1890
Sir Donald Currie of the Union-Castle line buys the Cape Town land to build a hotel for his own passengers Mount Nelson
1899
The Mount Nelson opens on 6 March — the first hotel in South Africa with hot and cold running water Mount Nelson
1899
The Mount Nelson becomes the unofficial British headquarters of the Second Boer War; Churchill reports from it Mount Nelson
1918
The Mount Nelson is painted pink by manager Aldo Renato to mark the peace Mount Nelson
1926
The Varty and Taylor families buy the land that becomes Londolozi
1946
The Blue Train enters service between Pretoria and Cape Town Blue Train
1974
Dave and John Varty take over Londolozi and begin restoring the land
1979
Sol Kerzner opens Sun City in the Pilanesberg Sun International — The Sunlux Collection
1984
Beatrice Tollman founds Red Carnation Hotels Red Carnation Hotels
1988
Orient-Express Hotels buys the Mount Nelson Mount Nelson
1989
Rohan Vos runs the first Rovos Rail train in South Africa Rovos Rail
1991
andBeyond is founded as Conservation Corporation Africa andBeyond
1992
Africa Foundation is founded, later Wild Impact Wild Impact
1993
The MORE Family Collection forms in South Africa MORE Family Collection
1993
Luke Bailes founds Singita Singita
1997
Royal Malewane opens in the Thornybush
1999
Liz and Phil Biden open the first Royal Portfolio house at Birkenhead The Royal Portfolio
2000
The Tswalu Foundation takes over the Dedeben Research Centre Tswalu Foundation
2000
The Saxon opens in Johannesburg, where Mandela edited the Long Walk to Freedom Saxon Collection
2001
Singita Lebombo opens in the Kruger with a design that rewrites the safari lodge
2002
Sol Kerzner launches One&Only from the Palmilla and Le Saint Géran One&Only Resorts
2009
Delaire Graff opens on the Helshoogte Pass, developed by Laurence Graff
2010
Babylonstoren opens on a Cape Dutch farm granted in 1692
2015
Analjit Singh opens Leeu Estates at Franschhoek Leeu Collection
2015
Analjit Singh opens Leeu Estates at Franschhoek
2016
One&Only Private Homes launch One&Only Private Homes
2017
The Silo opens in a Cape Town grain elevator carved out by Thomas Heatherwick
Every event names at least one entry in the register. The same events appear in the Library’s whole chronology at History, and the entries themselves at South Africa.