Recent Examples on the WebSo for a city with roughly 100,000 residents, there is an outsized, thriving community of interior designers, house flippers, remodelers, home stagers, hoteliers, and vacation-rental managers who design and build living quarters of all kinds across town.—Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024 Though the husbands sold the motel in 2023—in part to pave way for the Bungalow—the former hoteliers are still forging connections in the hospitality world.—Joe Sills, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hotelier
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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.
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