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Elliott Adds Voice To Calls For Whitbread Break-Up

Hedge fund Elliott Advisors has become the second activist investor to call for Whitbread to split its hotel and coffee shop businesses after emerging as t...

Whitbread's CEO Spent too Long Lingering Over Her Coffee: Gadfly

An activist investor has finally woken up and smelt the coffee at Whitbread. Sachem Head Capital Management, run by Bill Ackman protege Scott Ferguson, has...

New 81-Bedroom Hotel Planned For Belfast Airport

Developers Moorefield Contracts have unveiled plans for a new £5 million, 81-bedroom hotel at Belfast International Airport. According to The Iris...

Premier Inn To Expand In Dublin With 1,500 New Rooms

Premier Inn is planning to expand its operations in Dublin with up to 1,500 new bedrooms. The Whitbread-owned British hotel chain, which runs over 750 v...

Whitbread Soars as Costa Coffee Owner Defies Consumer Gloom

Whitbread defied the gloom hanging over Britain's consumer economy as its Premier Inn hotels, Costa Coffee shops and Beefeater restaurants all posted gains...

Costa's Woes Send Whitbread Shares Down Most Since Brexit Vote

Whitbread shares dropped the most since Britain’s Brexit vote after the budget hotel and restaurant group reported a slowdown at its Costa Coffee cha...

Premier Inn Belfast Gets PR Boost With Tongue-in-Cheek Post

A tongue-in-cheek note warning Irish dancers about performing reels in the hotel lifts has given the Premier Inn in Belfast an unexpected PR lift on social...

Study Shows It's Cheaper To Book Hotel Rooms Directly Through Hotel

A new study of 200 million deals completed on price comparison websites has found that in over half the cases customers are paying more by u...

Strong Costa Sales Boost Whitbread Profits

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