2000
Cuyahoga Valley National Park is established in Ohio, USA.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park is established in Ohio, USA.
Ryanair launches Europe's largest online booking website.
The American Hotel and Motel Association rebrands as the American Hotel & Lodging Association.
Easyjet celebrate their 10 millionth seat sold online.
Ji Qi founds Home Inns, the largest budget hotel chain in China. As of 2015, Home Inns operates 2,661 hotels in 338 cities.
Tokyo DisneySea, a £2.5 billion nautically-themed resort, opens.
Disney California Adventure Park opens exactly 45 years, six months and 22 days after Walt opened his original theme park.
Thomas Cook is acquired by C&N Touristic AG and changes its name to Thomas Cook AG.
The sales of digital cameras now exceed those of traditional film versions for the first time.
Congaree National Park is established in South Carolina, USA.
Ryanair is named the most popular airline on the internet by Google.
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg takes an interest in revitalising Coney Island as part of the city's bid for the 2012 Olympics. When the city loses its bid for the Olympics, the restoration project is passed on to the Coney Island Development Corporation.
The Whitbread company buys the hotel chain Premier Lodge for £505 million and combines it with their Travel Inn brand to create Premier Travel Inn, later shortened to Premier Inn in 2007. This chain is the largest hotel chain in the United Kingdom, with over 700 sites.
Best Western launches the hotel industry's largest High-Speed Internet Access initiative. In just eight months, the company establishes free wireless in some portion of the public areas and in at least 15% of rooms at all of its North American properties.
Great Sand Dunes National Park is established in Colorado, USA.
The Lunn Poly travel agency is renamed Thomson.
Disneyland Hong Kong opens, a joint venture between Disney and the Hong Kong government.
Having bought a large amount of land on Coney Island, the company Thor Equities announces it plans to build a large scale hotel resort surrounded by rides and amusements.
The New Forest is established as a National Park in the UK.
Wynn Las Vegas opens on 28 April 2005. At $2.7 billion, the resort becomes the most expensive hotel and casino in the world.
After a decline in popularity, Rockaway Beach is designated a surfing-only beach; New York City's first, and attendance starts to grow.
Thermae Bath Spa opens in the city of Bath, meaning people can once again enjoy the benefits of the water, following in the tradition started by the Romans over two thousand years ago.
Hilton buys back Hilton International from Trans World Airlines.
Premier Inn launches in Dubai.
Biometric British passports are introduced to comply with the US visa waiver programme.
Thomas Cook AG merges with MyTravel Group plc to become Thomas Cook Group plc.
Premier Travel Inn hotels become Premier Inn.
Premier Inn launches in India.
Premier Inn launches in Dublin, Ireland.
Astroland, having operated as an amusement park on Coney Island since 1962, is closed.
A new incarnation of Coney Island's Dreamland is opened.
Hilton now has branches in 76 countries. This is the largest fully-serviced hotel chain in the world.
German tourists spend $80.8 billion on international tourism (population 82 million). In comparison, the US spend $73.1 billion (population 310 million) and the UK, $48.5 billion (population 61 million).
An estimated 20-33% of US citizens hold a valid passport, compared to 70% of British citizens.
The South Downs is established as a National Park in the UK.
50% of passengers using Easyjet now originate from outside the UK.
A new incarnation of Coney Island's Luna amusement park is opened.
The Peruvian government introduces new entrance rules at Machu Picchu aimed at reducing the impact of tourism on the site.
The first new roller coasters to be built on Coney Island in eighty years are opened in an attempt to attract more visitors.
Thomas Cook amalgamates its UK high street travel and foreign exchange business with those of the Co-operative Group and the Midlands Co-operative Society to make the UK's largest retail travel network of over 1,200 shops.
Butlins open the undersea themed Wave Hotel and Apartments at Bognor Regis.
Hurricane Sandy causes damage to Coney Island. Luna Park is soon reopened and the rebuilding of the Aquarium begins in 2013 with an expected finishing date of 2017.
The Pinnacles National Park is established in California, USA.
Easyjet see 60 million passengers travelling with them during this year for the first time.
Disneyland Shanghai is due to be opened, at a cost of over $5.5 billion.
Las Vegas sets visitation records with 42.3 million visitors.