Milestone Flashcards

(63 cards)

1
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opens in NYC on Broadway just below WallStreet

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1794

The City Hotel

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opens in New Orleans, setting the pattern for the City’s Fine Restaurant

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1840

Restaurant Antoine

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Demonstrated an elevator to other an automatic safety device, opening the way for HRB

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1854
Elisha G. Otis
High Rise Building

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Introduces individually controlled air conditioning heating

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1904

St. Regis Hotel NY.

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5
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The first roadside tourist cabins appear

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1920s

Concept of motor hotel

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6
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Starts a rack folder service in California

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1928

Elwood Ingledue

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7
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Initiates the first apple= hospitality

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1930

Howard D. Johnson

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debuts with a small property in Springfield Massachusetts

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1937

Sheraton

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The first issue is published (64 pages long) where to go, eat, visit, sleep

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1939

Hotel and Travel Index

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10
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Negotiates the first management contract

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1946

Intercontinental Hotel

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Opens in Connecticut in first series cooking school

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1948

The New Haven Restaurant Institute- Culinary Institute of America

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12
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One summer avenue in Memphis Tennessee, ___ opens his __

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1952

Kemmons Wilson
First Holiday Inn

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13
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A Plaza hotel of the spring Issue of the Hotel and Travel Index states that double room bath in NYC is from _\ Air conditioning if ordered __ per day

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1953
$12-$25
$2

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14
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Ground broken in Anaheim, California for the Disneyland Hotel

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1955

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15
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Large screen televisions are installed in __

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1955

7 sheratons

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16
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The couple decided to add a hotel in Washington National Airport to one of their Hot Shoppes Restaurant

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1957

J. Willard Marriott and wife Allie

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Unveils an electronic reservation system for the hospitality industry

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1958
Sheraton
Reservation I

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18
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Weekend and off-season promotional packages are introduced

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1960s

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19
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Introduced airplane Boeing 707

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1960s

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20
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First flag carrier in Asia

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Philippine Airlines

1954

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21
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First international Convention

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Araneta

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22
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The American Hotel Association becomes the American Hotel and Motel Association

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1962

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23
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The first no frills motel opens for its $6 a night room Rate

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1963

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T.G.I Friday’s opens and is featured in Life Magazine as an example of how social patters are changing in America. The single bar is open

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1965

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The first Atrium Hotel opens at __ designed by architect __, it becomes the most copied architectural form of its time
1967 Hyatt Regency Atlanta John C. Portman
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In Birmingham, Alabama converts a floor into an exclusive club with its own porter, free coffee and turndown service
1969 | Tutweiler Hotel
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Porter
Bags
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Turndown services
Rooms
29
Economy hotel chain is founded by Atlanta real estate developer __
1970 Days Inn Cecil B. Day
30
Guest recognition programs come into being
1970s
31
Hotels begin paying attention to women, at first by offering special rooms with skirt hangers and ironing boards (management contract)
1970s
32
In Wilmington Delaware, assigns six rooms for non-smokers (environment awareness)
1973 | The Hotel Du Pont
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The lodging industry introduced all suites
1980s
34
Hotel segmentation explodes
1980s
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Concept expands to include a separate executive floor providing more luxurious accommodations and concierge service
1982 | The Hotel within d Hotel
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Management introduce price tires
1985
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Environmentally responsible hotel follow social and political trends
1990s
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Hotel brands took to movie and music themes
2000 House of Blues Planet Hollywood Hard Rock Hotels
39
Games are held in honor of Apollo at Olympian Greece
776 BC
40
Constructs on the Great Wall of China, continuing until AD 1600
400s BC
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Building begins on the Appian way stretching from Rome to Capua, 19 miles north of Naples (road system)
312 BC
42
The Roman Catholic Church goes on a building spree in Europe
1200s AD
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Millennial period
Green tourism
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Constructing tithing cathedrals that will attract generations of pilgrims and sightseers
1200s AD
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Marco Polo explores the routes from Europe to China, stopping along the way at primitive caravansaries (inns)
1275-1292
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In England, a "pilgrim-shippers" license issued to a ship's captain the most popular destination for European pilgrims ___ to see the alleged tomb of __
1394 Santiago de Compostela St. James
47
British Museum opens to the public. Before then, collections were either private or owned by the church
1759
48
The Industrial Revolution change the work people do and the way they do it allowing more free time for the pursuit of leisure interests and travel (travel cars)
1800s
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In England, Thomas Cook organizes a group tour- a day's excursion __ people to a temperance meeting
1841 | 576
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Father of Modern Tourism
Thomas Cook
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__ decides to develop his poor country as a winter health resort with a gambling casino. His ideals success enable Monaco to abolish Income taxes.
1850s | Prince Grimaldi of Monaco
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Maybe the first country to solve its economic problems through tourism
1850s
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So-called Golden Age Travel for the rich (spa)
1880-1939
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The railroad's needs for precise timetable lead s to establish Standard Time Zone
1883
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The suntan becomes the emblem of health and beauty
1920s
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The first American Travel Industry journal makes its debut
1929 | Travel Trade
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A Chicago traveling salesman compiled a list of his 167 favorites places to eat in 30 states and sends off 1000 copies
1935 | Duncan Hines
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The country passes the first vacation law
1936 | France
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In England, the jet aircraft designed for military services makes its debut
1941
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Build a hotels and casino in Las Vegas Nevada transforming the sleepy dessert town into a destination specializing in entertainment
1947 | Bugsy Siegel
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Self published his G. I's Guide to Europe priced at 55 cents per to his best selling $5 a day travel guides
1955 | Arthur Frommer
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January 22, massive __ passenger __\ built by __ taxied to the runway at _\\ and takes off for __
``` 1970 330 passenger Pan American 747 Boeing Co. JFK International Airport London's Heathrow Airport ```
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The age of jumbo jet and mass tourisms begin
1970