1901
Ver-o-Peso opens at Belém on the site of a 1625 weighing house, where the Amazon meets the Atlantic trade Ver-o-Peso
1919
Construction begins on the Copacabana Palace at President Pessoa's initiative Belmond Copacabana Palace
1923
The Copacabana Palace opens in Rio with its casino, by Joseph Gire Copacabana Palace Casino
1923
The Copacabana Palace opens on 13 August, eleven months after the centenary it was built for Belmond Copacabana Palace
1933
The Cassino da Urca opens in Rio; Carmen Miranda sings there before gambling is banned in 1946 Cassino da Urca
1946
Decree-Law 9,215 bans gambling throughout Brazil on 30 April; some 70 casinos close Copacabana Palace Casino
1982
Rogério Fasano opens the family's first hotel in São Paulo Fasano Hotels
1989
Orient-Express Hotels buys the Copacabana Palace Belmond Copacabana Palace
2001
The Emiliano opens in São Paulo on Rua Oscar Freire Emiliano
2015
Rosewood opens in São Paulo in the former Matarazzo maternity hospital
2017
Palácio Tangará opens in São Paulo's Burle Marx park