A waterfront hotel or motel designed so guests can arrive and dock their boats, or a floating hotel on a boat.
Blend of 'boat' + 'hotel' (from French 'hôtel'), a portmanteau created in the mid-20th century as recreational boating grew in popularity.
Boatels represent a uniquely modern concept—they emerged in the 1950s as vacation culture and recreational boating exploded, creating a new hybrid hospitality industry that's still thriving today.
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