Slave in a hotel, maybe (5)
I believe the answer is:
helot
'slave' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'a hotel maybe' is the wordplay.
'maybe' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hotel' with letters rearranged gives 'HELOT'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for helot that I've seen before include "downtrodden?" , "One made to work" , "Hotel (anag) - serf" , "Spartan serf" , "Spartan slave" .)