Wikidata records 531 hotels that opened in the 1980s, from 1980 to 1989, in 69 countries; most of them in the United States (95), Japan (75) and Indonesia (74).[1][2] The best known, by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article on it, is The Mirage, opened in 1989. The year with the most recorded openings is 1989, with 75.
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 (495), resort hotel (17), country house hotel (5), inn (4) and bed and breakfast (3), and 7 of other types. By country: United States (95), Japan (75), Indonesia (74), Taiwan (33), Hong Kong (26), Singapore (23), Maldives (15), Nepal (13), United Kingdom (11), China (10), and 59 more countries. Architectural styles recorded most often: Soviet Modernist (4), modern (3), brutalist (2), baroque (1), Greek Revival (1), Neoclassical (1), Pahlavi (1), postmodern (1), Queen Anne style (1).[1][2]
1980
The 35 best known of 46, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1981
The 35 best known of 39, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1982
The 35 best known of 62, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1983
The 35 best known of 39, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1984
The 35 best known of 55, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1985
The 35 best known of 48, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1986
The 35 best known of 54, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1987
The 35 best known of 53, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1988
The 35 best known of 60, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1989
The 35 best known of 75, 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 1980s, by the number of them.
- John C. Portman Jr. (5)
- Kanko kikaku Sekkeisha (4)
- Nikken Sekkei (3)
- Togo Murano (3)
- David Childs (2)
- Ilmo Valjakka (2)
- Takenaka Corporation (2)
- Walt Disney Imagineering (2)
- Aldo Rossi (1)
- Emery Roth (1)
- Erhardt Gißke (1)
- HOK (1)
- I. M. Pei (1)
- John Graham & Company (1)
- József Finta (1)
- Kajima Corporation (1)
- Kenzō Tange (1)
- Lev Gogorelov (1)
- Maunu Kitunen (1)
- Merrell Vories Hitotsuyanagi (1)
See also
- List of hotels opened in the 1970s
- List of hotels opened in the 1990s
- 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.