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A TIMELINE OF INNOVATIVE FIRSTS AND HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS
April 1981
! Bill Kimpton opened the first boutique hotel – the Clarion Bedford Hotel in San Francisco,
CA
! Became the first hotel company to feature a complimentary evening wine hour
April 1983
! Created the first themed hotel with an emphasis on wine -- the Hotel Vintage Court in San
Francisco, CA
April 1989
! Launched the first celebrity chef restaurant with Wolfgang Puck at Postrio at the Prescott
Hotel in San Francisco, CA
May 1990
! Opened the company’s first ground-up construction of a new hotel, the Tuscan Inn in San
Francisco, CA