Premier Inn

Whitbread looks to offload underperforming Beefeater and Brewers Fayre sites

25-Mar-2024 By James McAllister

Whitbread is looking to sell or convert around a third of its Beefeater and Brewers Fayre pubs estate.

M&B tipped as frontrunner in £600m Whitbread sale process

16-Jun-2023 By Georgi Gyton

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has been tipped as the frontrunner in the sale of 250 of Whitbread’s 440 pub-restaurants.

Whitbread considering sale of restaurant brands

30-May-2023 By James McAllister

Whitbread is understood to be exploring the potential sale of part of its £700m pub and restaurant arm in order to focus its efforts on its Premier Inn hotel chain.

Whitbread launches new pub format to trade alongside Premier Inn

06-Nov-2017 By Joe Lutrario

Whitbread - the hospitality behemoth behind Costa, Beefeater and Brewers Fayre - has launched a new pub brand in Oldbury, West Midlands.

Premier Inn plans hub expansion

25-Oct-2016 By Sophie Witts

Premier Inn is planning to double its number of high-tech hub hotels following strong half-year sales at the chain.

Whitbread plans Costa and Premier Inn expansion as sales hit £2.9bn

26-Apr-2016 By Sophie Witts

Whitbread has outlined further expansion of its Costa and Premier Inn chains after recording a boost in profits in 2015. 

Premier Inn invests £35m in high-tech Edinburgh hotels

29-Feb-2016 By Sophie Witts

Premier Inn is to invest £35m in opening three new hotels in Edinburgh, including the first of its high-tech hub brand outside of London.  

Premier Inn announce new breakfast menu to ensure guests ‘remain satisfied’

04-Dec-2015 By Liam Garrahan

Budget hotel chain, Premier Inn, has announced a brand new breakfast menu to ensure that it appeals to a wider audience and that guests are always ‘satisfied’.

Budget hotel development on the increase

11-Nov-2015 By Liam Garrahan

For the first time budget hotels account for more than half of the UK’s hotel development pipeline, with growth in the sector showing no signs of slowing down, according to a report by HVS, AlixPartners and AM:PM.

Whitbread secures Soho site for Hub by Premier Inn hotel

28-Jul-2015 By Emma Eversham

Whitbread has secured a site in Soho for a 110-bedroom Hub by Premier Inn hotel. 

Premier Inn secures £18m expansion deal

26-Jun-2015 By Sophie Witts

Premier Inn is to open new hotels in Gloucester, Newbury and Monmouth following an £18m investment.

Premier Inn expansion boosts Whitbread sales

16-Jun-2015 By Sophie Witts

Whitbread has reported a strong first quarter of growth driven by the expansion of its Premier Inn brand.

Whitbread chief exec to depart ahead of Costa and Premier Inn expansion

28-Apr-2015 By Sophie Witts

The chief executive of Whitbread has announced his plans to leave the company, as the operator set out its five year expansion plans for Premier Inn and Costa today (28 April).

Whitbread MD Patrick Dempsey steps down

11-Dec-2014 By Lauren Houghton

Managing director of Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants (WHR) Patrick Dempsey will leave the company on 28 February 2015, ten years after joining.

MediaCityUK submits plans for new hotel development

02-Oct-2014 By Lauren Houghton

MediaCityUK Manchester has submitted plans to Salford City Council for a new 54,000.sq.ft building development by Salford Quays which will include a Premier Inn hotel. 

Booking hotels online: Premier Inn voted easiest site to use

28-Jul-2014 By Lauren Houghton

Results have been released from a survey commissioned by Postcode Anywhere which ranks Premier Inn as having the easiest website to use, and lists the frustrations customers have when trying to book hotels online. 

​Whitbread FY lfls up 4.2%

29-Apr-2014 By John Harrington

Whitbread has reported a 4.2% rise in like-for-like sales in the year to 27 February, with growth accelerating in the second half.

Premier Inn ploughs on with Hub expansion

13-Mar-2014 By Luke Nicholls

Whitbread has announced deals for two prime City of London sites for its compact hotel brand Hub by Premier Inn.

Challenging tradition: smaller format hotels on the rise in UK regions

13-Mar-2014 By Carina Perkins

Pod and smaller format hotels could pose a challenge to traditional hotels in some regions of the UK, according to property experts Savills.

National Apprenticeship Week: The way forward for hospitality

05-Mar-2014 By Luke Nicholls

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson got National Apprenticeship Week off to a ‘frying start’, gaining a hands-on experience of hospitality apprenticeships at a budget hotel in the capital.

Whitbread secures planning for five more hotels

19-Dec-2013 By Emma Eversham

Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants has secured planning approval to create five new hotels under its Premier Inn and Hub by Premier Inn brands.

Whitbread to open Hub and Premier Inn hotels at £150m Edinburgh development

09-Dec-2013 By Emma Eversham

Whitbread has announced plans to build the second of its new compact hotel brand Hub by Premier Inn alongside a Premier Inn as part of a £150m development to transform the Caltongate area of Edinburgh. 

Premier Inn to target young unemployed adults in major new jobs push

25-Nov-2013 By Noli Dinkovski

Premier Inn has unveiled plans to create 8,000 new jobs over the next five years, half of which will be targeted at long-term unemployed 16 to 24-year-olds.

Location and business aspirations determine independent or branded focus for hoteliers

28-Oct-2013 By Emma Eversham

A hotel's location, it's owner's aspirations for the business and the type of guest it wants to attract are key elements to deciding whether it should be branded or remain independent. 

Whitbread sales growth slows, Premier Inn boosted by London demand

10-Sep-2013 By Luke Nicholls

The UK’s largest hotel and restaurant group, Whitbread, has today reported ‘another good performance’ in its half-year results, with total and like-for-like sales increasing by 12.4 and 2.6 per cent respectively.

Premier Inn beats Hilton to best-known hotel brand in Britain

12-Aug-2013 By Emma Eversham

Premier Inn has beaten Hilton to the title of best-known hotel brand among business travellers in Britain for the first time in 17 years.

Hub by Premier Inn: Whitbread launches cheaper budget hotel brand

02-Jul-2013 By Luke Nicholls

The battle for control over the budget hotel market has today taken another turn as Whitbread has announced the launch of ‘Hub by Premier Inn’, a new city centre brand offering rooms around 25 per cent cheaper than standard Premier Inn pricing.

Premier Inn snaps up seven in the North West

28-May-2013 By Luke Nicholls

The UK’s largest hotel chain Premier Inn has added more than 520 bedrooms to its expanding estate across the North West with new locations in Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria, Staffordshire and North Wales.  

Whitbread raises its Premier Inn expansion targets

01-May-2013 By Luke Nicholls

The UK’s largest hotel and restaurants company Whitbread has outlined ambitious expansion plans and growth milestones for 2018 after delivering double-digit growth in sales, profit and dividend for the financial year to 28 February.

Premier Inn ramps up expansion plans with five hotels in South East

18-Apr-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Hot off the heels of Travelodge opening its fifth hotel at Heathrow Airport,rival budget hotel operator Premier Inn has secured five new properties across the South East, creating over 225 jobs across the region.

Premier Inn secures four hotel sites in Scotland

10-Apr-2013 By Peter Ruddick

Budget hotel operator Premier Inn has announced it has secured sites for four new hotels in Scotland, adding nearly 400 bedrooms north of the border. 

Grant Hearn on learning from supermarkets, beating Premier Inn and making Travelodge better value

10-Apr-2013 By Peter Ruddick

In an exclusive video interview with BigHospitality, Travelodge chief executive Grant Hearn has revealed how he plans to learn from the growth of supermarkets as he leads the budget hotel operator following its turbulent recent past. 

The A-Z of Hotels

29-Jan-2013 By Emma Eversham

The hotel sector is awash with acronyms and exclusive terms that can sometimes be confusing. If you don't know your RevPAR from your GDS or you just want a brief overview of the market today, read this handy A-Z guide. 

Premier Inn opens largest UK hotel at London Gatwick Airport

29-Nov-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Premier Inn is today celebrating a double milestone with the unveiling of the Whitbread-owned hotel chain’s 50,000th room at the official opening of the largest ever Premier Inn at Gatwick Airport.

Whitbread maintains restaurant performance with 'sharper focus'

19-Jun-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Premier Inn, Costa Coffee and Beefeater operator Whitbread has reported a rise in like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to 31 May driven by its coffee shop and hotel business but said a 'sharper focus' on restaurants was yielding results.

Premier Inn snaps up St Mary At Hill site as City expansion continues

27-Mar-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Premier Inn, the UK’s largest hotel chain, has completed a deal to develop a 184-bedroom hotel in the heart of the City of London. 

Premier Inn secures eight hotel sites in a week

15-Mar-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Premier Inn’s expansion programme has continued with the announcement that the Whitbread-owned hotel operator has secured eight new sites across the UK in just one week adding almost 750 rooms to the pipeline.

Premier Inn expansion continues with new hotels in Bristol & High Wycombe

03-Feb-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Premier Inn, the UK’s largest hotel chain owned by Whitbread, has secured planning permission for a new £10 million, 175-bedroom property in Bristol’s city centre.

Premier Inn and Jurys Inn among winners of Business Travel Awards

26-Jan-2012 By Peter Ruddick

The winners of the 2012 Business Travel Awards have been announced with Whitbread's budget hotel brand Premier Inn and hotel chain Jurys Inn both taking away prizes.

Whitbread to open 10th green Premier Inn hotel

24-Jan-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Premier Inn, the Whitbread-owned hotel chain, is set to open its 10th green hotel and restaurant at Cambourne in Cornwall.

Whitbread plans Premier Inn at Worcestershire County Cricket Club

13-Jan-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Premier Inn, the UK’s largest budget hotel chain, has submitted plans to build a new 120-bedroom hotel and restaurant at Worcestershire County Cricket Club’s New Road ground.

IDEAS FROM YOUR PEERS

Free oysters at Loch Fyne Restaurants and free rooms for Mary & Joseph at Travelodge

18-Nov-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Restaurants, hotels and pubs from across the UK including Loch Fyne Restaurants, Travelodge, Premier Inn and Babylon tell BigHospitality about special events and promotions they’re running to attract more customers.

Whitbread and The Prince’s Trust unite to combat youth unemployment

13-Oct-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Whitbread Hotels and Restaurants has teamed up with The Prince’s Trust to offer a programme which will provide disadvantaged young people with the skills and confidence to find a job.

Premier Inn set to build first hotel in Londonderry

19-Sep-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Budget hotel chain Premier Inn has secured planning permission for a new 60-bed hotel and 200-cover restaurant as part of a mixed-use development in Northern Ireland.

Whitbread records sales increase of 13% in Q2

06-Sep-2011 By Becky Paskin

Whitbread, the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant group, has seen sales for the second quarter this year increase by 12.9 per cent, making it one of the fastest growing consumer-facing companies in the FTSE100.

Whitbread plans Premier Inn at Barry Waterfront development

23-Aug-2011 By Emma Eversham

Whitbread is hoping to gain planning permission to build an 80-bedroom Premier Inn at the multi-million pound redevelopment of Barry Waterfront.

Whitbread raises £54m through sale and leaseback of seven hotels

12-Aug-2011 By Becky Paskin

Whitbread, the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant group, is to sell and leaseback seven Premier Inns and adjacent restaurants to LaSalle Investment Management for £53.8m.

Whitbread first quarter performance hit by Royal Wedding

21-Jun-2011 By Lorraine Heller

Premier Inn operator Whitbread has reported a continued sales increase in its first financial quarter, but said that business suffered in April as a result of the extended Easter and the Royal Wedding holiday.

Whitbread ramps up expansion of Premier Inn

28-Apr-2011 By Becky Paskin

Whitbread has ramped up its expansion plans for budget hotel chain Premier Inn and adjoined restaurants following strong end of year trading results.

Premier Inn gets £1m bookings from mobile app in three months

21-Apr-2011 By Lorraine Heller

Hotel chain Premier Inn says that after just three months of launching a smartphone application it is now seeing over 5 per cent of all hotel bookings made on mobile phones, a figure it expects will double in the near future.