Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 12A: ''Hotel'' defined for Secs. 12B to 12D

Section 12A. For the purpose of sections 12B to 12D, inclusive, the word ''hotel'' shall mean a hotel, motel, resort, boarding house, or inn, which is kept, used or advertised as, or held out to the public to be, a place where sleeping or housekeeping accommodations are supplied for pay to guests for transient occupancy.