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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Source Wikidata: Whitbread plc
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: England, located there.
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1. Wikipedia, Whitbread
WikipediaInfobox company, type field
type = Public limited company
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founded = 1742 in London, England
View the Source Wikidata: Whitbread plc
Wikidata Q1435702, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikidata: Whitbread plc
WikidataOperates In: Hospitality Industry, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)Quote, Operates In: Hospitality Industry, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q1495452, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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