The founder of easyJet has been defeated in a legal battle against Premier Inn over the budget hotel chain’s use of the branding “rest easy”. Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou’s easyGroup filed a copyright ...

Photo Credit: An example of a reception area in the latest model design for Premier Inn, a low-cost hotel chain run by Whitbread. The company has changed its mind about using Amadeus's hospitality ...

Premier Inn has 77,000 hotel rooms in the UK. The group aims to increase that by 25% by mid-2029, partly by converting restaurants.

Premier Inn denies that this change amounts to a U-turn, and insists it has always considered refunds on a case-by-case basis. However, the hotel chain also says that it keeps its policies under ...

Premier Inn owner Whitbread reported on Thursday a modest increase in total accommodation sales in the UK for a six-week period, and reaffirmed its full-year 2025 forecast, supported by strong ...