Whitbread H1 FY27 slides: Premier Inn gains share despite cost pressures

Whitbread PLC reported a 2% increase in statutory revenue to £1,572 million in H1 FY27, driven by growth in both the UK and Germany. Premier Inn, the hotel arm of the company, experienced 3% accommodation sales growth in the UK and 16% in Germany, enabling Whitbread to outperform the wider market by 2 percentage points in the UK and 17 percentage points in Germany.

Despite increased cost pressures, including £160 million in additional annual costs from business rates and employment expenses, Whitbread managed to improve its return on capital employed by 60 basis points to 10.9%.

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