Whitbread PLC, the parent company of the UK’s largest hotel brand Premier Inn, has added more than 1,000 new guest bedrooms to its growing UK network since March 2024 and the start of its FY24 ...

Premier Inn, which competes with Travelodge, Ibis hotels, and other budget and non-budget hotels, opened 1,075 new rooms in fiscal 2025 and announced a 250-million-pound ($333 million share buyback.

The new hotel is expected to open its doors in mid-2026. The Belfast Airport Hotel will be the first Premier Inn built in Northern Ireland since the Premier Inn Lisburn Hotel in 2019.