noun
hotel business; innkeeping industry
Refers to the business of operating Japanese-style inns (旅館) or, more broadly, the lodging industry. Often used in legal and business contexts.
旅館業を営むには許可が必要です。
A license is required to operate a hotel business.
彼は家業の旅館業を継いだ。
He took over the family innkeeping business.
Compound of 旅館 (ryokan, traditional Japanese inn) and 業 (business, industry).