Meaning & use
hotelier
A person who owns or manages a hotel, or who works professionally in the hotel business.
See it in a sentence
The veteran hotelier opened her fifth boutique hotel in as many years.
Local hoteliers met to discuss how to handle the sudden surge in summer tourists.
A note on using this word
Hotelier is a more formal, professional term than the everyday innkeeper, and is common in business and hospitality-industry writing.
Words with a similar meaning
innkeeper
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