Locations
The Premier Inn chain can be found from Elgin in the north of Scotland to Helston, Cornwall in the south. Hotels are found either in city centres or on the outskirts near to major A roads and Motorways. Unlike its competitor Travelodge, they are no longer found in motorway service areas, concentrating on locations where they are allowed to serve alcohol. In October 2010 the last remaining Premier Inn hotels located at Roadchef and Moto Motorway Service Stations were transferred to rival budget hotel chain Days Inn after the franchise agreement was terminated. The variety in sizes of hotels is also greater than that of Travelodge, with many smaller inns and large purpose built city centre hotels.
All Premier Inns have an on-site restaurant. Most are accompanied by a Whitbread brand chain restaurant such as Table Table, Brewers Fayre or Beefeater. The majority of town/city centre hotels have an in-house restaurant. Hotels that were formerly a Premier Lodge have a range of different restaurants, usually operated by Spirit Pub Company such as Chef & Brewer or Fayre & Square. Former Express by Holiday Inn sites feature a Mitchells & Butlers restaurant, either Harvester, Toby Carvery or Vintage inns. A selection of hotels have a third party restaurant formerly owned by Whitbread such as TGI Fridays. Newer inner city Premier Inns incorporate a new brand of restaurants known as 'Thyme' (although inner city hotels used to have two different restaurants,: Slice & Barest which were very similar in terms of theme and menu).
Most Premier Inn hotels are new-build, although many of the chain's inner city locations in the UK are housed within redeveloped office buildings which would otherwise have faced demolition.
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