1850
Lane Crawford opens in Hong Kong with a tailor, a baker, a wine merchant, an auctioneer, a restaurant and a bar Lane Crawford
1850
Lane Crawford opens in Hong Kong Lane Crawford
1865
The Langham opens as the largest and most modern hotel in London The Langham
1866
The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels is incorporated — sixty-two years before the Peninsula opens The Peninsula Hong Kong
1928
The Peninsula opens in Tsim Sha Tsui, built by the Kadoorie family The Peninsula Hong Kong
1928
The Peninsula opens in Tsim Sha Tsui The Peninsula Hotels
1941
Lane Crawford’s assets are seized in occupied Hong Kong and its operations handed to Matsuzakaya Lane Crawford
1946
Regent's forerunner era begins; Robert Burns founds Regent International in 1970 Regent Hotels & Resorts
1963
The Mandarin opens in Hong Kong; the Oriental Bangkok joins in 1974 to form the group Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
1970
Robert Burns founds Regent International Hotels with the Tokyu Group Regent Hotels & Resorts
1971
Shang Palace opens with the first Shangri-La, in Singapore Shang Palace
1971
Robert Kuok opens the first Shangri-La in Singapore Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
1979
Caroline Rose Hunt founds Rosewood in Dallas Rosewood Hotels & Resorts
1988
The Pavilions opens its first Asian house The Pavilions Hotels & Resorts
1988
Pacific Place opens its first phase in Hong Kong; the second follows in 1991 Pacific Place, Hong Kong
1992
Radisson Diamond sails; the line becomes Regent Seven Seas Regent Seven Seas Cruises
2003
Comlux is founded at Zürich Comlux
2006
Sonia Cheng joins New World and begins building Rosewood into a global group Rosewood Hotels & Resorts
2007
Elements opens on 1 October over Kowloon Station — MTR keeps the rental and management rights to 78 per cent of it Union Square & ICC, Hong Kong
2008
Swire Hotels is founded in Hong Kong; The Opposite House opens in Beijing Swire Hotels
2008
Swire opens the Opposite House in Beijing and begins the House Collective Swire Hotels
2009
The Upper House opens above Pacific Place in Hong Kong on 2 October — 117 rooms, and André Fu’s first hotel
2009
The Upper House opens in Hong Kong, designed by André Fu
2010
EAST opens in Hong Kong’s Island East on 25 January as Swire’s lifestyle brand
2010
The ICC completes at 484 m with the Ritz-Carlton on its top fifteen floors, its lobby at 425 m and then the highest hotel in the world Union Square & ICC, Hong Kong
2010
Rosewood Residences launch Rosewood Residences
2010
Mandarin Oriental Residences launch Mandarin Oriental Residences
2014
Mott 32 opens in Hong Kong Mott 32
2015
Wharf opens the first Niccolo, in Chengdu Niccolo Hotels
2019
Sonia Cheng opens Rosewood Hong Kong at Victoria Dockside
2025
Swire retires the name The House Collective and renames its Houses Upper House