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1900

The Michelin Guide is given away free. A tyre company publishes a guide to French hotels and restaurants for motorists, with the entirely commercial aim of encouraging them to drive further and wear out more tyres. The star system follows in 1926.

The Modern Travel era

  1. 1900
  2. 1903
  3. 1930s
  4. 1936
  5. 1950
  6. 1957
  7. 1958
  8. 1960s
  9. 1962
  10. 1973
  11. 1978
  12. 1985
  13. 1989
  14. 1994
  15. 2001
  16. 2008
  17. 2016
  18. March 2020
  19. 2024

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