Hotelisation

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The process of turning property or an entire district into hotels, or the wider spread of hotel-style development across a place
2. The transformation of buildings and neighbourhoods into lodging for visitors, often reshaping a local area around tourist accommodation
3. Development that converts homes or land into hotel accommodation, gradually changing the character of a town or coastline

Etymology: "Hotelisation" is formed from "hotel" plus the suffix "-isation," the British spelling of "-ization," which turns a noun or adjective into a verb of making or becoming. Its sense is the process of converting a building, district, or place into hotels or into something resembling a hotel, typically one run for tourists. The base word "hotel" came into English from French "hôtel," meaning a large house or mansion, and the older sense of "hotel" in English referred to a residence or townhouse before it came to mean an inn for paying guests. The suffix is the key to the word's meaning. "-ization" entered English through French from Late Latin "-izare," borrowed from Greek "-izein," and it is attached to many nouns to name a change into a particular state. Combined with "hotel," it describes the transformation of a property or stretch of coastline into commercial accommodation, a usage that tends to appear in discussions of tourism development and its effects on local communities.