as in hostels
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
for their 50th anniversary they stayed at one of the finest hotels in San Francisco
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Recent Examples of hotels
The island offers more than three dozen hotels, resorts, condos, cottages and bed and breakfasts, including the famous Grand Hotel, the tourism bureau says.
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Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 17 Sep. 2025
A lot of hotels don't expect guests to do this (and aren't aware of this behavior) and don't 'deep' clean the kettles.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2025
Just across the harbor, Under Armour’s headquarters anchors the Peninsula, a growing industrial district being reimagined with sleek new hotels and apartment complexes, including my stay at ROOST Baltimore.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 17 Sep. 2025
And hopefully, this early public investment will pay off big time as private companies find many commercial uses for low Earth orbit, such as zero-gravity hotels for space tourism or mini-factories for producing specialty materials.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
As consumer confidence improves, restaurants, bars, hotels, and event venues are likely to benefit, as will gyms, beauty salons, and other service providers.
—Rohit Arora, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Asset-light new entrants like On The Beach, offering the protections of traditional package holiday providers while not owning any hotels or aircraft, have become big players.
—Ian King, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Efforts to end the nearly two-year-long war and free remaining Israeli hostages were thrown into jeopardy after Israel's attack on Qatar, which had hosted Israeli negotiators in hotels in Doha and would shuffle between floors carrying messages between them and the Hamas leaders in exile.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Just as California’s restaurants lost 23,000 jobs after imposing a $20 fast-food wage, San Diego hotels will lose 4,000 jobs annually and generate fewer taxes, reducing funds for essential government services.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 17 Sep. 2025
A lot of hotels don't expect guests to do this (and aren't aware of this behavior) and don't 'deep' clean the kettles.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2025
Just across the harbor, Under Armour’s headquarters anchors the Peninsula, a growing industrial district being reimagined with sleek new hotels and apartment complexes, including my stay at ROOST Baltimore.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 17 Sep. 2025
And hopefully, this early public investment will pay off big time as private companies find many commercial uses for low Earth orbit, such as zero-gravity hotels for space tourism or mini-factories for producing specialty materials.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
As consumer confidence improves, restaurants, bars, hotels, and event venues are likely to benefit, as will gyms, beauty salons, and other service providers.
—Rohit Arora, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Asset-light new entrants like On The Beach, offering the protections of traditional package holiday providers while not owning any hotels or aircraft, have become big players.
—Ian King, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Efforts to end the nearly two-year-long war and free remaining Israeli hostages were thrown into jeopardy after Israel's attack on Qatar, which had hosted Israeli negotiators in hotels in Doha and would shuffle between floors carrying messages between them and the Hamas leaders in exile.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Just as California’s restaurants lost 23,000 jobs after imposing a $20 fast-food wage, San Diego hotels will lose 4,000 jobs annually and generate fewer taxes, reducing funds for essential government services.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hotels
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Trubetter Foldable Travel Hangers Many standard hotel room closets contain at least one or two hangers, but other types of lodging—like Airbnb, boutique hotels, and hostels—may not have any at all.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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The a&o hostels welcome a significant number of business travelers each year and offer amenities tailored specifically to their needs.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The bill would allow taverns to sell cigars and pipe tobacco, which could then be smoked on the bar's premises.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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From Bavarian caves to Bohemian beer halls, from Milwaukee taverns to Oktoberfest tents, lagers have always been tied to the vessels they’re served in.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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And our best times at motels were spent swimming in the dark in the motel pool.—
Anne Carson,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Hotels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotels. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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