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Premier hotels' occupancy rates fall: Business in brief Whitbread, the UKs biggest hotel operator, yesterday reported declining occupancy rates and warned of a challenging year ahead after a 1.5 per cent fourth-quarter drop in turnover. Whitbread mainly attributed the decline to lower occupancy at its budget Premier Inn chain, which had previously...; Tags: Whitbread Plc.; Research articles 2009-03-03
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN: Irish author who overcame cerebral palsy to win the Whitbread Prize at the age of 21 With the three acclaimed books he produced, Christopher Nolan proved himself a significant Irish literary figure. With his lifelong struggle against cerebral palsy he proved himself a man of almost superhuman...; Tags: Whitbread Plc.; Research articles 2009-02-23
Whitbread winner Christopher Nolan dies: Tributes pour in to Irish author who triumphed over disability Christopher Nolan, the Irish writer who despite being almost entirely immobilised by cerebral palsy produced works which brought him awards and international acclaim, has died at the age of 43. With no real control over...; Tags: Whitbread Plc.; Research articles 2009-02-21
Radio Choice: The Child in Time 10.45AM & 7.45PM RADIO 4 A sensitive serialisation of Ian McEwan's 1987 Whitbread Prize- winning novel about a married couple coming to terms with the disappearance of their three-year-old daughter during a mundane trip to the supermarket. Composer of the...; Tags: Whitbread Plc.; Research articles 2009-01-26
1988 Tuesday 19 January: Disabled author wins the Whitbread prize Christopher Nolan, who cannot speak or move his body due to cerebral palsy, won the Whitbread Book of the Year award at the age of 21 for his autobiographical book Under The Clock; Tags: Whitbread Plc.; Research articles 2009-01-19

Destination News - Hotel, Resort & Spa Europe: Dec 14, 2008 Fairmont Hotels Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has announced a new property in Greece, the Fairmont Corfu Resort & Spa, slated to open in 2012. The 240-room resort is located on the Greek island of Corfu, on the eastern coast of the island, bordered by olive...; Tags: Digital Equipment Corp., Whitbread Plc.; Research articles 2008-12-15
Main Movers: UP Wolseley 382.25p (up 35.25p, 10.16 per cent) Continues to rally on President-elect Obama's stimulus plans. Legal & General 85.1p (up 10.1p, 13.47 per cent) Recent movement on proposals to lower life insurers' capital reserve requirement in the US. Whitbread 885.5p (up 68p, 8.32...; Tags: National Express Corp., Smith & Nephew Plc., Whitbread Plc.; Research articles 2008-12-10
Budget hotel success key for Whitbread: Investment Column Our view: Hold Share price: 817.5p (+55.5p) Whitbread, the owners of Costa Coffee and Premier Inn, continues to attract hard-pressed customers into its coffee shops and budget hotels, despite the tanking consumer economy. Yesterday, the company posted total sales...; Tags: Whitbread Plc., Xstrata Plc.; Research articles 2008-12-09
LR Index leisure stockwatch November 2008: A quick glance at the table below will confirm what you already know, it's been another month of heavy falls for leisure sector stocks. Still, rather than go on about that, let's have a look at some breaking news instead. As Leisure Report went to press, and it's the...; Tags: Ladbrokes Plc., NETeller Plc., PartyGaming Plc., Sportingbet Plc., Whitbread Plc., William Hill Plc.; Research articles 2008-12-01
LR Index leisure stockwatch October 2008: Well there's clearly not much to cheer about this month, as the ongoing global financial crisis continues to wreak havoc on the UK leisure sector, which seems more and more unfair, given the positive numbers emerging on trading updates and interim management statements. It's a sad but true fact...; Tags: Ladbrokes Plc., NETeller Plc., Sportingbet Plc., Whitbread Plc., William Hill Plc.; Research articles 2008-11-01
Whitbread: Whitbread has appointed Stephen Williams as its senior independent director with effect from 1 October. Williams joined the Whitbread board in April this year. He is general counsel and chief legal officer of Unilever, and is currently also senior independent director at Arriva.; Tags: Whitbread Plc.; Research articles 2008-11-01
Icelandic wind blows in and cools Booker: The Icelandic banking crisis has hit the No Pain, No Gain portfolio. Until a few weeks ago, Booker, the cash and carry group, was one of the few constituents still recording a gain. A splendid set of interim figures seemed to underline the value of the shares. Then,...; Tags: Whitbread Plc.; Research articles 2008-10-25
LR Index leisure stockwatch September 2008: After a month of some respite, UK leisure stocks came under more pressure in September as the collapse of Lehman Brothers and rescue deals for Merrill Lynch and AIG sent shockwaves through the world's financial systems. Adding to the pain came the news that in Las Vegas revenues are...; Tags: Ladbrokes Plc., NETeller Plc., PartyGaming Plc., Sportingbet Plc., Whitbread Plc., William Hill Plc.; Research articles 2008-10-01
Volvo Ocean Race: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The eight boats competing in the Volvo Ocean Race formerly the Whitbread Round the World Race, held every three years, are competing in an in-port race on 4 October before leaving on the first leg of the round-the-world classic on 11 October, to Cape Town. The...; Tags: Volvo, Whitbread Plc.; Research articles 2008-10-01
Sailing enthusiast plots a course through slowdown: A DAY IN THE LIFE ALAN PARKER Whitbread has bucked the trend with a sales increase. Its CEO, a keen yachtsman, seems to be coping with the headwinds. By James Thompson 6am Alan Parker, chief executive of the hotels-to-restaurant group Whitbread, bears little resemblance...; Tags: Whitbread Plc.; Research articles 2008-09-06
Whitbread gets a boost as business travellers start to tighten their: Whitbread weathered the consumer slowdown with strong second- quarter sales as cash-strapped business travellers and diners turned to its budget hotels and restaurants. Like-for-like sales rose 7 per cent from a year earlier, ahead of analysts' forecasts and in line with the first quarter, on strong performance at...; Tags: Whitbread Plc.; Research articles 2008-09-05
LR Index leisure stockwatch August 2008: From last month's 'Stop all the clocks' stock market misery, what a welcome relief to instead cry 'stop the press!'--but it's true, August has seen an overall improvement in the monthly average, several stocks making significant gains, and some welcome relief for beleaguered investors and chief executives alike. While...; Tags: Ladbrokes Plc., NETeller Plc., PartyGaming Plc., Rank Group Ltd., Sportingbet Plc., Whitbread Plc., William Hill Plc.; Research articles 2008-09-01
May the venerable Whitbread rise to the occasion: NO PAIN, NO GAIN Time to add a little ballast to the No Pain, No Gain portfolio. Since brewer Scottish & Newcastle's enforced departure, it has lacked the heavyweight presence of a Footsie constituent. Indeed, it has only two fully listed shares - Mears and Rentokil...; Tags: Scottish & Newcastle Plc., Whitbread Plc.; Research articles 2008-07-26
LR index leisure stockwatch June 2008: This column is rapidly turning into the equivalent of a monthly letter from a manically-depressed relative. There's a pervasive air of gloom, interspersed with one or two bright spots. Clearly, the market is suffering at the moment, and there's little chance of a sudden bounceback (although it is not an...; Tags: PartyGaming Plc., U.S. Department of Justice, Whitbread Plc.; Research articles 2008-07-01
Whitbread not ready to call time on pub business: Whitbread, the pub and hotel group, yesterday ruled out an asset swap with rival Mitchells & Butlers as it posted credit crunch- defying sales for its first quarter. Whitbread's chief executive, Alan Parker, said: "We have absolutely no intention of moving out of the pubs restaurant business." ...; Tags: Whitbread Plc.; Research articles 2008-06-18