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Whitbread is a British multinational hotel and restaurant company headquartered in Houghton Regis, England.The business was founded as a brewery in 1742 by Samuel Whitbread in partnership with Godfrey and Thomas Shewell, with premises in London at the junction of Old Street and Upper Whitecross Street, along with a brewery in Brick Lane, Spitalfields.
Parker was CEO of Whitbread from June 2004 until he retired on his 64th birthday, in November 2010. [2] [1] He has been non-executive chairman of Mothercare since August 2011. [1] Parker is a visiting professor at the University of Surrey. [1]
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The Ocean Globe Race was the 50th-anniversary celebration of the original Whitbread Round the World Race, the first fully crewed round-the-world race in 1973. It was founded by Australian adventurer and circumnavigator, Don McIntyre. It featureed yachts similar to those used at that time.
The company was established by Whitbread as Travel Inn in 1987, to compete with Travelodge. Whitbread bought Premier Lodge in July 2004 and merged it with Travel Inn to form the current business under the name Premier Travel Inn, which was then shortened to the current name in October 2007. Premier Inn accounts for 70% of Whitbread's earnings.
Dominic Paul is a British businessman and the Group Chief Executive (CEO) of Whitbread. [1] He was previously the CEO of Domino's Pizza Group and Costa Coffee . [ 2 ] [ 3 ]