The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
One tale – possibly spurious – doing the rounds was that Whitbread, which owns Premier Inn, could soon be back in talks with Dubai International Capital (DIC) about a tie-up with Travelodge, the budget hotel operator backed by the sovereign wealth fund. Whitbread and Travelodge tried to do the deal last year but it fell apart over price and structure.
LSI Online News (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
UK - Five 103" Plasmas were flown 10m in the air at Ricoh Arena, weighing in at an impressive 1,100kg, to relay the action for the annual Whitbread Hotels and Restaurants Conference.The ...
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Millwall have told Zak Whitbread they want him to sign a contract extension by the end of the month.
Express & Star (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
... to create homes, offices, retail and leisure space, as well as restaurants and cafe-bars. But Whitbread’s ann- ouncement that it had put plans for a 120-bed Premier Inn and a restaurant on ice sparked fears the development would not get under way until economic conditions improved. It had been hoped the hotel would prove the catalyst for the rest of the scheme.
