From Premier Inn to Premier League: Outgoing Whitbread boss Alison Brittain is new football chair Big move The Premier League has announce its new chair as the outgoing CEO of Premier Inn-owner Whitbread, Alison Brittain. The businesswoman was voted for “unanimously” by the football organisation board’s nomination’s committee as the successor to outgoing chair Gary Hoffman. She will take over from interim leader, Peter McCormick, in early 2023. Brittain, who announced her [...]
High street moves: Whitbread boss Alison Brittain set to join Dunelm board FTSE-100 MOVES Whitbread’s outgoing boss Alison Brittain is set to take on a non-executive director role at homeware brand Dunelm. Brittain will join the Dunelm board in early September, with it expected that she will succeed Andy Harrison as chair in September 2023. Brittain announced she was departing from the Premier Inn owner and FTSE-100 business earlier [...]
Premier Inn-owner Whitbread selects Domino’s Pizza chief to head up hospitality giant NEW JOB Premier Inn owner Whitbread has selected Domino’s Pizza boss Dominic Paul as its new chief executive. Paul will leave his role at Domino’s Pizza in December 2022, the pizza chain confirmed on Wednesday. He will step into the shoes of Alison Brittain, who has overseen the historic 280-year-old company over the past six years. Paul headed [...]
Sales fly for Premier Inn-owner Whitbread: Post-pandemic demand soars as tourists return June 15, 2022 The owner of hotel brand Premier Inn had soaring demand in the first quarter of 2021 indicating a resurgent tourism market in the UK and Germany post-pandemic restrictions. The historic 280-year-old company Whitbread registered a 235 per cent increase in accommodation sales from the last fiscal year. The Houghton Regis-based company, which also has interest [...]
Whitbread issues stark warning on sector cost inflation April 28, 2022 Premier Inns owner Whitbread has cautioned hospitality sector cost inflation will hit a higher level than anticipated. The hotel chain owner said cost inflation this financial year was anticipated to reach between eight and nine per cent, one per cent more than previously expected. The group said it anticipated to largely offset these higher levels [...]
Whitbread boss gives up £729k bonus after Premier Inn owner faces furlough criticism April 11, 2022 The outgoing chief of Premier Inn has relinquished a £729,000 bonus after a row over furlough cash. The Times reported that Whitbread’s chief executive Alison Brittain gave up the deferred bonus after the FTSE 100 firm was criticised for taking £370m in furlough cash and rates relief which it has not repaid. Brittain, the chief [...]
Whitbread searching for new CEO as Alison Brittain plans to step aside April 3, 2022 The hospitality powerhouse behind Premier Inn is hunting for a chief executive to replace Alison Brittain. Brittain is readying to step aside from her role heading Whitbread, following seven years in the top job, according to The Sunday Times. Headhunters at Spencer Stuart have been hired by Whitbread to find a suitable replacement for Brittain. [...]
Premier Inn owner Whitbread gets serious Omicron beating over Christmas as new investments are postponed January 12, 2022 Premier Inn owner Whitbread has revealed a knock to demand over the festive season from the spread of the Omicron variant and cautioned over rising costs. The group saw total UK sales drop 4.4 per cent year-on-year in the six weeks to January 6, dragged lower by a 17.2 per cent slump in food and [...]
Premier Inn owner Whitbread’s shares soar as business travel demand returns June 17, 2021 Premier Inn owner Whitbread confident in ‘post-lockdown bounce’ despite sales hit
Whitbread – at the end of the day, someone has to pay December 24, 2020 Whitbread, the owner of popular hospitality chains Premier Inn, Beefeater and Brewers Fayre, has written to the landlords of its properties asking for a rent reduction of 50% for the next three months, to “share some of the pain” of the ongoing pandemic and the restrictions on hospitality. It seems, prima facie, a reasonable request. [...]