Whitbread PLC, the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant group, today reports its trading performance for the 13 weeks to 3rd June 2010 at its Annual General Meeting.
Alan Parker, Chief Executive of Whitbread PLC comments: Whitbread has started the new financial year strongly, with continued momentum and good like for like sales. In the first quarter, total sales were up 13.5% and like for like sales were up 7.6%.
Premier Inn sales were up 14.1%, with like for likes up 10.5%. Like for like revenue per available room at Premier Inn was up 9.1% with occupancy of 75.7% achieved reflecting both an improvement in the market and a significant increase in share…more