What are Hub Premier Inns?
Ideal for business travellers working on the go, our hub rooms include luxury super-comfy beds for a great night’s sleep, pull out desks to work from in your room and plan for the next day, and ample underbed storage to store everything you need. Specially designed to fit all the great features you’d expect from a Premier Inn room into a smaller space, hub hotel rooms also have added features like touchscreen panels to control your room’s lighting and temperature.Every hub by Premier Inn room features a comfy double bed – or a king-size bed in our bigger rooms – a monsoon shower, a touchscreen control panel to change the lighting and temperature, free Wi-Fi*, a 40 smart TV, a pull-out desk and storage.Hub hotels are supposedly cheaper than the normal premier inn, but the compromise is a much smaller room and certain quirks like no kettle in the room.Each room includes a slick touchscreen control panel to change the lighting and temperature, completely free Wi-Fi*, snazzy 40 TVs, high-powered monsoon showers and relaxing beds.Specially designed to fit all the great features you’d expect from a Premier Inn room into a smaller space, hub hotel rooms also have added features like touchscreen panels to control your room’s lighting and temperature.
Where is the smallest Premier Inn?
The Minister for Disabled People, Work and Health Justin Tomlinson checked out the UK’s most inspirational hotel. The Minister visited Coventry’s Hereward College, home to the UK’s smallest Premier Inn, which has just three bedrooms, to celebrate its’ six-month anniversary. The Minister visited Coventry’s Hereward College, home to the UK’s smallest Premier Inn, which has just three bedrooms, to celebrate its’ six-month anniversary.
Where is the biggest Premier Inn?
The 400-bed hotel will be one of the largest in the UK, alongside similar size ones such as Canary Wharf Westferry Premier Inn. But the largest in the UK is at London Gatwick, which has 700 rooms in total. Premier Inn Limited, a subsidiary of Whitbread, is a British limited-service hotel chain with operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. As of 2025, the company owned and operated over 800 hotels, including 85,500 rooms in the UK and Ireland.LONDON – Whitbread, the leisure group, is in talks with the owner of budget hotel chain Travelodge over a merger with its Premier Inn brand.Our Premier Inn story We’ve gone by many names over the years, starting with Travel Inn back in 1987 when our parent company, Whitbread, first decided to launch a hotel chain. The first Travel Inn opened in Basildon and was soon followed by many other Travel Inn hotels across the UK.Whitbread and development partner Rockwell celebrate milestone for 400-bedroom hotel at Westferry, Canary Wharf. Whitbread, together with leading London-based property developer, Rockwell has celebrated a landmark moment as the UK’s tallest Premier Inn hotel officially topped out.
Which countries have premier inns?
Premier Inn Limited, a subsidiary of Whitbread, is a British limited-service hotel chain with operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. Premier Inn is a joint venture between Emirates and Whitbread.Hospitality giant Whitbread has reported a downturn in UK sales amid a “challenging market backdrop” and a restructure of its pub and restaurant business.Whitbread has said it is focused on its long-term growth plan after restaurant closures and cost pressures saw a decline in profits. Last year the Premier Inn operator announced plans to convert 112 branded restaurants into bedrooms and exit 126 restaurants altogether.Profits at the Premier Inn owner Whitbread have fallen after it was hit by higher costs and a drop in UK bookings, but shares rose on the promise of a share buyback and more hotel openings.
Who is Premier Inn owned by?
Whitbread is the owner of Premier Inn, the UK’s biggest hotel brand, with a growing presence in Germany, offering quality accommodation at affordable prices. Premier Inn owner Whitbread is to cut 1,500 jobs as it closes restaurants and expands its hotel business. It plans to cut its number of branded restaurants by more than 200 in favour of building more hotel rooms. The job cuts, which are subject to consultation, will come from a total UK workforce of 37,000 employees.