Budget hotel chain Premier Inn's 500th property is in Bournemouth near the city centre and seafront and has been designed for both the leisure and business traveller. It includes a restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner and a late-night bar.

• Opened: 13 November
• Owner: Whitbread
• General manager: Caroline Taylor
• Head chef: Brett MacIntyre
• Bedrooms: 98
• Facilities: include a restaurant and bar and air-conditioned rooms including family rooms for up to four guests. Wireless internet access is provided and the hotel offers on-site parking and rooms adapted for disabled customers.
• Price: from £65 per room per night
• Address: Poole Road, Bournemouth, BH2 5QU
• Telephone 0870 850 6350
• Website www.premierinn.com