a large room or other public place where, under the terms of the liquor laws, alcoholic drinks may be served under a special temporary licence during the holding of some special function, as a carnival, convention, or exhibition.
- 1963  Both the Hotel LaSalle and the Commodore Hotel had the city's only two hospitality rooms, secured by the winter's carnival committee.
- 1963  One hotel owner . . . suggested . . . the Community Centre as a hospitality Centre so as not to favor any particular hotel.