SIC 7011

Hotels And Motels

How the companies in this industry began, and the forces that shaped them.

117companies1698–1997founding years117still active0no longer operating
§ 01

The industry over time

Companies foundedEconomyTechnologyEnvironmentHistory
1903
TechnologyThe Wright brothers achieve powered flight.
1914
EconomyWorld War I begins; global trade reorders.
1929
EconomyThe stock market crashes; the Great Depression spreads worldwide.
1939
EconomyWorld War II begins; wartime production surges.
1945
EconomyThe war ends; a long global expansion begins.
1947
TechnologyThe transistor is invented.
1958
TechnologyThe integrated circuit is demonstrated.
1962
EnvironmentSilent Spring launches the modern environmental movement.
1971
EconomyThe dollar leaves the gold standard; currencies float.
1973
EconomyThe OPEC oil embargo triggers a global shock.
1975
TechnologyThe personal-computer era begins.
1979
EconomyA second oil crisis drives inflation higher worldwide.
1981
TechnologyThe IBM PC launches and sets a standard.
1984
TechnologyApple ships the Macintosh; the GUI era begins.
1987
EconomyBlack Monday: markets fall sharply around the world.
1989
HistoryThe Berlin Wall falls; global markets open up.
1991
TechnologyThe World Wide Web is released to the public.
1993
TechnologyThe Mosaic browser brings the web to everyone.
1995
TechnologyWindows 95 launches; the internet goes mainstream.
1997
EconomyThe Asian financial crisis rattles global markets.
EnvironmentThe Kyoto Protocol sets the first climate targets.
2000
EconomyThe dot-com bubble bursts.
2004
TechnologySocial media and Web 2.0 take hold.
2007
TechnologyThe iPhone launches the smartphone era.
2008
EconomyThe global financial crisis freezes credit worldwide.
2010
TechnologyCloud computing goes mainstream for business.
2015
EnvironmentThe Paris Agreement sets global climate targets.
2020
EconomyThe COVID-19 pandemic upends the global economy.
2022
EconomyInflation spikes; central banks raise rates sharply.
2023
TechnologyGenerative AI reaches mainstream business use.
§ 02

The companies

Metromedia Company
Active
Metromedia Company has emerged over the past decade as one of the largest private concerns in the United States, with…
Shepherd Neame Limited
Active · founded 1698 · United Kingdom
Shepherd Neame Limited has the distinction of being among the oldest British brewers as well as the 15th oldest…
The Greenalls Group PLC
Active · founded 1762 · United Kingdom
Operated for more than two centuries as a regional brewer and distiller, The Greenalls Group PLC has in the space of…
Fuller Smith & Turner P.L.C.
Active · founded 1845 · United Kingdom
While its larger U.K.
Kohler Company
Active · founded 1873
Kohler Company is one of the largest privately operated firms in the United States.
Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky N.V.
Active · founded 1878 · Netherlands
Long a fixture of Amsterdam's famed Dam Square, Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky N.V.
Manchester United Football Club plc
Active · founded 1878 · United Kingdom
Manchester United Football Club plc has earned a reputation as England's most financially successful football team.
Whitbread PLC
Active · founded 1889 · United Kingdom
Whitbread PLC is one of the leading players in the U.K.
The Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries, PLC
Active · founded 1890 · United Kingdom
The Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries, PLC, popularly known as Wolves, is the United Kingdom's largest integrated…
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
Active · founded 1890 · United Kingdom
1581: Humphrey Langridge operates the Ram Brewery.
Castle & Cooke, Inc.
Active · founded 1894
Castle & Cooke, Inc.
The South African Breweries Limited
Active · founded 1895 · South Africa
The South African Breweries Limited (SAB) is a holding company whose principal line of business is brewing.
Dr. August Oetker KG
Active · founded 1902 · Germany
Dr.
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc.
Active · founded 1907 · Canada
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc.
Suntory Ltd.
Active · founded 1907 · Japan
Suntory Ltd.
Fibreboard Corporation
Active · founded 1911
A venerable company with an eclectic array of business interests, Fibreboard Corporation operates in three primary…
The Broadmoor Hotel
Active · founded 1918
The Broadmoor Hotel provides luxury accommodations for its guest with 700 rooms and suites, as well as fine dining and…
Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Active · founded 1923 · Japan
Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Jurys Doyle Hotel Group plc
Active · founded 1924 · Ireland
Jurys Doyle Hotel Group plc is Ireland's leading hotel group with a fast-growing international component as well.
Rallye SA
Active · founded 1924 · France
Rallye SA is one of France's--and the world's--top retail groups.
Gaylord Entertainment Company
Active · founded 1925
Gaylord Entertainment Company is a diversified entertainment and communications company whose holdings include the…
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Active · founded 1928
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation operates the oldest and largest (174 acres) outdoor living history museum in the…
Westin Hotels and Resorts Worldwide
Active · founded 1930
Westin Hotels and Resorts Worldwide is the oldest hotel management company in North America and one of the most admired.
Scottish & Newcastle plc
Active · founded 1931 · United Kingdom
Scottish & Newcastle plc is the United Kingdom's largest brewer.
Granada Group PLC
Active · founded 1934 · United Kingdom
Granada Group PLC is a leading U.K.
Madden's on Gull Lake
Active · founded 1934
Minnesota-based Madden's on Gull Lake is a premier family and golf resort that has served guests for over 60 years and…
Icelandair
Active · founded 1937 · Iceland
Icelandair (Fluglei'ir hf.), Iceland's largest publicly traded company, has played off its unique mid-Atlantic location…
Carlson Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1938
Carlson Companies, Inc.
Helmsley Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1938
Beleaguered as it has been since Leona Helmsley's 1989 indictment and eventual conviction and imprisonment on charges…
Sunburst Hospitality Corporation
Active · founded 1941
Sunburst Hospitality Corporation is one of the top ten publicly owned real estate companies involved in building and…
Aspen Skiing Company
Active · founded 1946
Founded in 1946, Aspen Skiing Company is headquartered in Aspen, Colorado, a small town in the Roaring Fork Valley of…
Hilton Hotels Corporation
Active · founded 1946
Hilton Hotels Corporation is a leading hospitality company that owns, manages, and franchises over 2,000 hotels across…
Sonesta International Hotels Corporation
Active · founded 1946
Sonesta International Hotels Corporation owns or operates 25 hotel, resort, and cruise properties in Bermuda, the…
The SAS Group
Active · founded 1946 · Sweden
The SAS Group is made up of the Scandinavian Airlines System and SAS International Hotels d.b.a.
Boyne USA Resorts
Active · founded 1947
Boyne USA Resorts is one of the leading operators of ski and golf resorts in North America.
Park Corp.
Active · founded 1948
Founded by Raymond P.
Société Tunisienne de l'Air-Tunisair
Active · founded 1948 · Tunisia
Société Tunisienne de l'Air-Tunisair (Tunisair) is Tunisia's state-sponsored international airline.
Compagnia Italiana dei Jolly Hotels S.p.A.
Active · founded 1949 · Italy
Compagnia Italiana dei Jolly Hotels S.p.A.
Liebherr-International AG
Active · founded 1949 · Switzerland
Liebherr-International AG is the Swiss holding company of the Liebherr Group, one of the world's leading manufacturers…
Sapporo Breweries Limited
Active · founded 1949 · Japan
Over the course of its more than 120-year history, Sapporo Breweries Limited has evolved from a government-owned beer…
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
Active · founded 1952 · Japan
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
Japan Airlines Company, Ltd.
Active · founded 1953 · Japan
Japan Airlines Company, Ltd.
Outrigger Enterprises, Inc.
Active · founded 1953
Outrigger Enterprises, Inc.
Promus Companies, Inc.
Active · founded 1954
Promus is one of the United States' leading hotel and casino companies, although it is known to the public mainly…
The Rouse Company
Active · founded 1954
One of the largest publicly held real estate development and management firms in the United States, The Rouse Company…
LTU Group Holding GmbH
Active · founded 1955 · Germany
LTU Group Holding GmbH is Germany's third-largest leisure travel tour operator and one of Europe's leading charter…
S-K-I Limited
Active · founded 1956
A holding company of several ski resorts, S-K-I Limited is best known for founding the Killington ski area, located in…
Sol Meliá S.A.
Active · founded 1956 · Spain
Sol Meliá S.A.
Club Mediterranée S.A.
Active · founded 1957 · France
Since the organization's early days as a vacation village concept pioneer, Club Mediterranée S.A.
Hyatt Corporation
Active · founded 1957
Hyatt Corporation is one of the leading hotel companies in North America.
Resorts International, Inc.
Active · founded 1958
Resorts International, Inc., operates a hotel and casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and a vacation destination on…
Showboat, Inc.
Active · founded 1960
Showboat, Inc.
Four Seasons Hotels Inc.
Active · founded 1961 · Canada
Four Seasons Hotels Inc.
Howard Johnson International, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Howard Johnson International, Inc., franchises approximately 465 hotels in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Malta,…
Vail Associates, Inc.
Active · founded 1961
Vail Associates, Inc., is the owner of Vail Mountain, the largest and most popular ski area in the United States;…
Interstate Hotels & Resorts Inc.
Active · founded 1962
Interstate Hotels & Resorts Inc.
Motel 6
Active · founded 1962
Famous for its "We'll leave the light on for you" tagline, Motel 6 operates as the largest economy motel chain in North…
Genting Bhd.
Active · founded 1965 · Malaysia
Genting Bhd.
Sea Containers Ltd.
Active · founded 1965 · United Kingdom
Sea Containers Ltd.
Air Mauritius Ltd.
Active · founded 1967 · Mauritius
Air Mauritius Ltd.
Bass PLC
Active · founded 1967 · United Kingdom
Conceived as a single brewery in the late 18th century, Bass PLC was in the process of a historic transition at the…
Grupo Posadas, S.A. de C.V.
Active · founded 1967 · Mexico
Grupo Posadas, S.A.
Hilton Group plc
Active · founded 1967 · United Kingdom
c.
Pierre & Vacances SA
Active · founded 1967 · www.pierre-vacances.fr
Pierre & Vacances SA has joined the top ranks of the European tourism industry--the French company claims the number…
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
Active · founded 1968
Once known primarily as a telecommunications company, the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (ITT) has…
La Quinta Inns, Inc.
Active · founded 1968
With more than 220 inns in 29 states, La Quinta Inns, Inc.
TUI Group GmbH
Active · founded 1968 · Germany
TUI Group GmbH, based in Germany, is Europe's largest tourism conglomerate.
Doubletree Corporation
Active · founded 1969
Doubletree Corporation owns, manages, and franchises hotels in the United States and abroad.
John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc.
Active · founded 1969
John Q.
Loews Corporation
Active · founded 1969
Loews Corporation is a holding company with diversified interests in insurance, tobacco, offshore drilling, hotels, and…
Prime Hospitality Corporation
Active · founded 1969
Prime Hospitality Corporation is a major owner, operator, and franchiser of hotels.
New World Development Company Limited
Active · founded 1970 · Hong Kong
Since its founding in 1970, New World Development Company Limited has been a leader in Hong Kong's bustling commercial…
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.
Active · founded 1971
William Harrah parlayed a Reno bingo parlor into a company, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., consisting of Nevada casinos,…
Shangri-La Asia Ltd.
Active · founded 1971 · Hong Kong
Shangri-La Asia Ltd.
Red Roof Inns, Inc.
Active · founded 1972
Red Roof Inns, Inc., controlled by the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund, was the third largest budget lodging chain in…
The Marcus Corporation
Active · founded 1972
As American business success stories go, The Marcus Corporation's is a classic.
Virgin Group
Active · founded 1973 · United Kingdom
Virgin Group is a diversified grouping of more than 200 privately held companies.
Mandalay Resort Group
Active · founded 1974
Mandalay Resort Group is one of the leading hotel-casino companies in the United States, and is the largest such…
The Trump Organization
Active · founded 1974
The Trump Organization presides over the assets of the Trump family and serves as the umbrella for the many business…
Henderson Land Development Company Ltd.
Active · founded 1976 · Hong Kong
Henderson Land Development Company Ltd.
Station Casinos Inc.
Active · founded 1976
Station Casinos Inc.
Hard Rock Cafe International, Inc.
Active · founded 1977
Without rival for years, themed restaurant phenomenon Hard Rock Cafe International, Inc.
Hutchison Whampoa Limited
Active · founded 1977 · Hong Kong
Mid-1970s:Hongkong & Shanghai Bank steps in to rescue the faltering Hutchison, taking a stake in excess of 20 percent.
CSX Corporation
Active · founded 1978
CSX Corporation is a leading transportation-based holding company that operates one of the United States's leading rail…
Gillett Holdings, Inc.
Active · founded 1978
Once one of the largest communications conglomerates in the United States, Gillett Holdings, Inc.
The Intrawest Corporation
Active · founded 1979 · Canada
The Intrawest Corporation, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is the fourth largest operator of ski resorts…
Travel Ports of America, Inc.
Active · founded 1979
Travel Ports of America, Inc., operates around-the-clock, full-service travel plazas that provide customers with motor…
Jackpot Enterprises Inc.
Active · founded 1980
Jackpot Enterprises Inc.
Real Turismo, S.A. de C.V.
Active · founded 1980 · Mexico
Real Turismo, S.A.
Bristol Hotel Company
Active · founded 1981
One of the largest owners and operators of full-service hotels in North America, Bristol Hotel Company operates in 19…
Hotel Properties Ltd.
Active · founded 1981 · Singapore
Singapore's Hotel Properties Ltd.
Sandals Resorts International
Active · founded 1981
Sandals Resorts International is world-renowned for its luxurious all-inclusive resorts dotting the Caribbean.
Accor S.A.
Active · founded 1983 · France
Paris-based Accor S.A.
McMenamins Pubs and Breweries
Active · founded 1983
McMenamins Pubs and Breweries owns and operates more than 50 establishments in Oregon and the state of Washington and…
Santa Fe Gaming Corporation
Active · founded 1983
Through its chairman and CEO, Paul W.
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C.
Active · founded 1983
c.
Amerihost Properties, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Amerihost Properties, Inc.--known for its fast-growing flagship chain AmeriHost Inns--owns and operates more than 90…
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited
Active · founded 1984 · Bermuda
Jardine Matheson is one of the oldest names in East Asia, and Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited is an international…
Players International, Inc.
Active · founded 1984
Players International, Inc.
American Classic Voyages Company
Active · founded 1985
American Classic Voyages Company is parent company to two pleasure cruise companies, the Delta Queen Steamboat Company,…
MGM Grand Inc.
Active · founded 1986
A leading hotel and casino operator, MGM Grand Inc.
Cedar Fair, L.P.
Active · founded 1987
Cedar Fair, L.P.
Berjaya Group Bhd.
Active · founded 1990 · Malaysia
Berjaya Group Bhd.
Hollywood Casino Corporation
Active · founded 1990
Hollywood Casino Corporation (HCC) develops, owns, and operates themed casino entertainment facilities under the…
Grand Casinos, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Grand Casinos, Inc., one of the largest gaming companies in the United States, develops, constructs, and manages…
MWH Preservation Limited Partnership
Active · founded 1991
The Mount Washington Hotel, the oldest frame building in New Hampshire, was built in 1902.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Active · founded 1991
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Air Sahara Limited
Active · founded 1993 · India
Air Sahara Limited is a leading private airline in India, owned by the diversified Sahara India Parivar group.
Landry's Restaurants, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Landry's Restaurants, Inc.
Marriott International, Inc.
Active · founded 1993
Marriott International, Inc.--formed in 1993 when Marriott Corporation split into two separate companies--is the…
American Skiing Company
Active · founded 1994
Bethel, Maine-based American Skiing Company (ASC) is a holding company that operates through various subsidiaries in…
Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc.
Extended Stay America, Inc.
Active · founded 1995
Established in 1995, Extended Stay America, Inc.
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc
Active · founded 1995 · United Kingdom
In less than a decade, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc (MCH) has built one of the Asian region's largest hotel groups…
Thistle Hotels PLC
Active · founded 1995 · United Kingdom
Thistle Hotels PLC is the fourth largest U.K.
Boca Resorts, Inc.
Active · founded 1996
Boca Resorts Inc.
WestCoast Hospitality Corporation
Active · founded 1997
WestCoast Hospitality Corporation is a public company located in Spokane, Washington, primarily devoted to the hotel…
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