Premier Inn's headline performance number wasn't great. Revenue per available room was down 2.5% year-over-year in the third quarter. But in hotels, like in life, context is everything. Whitbread, ...

Living standards are up, violent crime is down, unemployment is low and cancers and heart attacks are more surviveable than ...

Cash-strapped companies are sending senior executives to stay in Premier Inns instead of five-star hotels, according to the boss of hospitality giant Whitbread.