Wikidata records 870 hotels that opened in the 1990s, from 1990 to 1999, in 77 countries; most of them in Indonesia (246), Japan (94) and the United States (93).[1][2] The best known, by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article on it, is Burj al-Arab, opened in 1999. The year with the most recorded openings is 1996, with 104.
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 (797), resort hotel (46), villa hotel (5), lodge (4) and inn (3), and 15 of other types. By country: Indonesia (246), Japan (94), United States (93), Vietnam (65), Taiwan (42), Singapore (29), Hong Kong (26), Germany (21), Nepal (20), United Kingdom (19), and 67 more countries. Architectural styles recorded most often: modern (4), high-tech (2), postmodern (2), baroque (1), eclectic (1).[1][2]
1990
The 35 best known of 77, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1991
The 35 best known of 87, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1992
The 35 best known of 84, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1993
The 35 best known of 81, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1994
The 35 best known of 81, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1995
The 35 best known of 87, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1996
The 35 best known of 104, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1997
The 35 best known of 91, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1998
The 35 best known of 86, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1999
The 35 best known of 92, 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 1990s, by the number of them.
- Walt Disney Imagineering (6)
- Nikken Sekkei (4)
- Robert A. M. Stern (4)
- Takenaka Corporation (4)
- HST Architects (3)
- Kanko kikaku Sekkeisha (3)
- Michael Graves (3)
- Nihon Sekkei (3)
- Aldo Rossi (2)
- Arquitectonica (2)
- Helmut Jahn (2)
- MHS Planners, Architects and Engineers (2)
- Obayashi Corporation (2)
- Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (2)
- Atkins (1)
- Baikdoosan Architects & Engineers (1)
- César Pelli (1)
- Grounds Kent Arsitek Indonesia (1)
- HOK (1)
- Jacques Garcia (1)
See also
- List of hotels opened in the 1980s
- List of hotels opened in the 2000s
- 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.