Premier Inn, the UK’s biggest hotel chain, invests in the country’s
fast developing mid-market hotel segment

Premier Inn launches its first property in India with an investment of Rs. 25 crores in the Bangalore property
Premier Inn, the UK’s biggest hotel chain, has launched their first hotel in India (Bengaluru), investing heavily in the local community and offers an inaugural price of Rs. 2,600/- + taxes. For the first time in India a hotel introduces a ‘Good Night’ guarantee or money back. Investment for the Bangalore property was Rs. 25 crores.
Growth & Investment Plans – Rs. 400 crores will be invested till March 2013
Speaking about the new opening, Mr. Aly Shariff, Managing Director, Premier Inn India said “There is a huge demand for cost effective good quality rooms from both corporate and individual travellers and we believe that Premier Inn will meet these needs. We are delighted to be investing in the local area and creating new jobs, and we would like to invite business and leisure travellers to come and try us out.”
Premier Inn India Pvt. Ltd. is a joint venture (JV) company with an ambitious plan for the development of value hotels across India.  The JV Company has been formed between Premier Inn Hotels a division of Whitbread PLC., the UK’s largest hotel & restaurant group and Emaar-MGF Land Private Limited, one of India’s leading real estate developers.
Premier Inn Bengaluru will cater for its guests with 105 rooms, a multi cuisine restaurant, bar, gymnasium and a conference room. Rooms are being offered at a very attractive introductory price of just INR 2,600 + taxes per room per night.
Premier Inn is a multi-award winning hotel chain, offering good quality rooms, comfortable surroundings and friendly service, all backed by the company’s ‘Good Night Guarantee’ – a good night’s sleep or your money back. Key features in the room include en suite bathrooms, tea and coffee making facilities, a desk area with complementary internet access and a remote control TV, showing satellite channels. All rooms also feature a Hypnos bed; Hypnos has a reputation for making the most comfortable beds in the world. A Royal Warrant from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II reinforces Hypnos’s reputation for excellence and the very best of British quality.
Premier Inn is also very family friendly – offering rooms at the same price irrespective of the number of people in the room (each room can sleep two adults and two children aged
15 and under).  The ‘Premier Breakfast’ at Rs. 200/- (‘eat as much as you like’) is also available for guests, where guests may choose from a wide selection fruits, freshly cooked porridge, choice of cereals and much more. Besides, two children aged 15 and under can eat for free if accompanied by an adult.

About Whitbread PLC:
Whitbread PLC is the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant group operating market-leading businesses in the budget hotels and restaurant sectors.  Its well-loved brands are Premier Inn, Beefeater, Table Table, Brewers Fayre, Taybarns and Costa Coffee. Its success is due to the 30,000 people it employs and the skill with which they serve the 9 million customers, who each month visit one of their 1800 outlets across the UK.  Whitbread’s strategy is to create value for their shareholders by focusing on growth in expanding sectors of the hospitality industry, primarily in the UK, but also in selected international markets.  Apart from the Premier Inn JV in India, Whitbread has a Premier Inn JV in The Gulf with Emirates Group; two JV’s for Costa Coffee in China and acts as a franchisor to numerous franchisees for Costa Coffee in India, the Middle East and North Africa and Eastern & Central Europe and Russia.  In the financial year to February 2009, Whitbread generated pre-tax, pre-exceptional profit of £229.9 m (+9.3%) generated out of sales of £1.34 bn (+9.7%).  Founded in 1742, the company is listed on the London Stock Exchange (as WTBL) and is a member of the FTSE4Good Index.
About Emaar-MGF:
Emaar-MGF is a joint venture between Emaar Properties of Dubai and MGF Developments a leading real estate investor and developer in the corporate and retail estate sector. The joint venture amounts to the largest FDI in real estate in India. The focus of the joint venture is construction of integrated mix