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The producers behind a biopic on legendary Ibiza figure Tony Pike have been hit with a cease-and-desist letter by the publisher of the late hotelier’s autobiography.—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2025 Lisa from Blackpink), fussy resort manager Fabian (Christian Friedel), and actress turned hotelier Sritala (Lek Patravadi).—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025 How hotelier Fabrizio Ruspoli has turned an olive farm into the High Atlas's most intoxicating garden retreat—and where to find Marrakech's most peaceful gardens.
December 31, 2024
All products featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors.—Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2024 The small hotelier sold all but one of its ten properties and issued shares and debt to finance $70 million in bitcoin purchases.—Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 30 Jan. 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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