Premier Inn owner’s sales drop as it converts restaurants to hotel rooms

Premier Inn wants to convert and sell restaurant space to build about 3,500 extra hotel rooms (Mike Egerton/PA) - (PA Archive)

The owner of Premier Inn said third quarter sales fell as it works to revamp many of the restaurants across its UK estate.

Whitbread, which also owns the Beefeater restaurant chain, said sales during the three-month period ending November 28 dipped 2% year-on-year to £763 million.