Whitbread plc is a British multinational hotel and restaurant company headquartered in Houghton Regis, England, and the parent of the Premier Inn hotel chain. The business was founded as a brewery in 1742 by Samuel Whitbread in partnership with Godfrey and Thomas Shewell, in London, and had become the largest brewery in the world by the 1780s before its later transition into hospitality.
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34,000 (2026)
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Whitbread is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
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Public limited company
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Whitbread plc is a British multinational hotel company headquartered in Houghton Regis, England. The business was founded as a brewery in 1742 by Samuel Whitbread in partnership with Godfrey and Thomas Shewell, with premises in London at the junction of Old Street and Upper Whitecross Street, along with a brewery in Brick Lane, Spitalfields.
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WikidataOperates In: Hospitality Industry, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)Quote, Operates In: Hospitality Industry, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
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