ho ‧ tel S2 W1 /həʊˈtel $ hoʊ-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; Origin: hôtel , from Old French hostel ; ⇨ ↑ hostel ]
a building where people pay to stay and eat meals:
I’ve booked the flights and the hotel.
We’ll be at the Hotel Ibis.
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COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
▪ stay at/in a hotel
We stayed in a hotel near the airport.
▪ check into a hotel ( also book into a hotel British English )
He checked into the hotel a little after 2 pm.
▪ check out of a hotel (=leave a hotel)
We packed and checked out of the hotel.
▪ run/manage a hotel
They run a small hotel in Cornwall.
■ hotel + NOUN
▪ a hotel room
She was watching TV in her hotel room.
▪ a hotel suite (=a set of rooms in a hotel)
The singer was staying in a luxury hotel suite.
▪ hotel accommodation British English , hotel accommodations American English (=rooms in a hotel)
The price includes hotel accommodation.
▪ a hotel guest
Hotel guests have free use of the gym and pool.
▪ the hotel restaurant/bar/gym
The hotel bar was empty.
▪ the hotel reception/lobby
She waited for him in the hotel lobby.
■ adjectives
▪ a luxury hotel (=an expensive and comfortable hotel)
a luxury hotel in central London
▪ a two-star/three-star etc hotel (=a hotel that has been given a particular rating)
On our honeymoon, we stayed in a four-star hotel in Paris.
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THESAURUS
▪ hotel a building where people pay to stay and eat meals:
We’re staying at a hotel in Salzburg.
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the Plaza Hotel in New York
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a four-star hotel
▪ motel a hotel for people travelling by car, usually with a place for the car near each room:
the Palm Court Motel on Highway 23
▪ inn a small hotel, especially an old one in the countryside. Also used in the names of some big modern hotels:
an 18th-century country inn
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the Holiday Inn
▪ bed and breakfast ( also B & B ) a private house or small hotel, where you can sleep and have breakfast:
There’s a nice bed and breakfast in the village.
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I’ve got a list of bed and breakfasts from the tourist information.
▪ guesthouse a private house where people can pay to stay and have meals:
We stayed in a well-run guesthouse near the sea.
▪ hostel/youth hostel a very cheap hotel where people can stay for a short time while they are travelling. Hostels are used especially by young people:
New Zealand has a network of small hostels, ideal for backpackers.