poshtel

English

Etymology

Blend of posh +‎ hostel.

Noun

poshtel (plural poshtels)

1. (informal) An upscale or luxury hostel.
   • 2009 August 15, Louisa Lim, “The ‘poshtel’”, in The Star, Malaysia:

     Was it some sort of marketing ploy to drive the declining tourist revenues? More importantly, did it live up to the hype? I strolled around this poshtel in search of answers.

   • 2014 March 21, Dominic Walsh, “Safestay takes its poshtel to market”, in The Times, UK:

     The boutique Safestay hostel, a so-called “poshtel”, is to be floated on AIM by way of a demerger from Safeland, the property company that formed the business three years ago in a joint venture with Moorfield Group.

   • 2015, Stephanie Rosenbloom, “Where Will Americans Travel in 2015?”, in The New York Times:

     Should you make it to one of the most popular places, Britain, you may want to experience a rising trend: the so-called poshtel, a kind of elegant hostel such as Hoax or Safe­stay.

Anagrams

• slopeth, shoplet, heptols