[14] Room Key launched its beta site and added Best Western International as its first commercial partner in January 2012.
[3][7][15][16] In March 2012, Room Key launched international websites in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
[17] That same month, Room Key added Preferred Hotel Group as a commercial partner, following with Worldhotels in April.
[21][22] In 2015, Accor CEO Sebastian Bazin mimicked a "pschitt" noise[clarification needed] to describe Room Key.
[13] On June 8, 2020, the company announced via email and social media that it would no longer be providing hotel search functionality and that all user data would be deleted, effective immediately.