1937
"In-flight" airline catering debuts when Hot Shoppes begins delivery of boxed lunches to passengers at Hoover Airport, south of Washington, D.C.
1953
Hot Shoppes, Inc. stock becomes public at $10.25/share and sells out in two hours of trading.
1959
Key Bridge Marriott opens. Two-year-old Debbie Marriott, Bill and Donna’s daughter, snips the ribbon.