Whitbread Share Discussion Threads

[hyden] 27/2/2014 20:59

Cracking results, and well received too. Very pleased. :-)

[malcontent] 27/2/2014 11:55

what a well managed company.

[beercapafn] 27/2/2014 08:27

Very pleased with results. Share price ready for a split - or - seperate coffee from beds.

[dimtim1] 27/2/2014 08:25

Looking good : )

[addison17] 27/2/2014 08:03

Up and above £43.

[addison17] 27/2/2014 07:16

Great set of figures this morning, cant find any surprises.
SP must be up this morning.

[bountyhunter] 19/2/2014 18:42

yes, if only the FTSE mirrored WTB! ;-)

WTB has more than trebled since I started this thread around 5 1/2 years ago, and that's not including the dividends.

[hyden] 18/2/2014 19:24

WTB is outperforming the FTSE by around 350bp YTD. It is certainly not cheap anymore but hopefully today's announcement will see forecasts for 2015 and 2016 rise. :-)

Edit: Actually much more like c. 16.5% outperformance. Just realised I had been comparing WTB from 15th Jan Vs FTSE YTD.

[dimtim1] 18/2/2014 18:03

Not complaining !!!! But are we just mirroring the ftse ?

[bountyhunter] 18/2/2014 17:55

...and now just a whisker away from £42 !

[bountyhunter] 17/2/2014 21:12

Action Hotels PLC Agreement with Whitbread plc

17 February 2014

Action Hotels plc

("Action Hotels" or the "Company")

Premier Inn & Action Hotels Eye Regional Growth

Action Hotels key partner to launching multiple Premier Inn hotels in the Middle East by 2016

Dubai, UAE February 2014: Action Hotels plc and Whitbread plc announced today a partnership to develop the Premier Inn brand across the Middle East.

Premier Inn will undertake long-term management contracts on four new Premier Inn hotels owned by Action Hotels, to open between now and 2016. This is in accordance with the rollout strategy outlined in the Company's admission document dated 17 December 2013. As Premier Inn announced on 14 February 2014,the hotels include a 166 bedroom Premier Inn Sharjah King Faisal Road (opening late 2014), a 100 bedroom Premier Inn Jeddah in the Modon Industrial area (opening 2015), a 119 bedroom Premier Inn in Bahrain's Diplomatic area (opening 2015) and a 245 bedroom Premier Inn Dubai Healthcare City (opening 2016).

Action Hotels plans to invest c. AED 378M (GBP63M) over the course of the next two years as they build and develop the new hotels, which will create 170 new jobs in the region.

Managing Director of Premier Inn Middle East & Africa, Darroch Crawford said "Premier Inn already has five hotels operating in Dubai and Abu Dhabi and the brand is proving very popular with customers who are looking for great value accommodation and a great quality product. We are delighted to be partnering with Action Hotels to introduce the Premier Inn brand to new countries and significantly increase our presence in the region."
...

[beercapafn] 12/2/2014 11:46

why the sudden drop to 40.53 from 40.80

[hyden] 15/1/2014 19:28

A whisker away from £40. Nice. :-)

[bountyhunter] 15/1/2014 12:49

steady atm at £39.50 :-)

[addison17] 14/1/2014 18:50

and through £39.

[addison17] 07/1/2014 18:38

and stomps through £38. Happy days indeed !

[hyden] 23/12/2013 17:04

Happy days! :-)

[addison17] 23/12/2013 16:42

Make that £37.

[addison17] 19/12/2013 17:28

Wow finished today above £36.

[dimtim1] 10/12/2013 17:00

Agreed. This will benefit from now intact uk economic recovery. Xmas period will be good for Costa.Anyone else tried the new white hot choc ? Addictive !

[25babies] 10/12/2013 16:40

WTB usual fall post statement to be followed by bounce back within a week or so.

[lateralam] 10/12/2013 13:56

Totally agree, WTF?!

[addison17] 10/12/2013 11:16

Ok Costa Sales up nearly 20% in the last qtr, and share price is red this morning, I just don't understand the market sometimes, could this RNS have been any better or did I miss something in the small print ?

[addison17] 10/12/2013 07:44

Downgraded by one of the brokers yesterday, and stunning sales figures this morning. This must surely give the Sp a nice lift.