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15,000 BCE
Lascaux caves
Shelters -
Period: 776 BCE to 476
CLASSICAL Antiquity
Greece and Rome- spas
Pompeii- First hospitality establishments -
Period: 476 to 1453
Middle Age
Japan- first 2 hotels in history
Middle east- Silk Road
Europe- Cloisters and abbeys provided free accomodations to travelers -
1600s
England- 600 Inns
English and french- The beggining of laws of accomodation
Czech Republic- Thermal spas with lodgin
France- Guidebook for travelers -
Period: to
Early 1700s
North America- Masonic Lodges
Paris- "Vendome" offered the first example of a amultiple-use architectural complex (Boutiques, apartment, hotels) -
Period: to
Early 1800s
Italian riveras- Holiday resorts began to flourish
India- Dak bungalows run by the Britsh goverment served travelers -
Treemont House in Boston
Was the firs hotel to provide inside toilets, locks the doors and bellboys -
First Steam-Powered elevator
New York City -
Telephones in all rooms
The Palmer House in Chicago was the first hotel built to be fire resistant andh to offer thelephones in all its rooms -
First school for hotellers
Ecole Hotelere de Lausanne, Switzerland -
Period: to
35000 motels bouilts in the United States
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2nd boom in the hotel industry
Club Med, the fiirst casino hotels.
Mediterraneo- New resorts -
1970
Hotels catrering to business people began proliferate, especially in the middel East, Europe and North America -
Digital age
Software companies start developing new tools for the industry, like databases, reservations, loyalty programs, and more. -
1993
The traverel industry start giving customers the opporunity to compare, book and review hotels from their home computer -
AirBnB is founded
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The first World Hotel
In Pahang, Malaysia, become in the largest hotel in the world with 7351 rooms!
