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Savvy hotelier Jayson Seidman purchased the Italianate mansion (built by architect Thomas Sully in 1883) in 2019 and, in a thoughtful overhaul, created a true city living room.—Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025 Big spenders want their money’s worth at high-end resorts, and hoteliers are responding with a luxury take on all-inclusive beach resorts.—New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 The actor’s latest entity was formed in collaboration with Australian billionaire James Parker and international hotelier Daniel Shamoon.—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2025 Husband-and-wife hotelier duo Joe Lipton and Michelle Friar have lived in York, Maine, for over four decades and are passionate about preserving historic properties around town.—Marquita K. Harris, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hotelier
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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