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In May 2022, the Daily Mail reported that Chelsy had married Sam Cutmore-Scott, a hotelier and the brother of actor Jack Cutmore-Scott.—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026 Visit Sacramento would hold the money, and form a subcommittee of hoteliers from North Natomas to oversee spending of the funds, Kaplan said.—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026 Both Max and Ashok are artists by trade, hoteliers secondarily.—Brianna Randall, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 Councilmembers expressed interest in increasing the city’s transient occupancy tax, or a tax on hotel beds, from 10% to up to 15% for hotels with more than 10 rooms and asked staffers to solicit feedback from local hoteliers.—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 13 May 2026 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.