1898:
César Ritz opens the Ritz Hotel in Paris.
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1900:
Ritz arranges to build and operate the Carlton Hotel in London; the Ritz-Carlton Management Corporation is formed, through which Ritz-Carlton hotels are built in the United States.
1927:
The Ritz-Carlton, Boston, opens.
1983:
William B. Johnson purchases the rights to the Ritz-Carlton name and the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Boston; Johnson founds The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C., based in Atlanta, and begins expanding.
1990:
Johnson's company is now operating and managing 28 Ritz-Carlton hotels.
1992:
Company is awarded the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award.
1995:
Marriott International, Inc. buys a 49 percent stake in Ritz-Carlton.
1998:
Marriott boosts its interest in Ritz-Carlton to 99 percent.
1999:
Ritz-Carlton earns its second Baldrige award; company moves into timeshare market with creation of the Ritz-Carlton Club.
2000:
First Residences at The Ritz-Carlton luxury residential condominiums debut at the new Washington, D.C., Ritz-Carlton hotel.
2003:
Company relocates its headquarters to Chevy Chase, Maryland.
2004:
First Bulgari Hotel & Resort debuts in Milan, Italy, from a joint venture with Bulgari S.p.A.