hotelier

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis Latin hospitālis Old French ostel Middle French hostel French hôtel Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -er French -ier French hôtelierbor. English hotelier Borrowed from French hôtelier.

1. Someone who owns or runs a hotel.

   “Mumbai: Hotelier Gaurav Arya arrived at the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) office in Mumbai on Tuesday to record his statement in a money laundering case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death.”

   “Jim managed to secure employment in a hotel on the lake shore, but even then I could see that his interest in being a hotelier was waning.”