hotelier

noun

ho·​te·​lier hō-ˈtel-yər  ˌō-tᵊl-ˈyā 

ˌȯ-

: a proprietor or manager of a hotel

Examples of hotelier in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The backstory First opened in 1913 by Romanian hotelier Henri Negresco, the hotel was instantly a destination for European jet setters. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026

General Manager Samuel Peter, a Swiss hotelier who spent nearly two decades running luxury properties across Japan, Singapore, Thailand and Switzerland before arriving here, describes this as the hotel’s essential proposition. —Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2026

During a long career as a hotelier, Kirk Kinsell developed a penchant for pithy sayings. —Mark Woolsey, AJC.com, 9 Apr. 2026

And local hoteliers like Clavet are feeling the hit of a financially chillier winter. —CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French hôtelier, going back to Old French ostelier, hostelier "innkeeper," from ostel, hostel "lodgings, hotel entry 1" + -ier -er entry 2

Note: Cf. hosteler, hostler, ultimately borrowed from Anglo-Norman counterparts to the continental Old French word.

First Known Use

circa 1738, in the meaning defined above