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Whitbread

  • Sales fly for Premier Inn-owner Whitbread: Post-pandemic demand soars as tourists return

    Room for growth

    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

    PREMIER INNS

    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

    WHITBREAD ROW

    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. [...]

  • Premier Inn owner Whitbread asks landlords for 50 per cent rent cut

    December 23, 2020

    Premier Inn owner Whitbread has asked its landlords for a rent cut of 50 per cent, as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic restrictions continue to affect trade.  Whitbread sent a letter to its landlords, urging them to “share some of the pain of lockdown,” according to reports.  Whitbread, which also owns Beefeater and Brewers Fayre brands, [...]

  • Premier Inn owner Whitbread swings to huge loss due to hotel closures

    October 27, 2020

    Premier Inn owner Whitbread (LON:WTB) swung to a huge loss in the first half of the year as revenue plummeted while its hotels were closed during coronavirus lockdowns.  The figures In the six months ended 27 August, Whitbread posted a loss for the period of £660.5m, a drop of 483.6 per cent from £172.2m profit [...]

  • Coronavirus: Premier Inn owner Whitbread to axe up to 6,000 jobs

    September 22, 2020

    The owner of hotel chain Premier Inn has announced plans to cut up to 6,000 jobs as the coronavirus outbreak continues to ravage the hospitality industry. Whitbread, which also owns the Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurant chains, said the figure represents 18 per cent of its total workforce. The FTSE 100-listed firm said the cuts [...]

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