1700
A shop is first recorded on Dienerstrasse, Munich — the origin of Dallmayr Dallmayr
1705
The Taschenberg Palace is built at Dresden for Augustus the Strong's mistress; it opens as a hotel in 1995
1789
The Finkbeiner family begins at Baiersbronn; the Traube Tonbach grows from the inn
1793
Heiligendamm opens as the first seaside resort on the German Baltic
1806
The Breidenbacher Hof opens in Düsseldorf
1813
The Nassauer Hof opens at Wiesbaden beside the springs
1824
The Promenadenhaus at Baden-Baden is rebuilt as the Kurhaus by Friedrich Weinbrenner, with a casino inside it from the start Kurhaus Baden-Baden
1824
Weinbrenner's Kurhaus opens at Baden-Baden with a gaming room inside it Kurhaus Baden-Baden
1836
France bans gambling; the players cross to Baden-Baden and the Kurhaus becomes famous Kurhaus Baden-Baden
1838
Jacques Bénazet takes the Baden-Baden concession and introduces roulette Kurhaus Baden-Baden
1841
The Bayerischer Hof opens in Munich at Ludwig I's wish for a hotel fit for guests of the court
1848
Édouard Bénazet succeeds his father and decides a casino should not be only gambling — the integrated resort, proposed Kurhaus Baden-Baden
1858
The Vier Jahreszeiten opens in Munich at the wish of Maximilian II
1863
The Excelsior Hotel Ernst opens in Cologne facing the cathedral
1872
Brenners Park-Hotel opens at Baden-Baden; the Oetker family buys it in 1941 and builds the collection around it Oetker Collection
1872
Brenners Park-Hotel opens at Baden-Baden on the Lichtentaler Allee
1889
The Dresdner Bank headquarters is built on Bebelplatz; it opens as the Hotel de Rome in 2006
1891
Augusta Victoria sails from Cuxhaven on 22 January for a fifty-seven-night Mediterranean voyage — the first pleasure cruise, conceived by Albert Ballin of HAPAG Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
1893
Schloss Friedrichshof is completed for Empress Victoria at Kronberg
1894
Villa Rothschild is built at Königstein for Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild
1897
Friedrich Haerlin buys the Hamburg house that becomes the Vier Jahreszeiten
1897
The Hotelbetriebs-Aktiengesellschaft is founded in Berlin; Kempinski takes its name in 1953 Kempinski Hotels
1899
HAPAG commissions Blohm & Voss to build the Prinzessin Victoria Luise, the first ship in history built as a cruise ship and nothing else Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
1900
Therese Randlkofer's Dallmayr is appointed Purveyor to the Court Dallmayr
1907
The Adlon opens in Berlin with the Kaiser present
1909
The Atlantic opens on the Aussenalster at Hamburg
1916
Johannes Müller builds Schloss Elmau in Bavaria as a retreat
1919
The Fäßler family opens the Sonnenalp at Ofterschwang
1920
Otto Buchinger opens his first fasting clinic after curing himself by fasting Buchinger Wilhelmi
1930
Albert Steigenberger takes the Europäischer Hof at Baden-Baden and founds the group Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts
1931
Hapag-Lloyd introduces the expedition cruise Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
1951
Hermine Bareiss opens her house at Baiersbronn
1970
HAPAG merges with Norddeutscher Lloyd after a rivalry of 113 years, and transatlantic passenger service ends Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
1970
Hapag-Lloyd is formed from the merger of HAPAG, founded 1847, and Norddeutscher Lloyd Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
1981
The first EUROPA is commissioned, then the most luxurious cruise ship in the world Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
1982
Thomas Althoff opens his first hotel in Cologne Althoff Hotels
1984
The Harisch family takes the Lanserhof at Lans and applies the Mayr method Lanserhof
1987
Selektion Deutscher Luxushotels is founded Selektion Deutscher Luxushotels
1993
Claus Sendlinger founds Design Hotels in Germany Design Hotels
1998
David Fattal, who began as a bellboy, founds Fattal Hotels Fattal Hotel Group — Leonardo
2003
25hours opens its first hotel in Hamburg 25hours Hotels
2018
7Pines opens its first resort at Ibiza 7Pines Resorts
2018
Fattal lists on the Israeli stock exchange; it becomes the largest hotel group in Israel and one of Europe's largest Fattal Hotel Group — Leonardo