Wikidata records 452 hotels that opened in the 1970s, from 1970 to 1979, in 77 countries; most of them in the United States (84), Indonesia (56) and Japan (44).[1][2] The best known, by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article on it, is Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile, opened in 1974. The year with the most recorded openings is 1972, with 70.
Method
A hotel is listed under the year of the earliest date Wikidata gives for its official opening or, where it gives none, its inception. For a building converted into a hotel, the inception is often that of the building. Hotels that have since closed are included. Decades with at least 25 dated hotels have a list of their own. Within each year, hotels are in alphabetical order.[1][2]
Summary
By type: hotel (427), resort hotel (9), inn (5), motel (2) and ryokan (2), and 7 of other types. By country: United States (84), Indonesia (56), Japan (44), United Kingdom (21), Taiwan (18), Germany (17), Singapore (15), Maldives (11), Mauritius (10), Nepal (10), and 67 more countries. Architectural styles recorded most often: modern (9), brutalist (7), Pahlavi (2), Soviet Modernist (2), constructivist (1), Haussmannian (1), postmodern (1), Swiss chalet style (1), Victorian (1).[1][2]
1970
The 35 best known of 42, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1971
The 35 best known of 45, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1972
The 35 best known of 70, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1973
The 35 best known of 53, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1974
The 35 best known of 51, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1975
The 35 best known of 36, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1976
The 35 best known of 40, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1977
1978
The 35 best known of 40, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1979
The 35 best known of 45, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
Architects
Architects and firms with an article in Innpedia who designed hotels opened in the 1970s, by the number of them.
- Martin Stern, Jr. (4)
- John C. Portman Jr. (3)
- Walt Disney Imagineering (3)
- Yaakov Rechter (3)
- Campeau Corporation (2)
- Charles Luckman (2)
- Eduard Safaryan (2)
- Richard Seifert (2)
- Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (2)
- Togo Murano (2)
- Chen Chi-kwan (1)
- David Childs (1)
- Earl Swensson (1)
- Hieorhij Bieniadziktaŭ (1)
- Jouko Ylihannu (1)
- Kisho Kurokawa (1)
- Leandro Locsin (1)
- Marnell Companies (1)
- Maunu Kitunen (1)
- Minoru Yamasaki (1)
See also
- List of hotels opened in the 1960s
- List of hotels opened in the 1980s
- List of oldest hotels
- Hotels by architectural style
- List of hotel architects
References
- ^ Date of official opening (P1619). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Inception (P571). Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.