Conversation concerning animal seen around hotel (4)
I believe the answer is:
chat
'conversation' is the definition.
(I know that chat is a type of conversation)
'animal seen around hotel' is the wordplay.
'animal' becomes 'cat' (cats are animals).
'seen around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'cat' going around 'h' is 'CHAT'.
'concerning' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for chat that I've seen before include "An inconsequential and informal talk" , "Bird - talk easily" , "tittle-tattle" , "A bird; converse" , "Have friendly informal conversation" .)