth Thomas Heath 2010

  • Between Roy Rogers, Bob's Big Boy restaurants and Marriott Hotels, the hotelier was accounting for up to $1 million a year of Gelberg's revenues, half the company's business.

    At Gelberg, their signs point to growth Thomas Heath 2010

  • Remember that the fall in price, what's bad news for the hotelier is the consumer's windfall.

    CNN Transcript Sep 15, 2009 2009

  • The larger-than-life SoHo duplex of a hotelier and fixture on the party circuit .

    A Globe-Trotter's New York Pad Candace Jackson 2012

  • Such was the fascination of the prying British for Lord Byron's scandalous ménage that one enterprising hotelier started charging guests a fee to peer through a telescope trained on the Villa Diodati.

    Byron in Paradise J.S. Tennant 2011

  • You have to be a hotelier in your heart and soul, get up from your table and take the dirty dish from the other person's table, make everyone feel welcomed, loved, looked after in every possible way.

    Taking a Walk on the Wild Side Jemima Sissons 2011

  • The list of spinoffs and breakups by investment-grade companies this year ranges from small to large companies and cuts across industries. and company size, fromThey include food maker Sara Lee Corp., hotelier Marriott International Inc., telecommunications supplier Motorola Inc., specialty industrial ITT Corp. and Marathon Oil Corp.

    Firms Tip Scale Back in Favor of Stocks Matt Wirz 2011

  • Another friend, Beijing hotelier Zhang Rui, has started decorating every room in his new Gallery Hotel with pieces borrowed from a gallery called Tang.

    Art's New Pecking Order Kelly Crow 2012

  • China Lodging, the fourth-largest budget hotelier, would get a lift from acquiring the company, which foreign hoteliers had also bid for, according to people familiar with the situation.

    Bids for Chinese Motel Firm Fall Short of Goal Nisha Gopalan 2011

  • Instead of getting a ride out, the hotelier asked if, when the passer-by got to Windhoek, he could have someone bring back the parts he needed to repair the vehicle.

    Where Cutting Grass With Scissors Makes Sense Kyle Mills 2011

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