All three were tested and found to comply with building fire standards. In the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, Premier Inn said three of their hotels in Maidenhead, Brentford and Tottenham were built with cladding. Some hotels such as 'Bristol Airport' in Sidcot are housed in older buildings. Most Premier Inn hotels are newly built, although many of the chain's inner city locations in the UK are housed within redeveloped office buildings which would otherwise have been demolished. Premier Inn in a former office building in Leeds (2012) Hotels vary in size, with many smaller inns and large purpose-built city centre hotels. In October 2010, the Premier Inn hotels located at Roadchef and Moto motorway service stations were sold to Days Inn after the franchise agreement was terminated. Hotels are found either in city centres or on the outskirts near to major A roads and motorways. The Premier Inn chain can be found from Thurso in the north of Scotland to Helston, Cornwall in south-west England. A suburban Premier Inn in Orchard Park, Cambridge Locations United Kingdom Premier Inn Waterloo, London, 2016. The company plans to operate 85,000 bedrooms in the UK by 2020. In July 2015, the 700th Premier Inn was opened in Kingston-upon-Thames, London. Most of these were Premier Lodge sites in less prominent locations. Premier Inn have sold off some of their smaller hotels (which had fewer than 30 rooms) to Good Night Inns. In 2011, the 600th hotel was opened in Stratford-upon-Avon. In July 2008, Whitbread bought 21 Express by Holiday Inn hotels from Mitchells and Butlers in exchange for 44 Beefeater & Brewers Fayre restaurants where it was not possible to build a Premier Inn.

In April 2008, Whitbread announced a £100 million expansion of Premier Inn in London over the following three years. The hotels were converted to Premier Inns on 2 October 2007. In September 2007, Whitbread announced the purchase of Golden Tulip UK including six hotels trading in the UK under the Tulip Inn and Golden Tulip brands. Whitbread shortened the name to 'Premier Inn' in October 2007 by 2009 the business accounted for more than 70% of Whitbread's earnings. Until then rooms had remained as they had been before and new hotels were designed as 'Travel Inns'. Premier Travel Inn started to launch a new bedroom design during this year to move away from the differences of 'Travel Inn' and 'Premier Lodge'. These sites kept their leisure facilities such as a swimming pool and gym, except the hotel situated at Norman Cross. In early 2006, Premier Travel Inn purchased 11 Holiday Inn hotels in England and Wales. In 2005, Premier Travel Inn opened its 500th hotel in Hemel Hempstead. Whitbread renamed every hotel 'Premier Travel Inn'. In July 2004, Whitbread acquired another hotel chain, Premier Lodge, for £536 million. The first site to open was next to 'The Watermill' Beefeater restaurant in Basildon. The chain started trading in 1987 as 'Travel Inn'. Premier Inn accounts for 70% of Whitbread's earnings. 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 'Premier Inn' in October 2007. The company was established by Whitbread as ' Travel Inn' in 1987, to compete with Travelodge.

It operates hotels in a variety of locations including city centres, suburbs and airports, competing with the likes of Travelodge and Ibis hotels. Premier Inn Limited is a British limited service hotel chain and the UK's largest hotel brand, with more than 72,000 rooms and 800 hotels. Mark Anderson (Managing Director, International)

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