History of Hospitality

By paytonohara
  • 776 BCE

    Olympic Games Began

  • Urban mass Transit Begins in New York City, London, and Paris

  • The first successful steam-powered locomotive became available

  • The first roller coaster was unveiled in Paris

  • Robert Fulton’s steam-powered Clermont made her maiden voyage up the Hudson River

  • Scotsman John McAdams improved road construction with the use of broken stones covered with tar

  • - The Savannah was the first steam ship to cross the Atlantic

  • The Tremont House (1st modern hotel) opened in Boston

  • The elevator was invented allowing the hotels to expand upward

  • The first subway system opened in London

  • The east and west coast of the United States were connected by the transcontinental railroad

  • The first subway system opened in New York City

  • The first steam-powered Carousel was introduced

  • Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone

  • Coney Island was opened in New York City and became the model for amusement parks

  • The first cafeteria was opened in New York City

  • Electric cars or trolleys came into their own

  • The gasoline engine led to the beginning of the motor coach industry

  • The first travelers’ checks were introduced by the American Express Company

  • The first Stanley Cup playoffs were held

  • The modern Olympic games returned

  • The American Automobile Association was founded in Chicago (AAA

  • World Series (baseball) were introduced

  • The first airplane took flight at Kitty Hawk

  • Henry Ford introduced the first Model T

  • Ellsworth Statler opened the first hotel chain concept

  • Passenger ship accommodations were more luxurious and only affordable for the very wealthy

  • The first scheduled airplane flew with passengers

  • World War I advanced aircraft design

  • Car Rental began through National Car Rental

  • Organized airline service developed in Europe

  • Commercial Airlines started in the US

  • The Great Depression Began

  • Period: to

    Almost 85% of all hotels in the US went bankrupt

  • The concept of a zoo using open areas and concealed surroundings to display animals was introduced

  • Marineland opened an outdoor aquarium in St. Augustine, Florida

  • Cunard Lines launched the Queen Elizabeth (the largest passenger ship to date)

  • The first NCAA Basketball tournament was held

  • World War II began in Europe

  • Rockets were tested off the North Carolina Coast

  • The automobile and the jet plane helped the hotel industry to rebound

  • The first airline ticket was created

  • Intercity bus travel increased rapidly

  • Walter E. Avis opened the first airport rent-a-car

  • United Airlines and American Airlines began coast to coast service in the United States

  • IATA allowed transatlantic tourist fares in summer

  • Congress created the National System of Interstate Highways

  • Holiday Inn was launched in Memphis, Tennessee by Kemmons Wilson

  • The first nonstop Transcontinental flight was made from Los Angeles to New York

  • Holiday Inn installed the hotel industry’s first nationwide computerized reservation system

  • The first Super Bowl was played

  • The landing of the first man on the moon

  • The use of credit cards was accepted in travel and entertainment arenas

  • Pan American Airlines launched the first Jumbo Jet from New York to London with 352 passengers

  • Travel became computerized

  • The first personal computer reached the consumer market

  • Alex Hailey’s book Roots was to have an influence on heritage travel

  • Railroads began to decline

  • Railroads began to decline

  • Period: to

    The world’s cruise fleet doubled

  • Period: to

    The world’s cruise fleet doubled

  • EPCOT opened in Disney World Florida

  • Disney World opened in Tokyo

  • Tourism Bill of Rights and the Tourist Code

  • English scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web

  • Davis Cup (tennis) introduced

  • Americans with Disabilities Act passed

  • Web pages were developed

  • Web pages were developed

  • Microsoft established an accredited travel agency on the Internet

  • Microsoft established an accredited travel agency on the Internet

  • The Virtual Reality Modelling Language was first introduced

  • 95% of all US travel agencies were computerized

  • Americans used personal cars for more than 80% of their vacation trips

  • There were more than 800 million websites

  • Dennis Tito was the first paid space tourist

  • Attacks by terrorists changed travel and tourism forever

  • The Homeland Security Act of 2002 passed in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks

  • Self check-in at airports