Wouldn't a hotel-broker therefore be someone who matches up buyers and sellers of the hotels themselves rather than their contents? Cheers, Liz in Melbourne Quoting Roy <roy.cox@btinternet.com>: > Good Afternoon - > > A BROKER is an agent who, acting on behalf of a principal, buys or sells > goods. > > So could this be a person who keeps the Hotel stocked - like the Dorchester! > > Kind Regards > > June & Roy > http://www.btinternet.com/~roy.cox/index.htm > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sandra Lovegrove [mailto:sandra@lovegrove.org.uk] > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 10:59 AM > To: OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [OEL] Hotel Broker > > This is not very old "Old English". Does anyone know what kind of work was > carried out by a "hotel broker" (early 20th century)? > > SANDRA LOVEGROVE > > Researching LOVEGROVEs in all places and at all times. > Please do visit the LOVEGROVE Information Centre on > http://www.lovegrove.org.uk > > > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > THREADED archives for OLD-ENGLISH: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > OLD-ENGLISH Web Page > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > >