Budget hotels in the UK 2008 – Industry data
Premier Inn and Travelodge consolidated their hold on the budget hotel market during 2008.
Whitbread's Premier Inn led the table with more than 518 hotels and 36,000-plus bedrooms.
Travelodge, now owned by Dubai International Capital, was the second largest budget hotel group, with more than 333 properties offering a combined 23,150 bedrooms.
The British Hospitality Association defines a budget hotel as a strongly-branded offer with generally compact rooms, a small food and beverage operation and limited facilities and services. Tariffs are typically less than £100 per room in the provinces and around £120 in London.
These facts and figures are reported in British Hospitality: Trends and Statistics 2008, published by the British Hospitality Association.
The full report (which is free to BHA members) can be bought for £250 (for the printed version) or £200 (for a PDF file). Prices are progressively discounted as the year moves on. For enquiries or orders, phone 0207 404 7744 or contact bob.bacon@bha.org.uk.
View the top budget hotel brands from the 2007 report >> View the top budget hotel brands from the 2006 report >>
THE UK BUDGET HOTEL MARKET BY NUMBER OF ROOMS, 2001 and 2008
| Brand | Company | Hotels 2008 | Hotels 2001 | Rooms 2008 | Rooms 2001 | |
| 1 | Premier Inn ](http://www.premierinn.com/pti/home.do) | [Whitbread](http://www.whitbread.co.uk/) | 518+ | 405 | 36,000+ | 23,300 |
| 2 | [Travelodge](http://www.travelodge.co.uk/) | [Dubai International Capital](http://www.dubaiic.com/) | 333+ | 215 | 23,150+ | 11,600 |
| 3 | [Express by Holiday Inn](http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/925/en/home)\* [](http://www.caffenero.com/) | [InterContinental Hotels](http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/6c/1/en/c/1/content/dec/teaser/6c/1/en/lp/ukmult.html) | 120 | 63 | 12,589 | 5,900 |
| 4 | [Ibis](http://www.ibishotel.com/gb/home/index.shtml)[](http://www.marksandspencer.com/) | [Accor](http://www.accor.co.uk/gb/index.asp) | 50 | 44 | 6,989 | 4,000 |
| 5 | [Jurys Inn](http://www.jurysinns.com/) | [Quinlan Private](http://www.quinlanprivate.com/), [Oman Investment Fund](http://www.omaninvcorp.com/) | 17 | - | 4,538 | |
| 6 | Innkeeper's Lodge | [Mitchells & Butlers](http://www.mbplc.com/) | 91 | 31 | 2,650 | - |
| 7 | [Etap](http://www.etaphotel.com/gb/home/index.shtml) | [Accor](http://www.accor.co.uk/gb/index.asp) | 12 | 2 | 1,732 | 69 |
| 8 | Campanile | [Louvre Hotels](http://www.louvrehotels.com/en/louvre-hotels.html) | 19 | 15 | 1,588 | 1,100 |
| 9 | Days Inn\* (19 run by [Welcome Break](http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/)) | [Wyndham Worldwide](http://www.wyndhamworldwide.com/about/wyndham_hotel_group.cfm) | 25 | 14 | 1,420 | 900 |
| 10 | Purplehotels (was Sleep Inn) | [The Real Hotel Company](http://www.choicehotelsuk.co.uk/) | 10 | 3 | 812 | 225 |
| 11 | [Ramada Encore](http://www.ramada.com/Ramada/control/home)\* | [Wyndham Worldwide](http://www.wyndhamworldwide.com/) | 6 | - | 715 | - |
| 12 | [Comfort Inn](http://www.choicehotels.com/ires/cj/ComfortHome?AID=10388238&PID=1369478)\* | [](http://www.choicehotelsuk.co.uk/)[Choice Hotels International](http://www.choicehotels.com/) | 13 | 31 | 649 | 2,050 |
| 13 | [Formule 1](http://www.hotelformule1.com/formule1/index.html) | [Accor](http://www.accor.co.uk/gb/index.asp) | 5 | 8 | 405 | 590 |
| 14 | [Stop Inns](http://www.stop-inns.com/)[](http://www.nestle.co.uk/Home) | [The Real Hotel Company ](http://www.choicehotelsuk.co.uk/) | 6 | - | 385 | - |
| 15 | [Future Inns](http://www.futureinns.co.uk/)[](http://www.etaphotel.com/gb/home/index.shtml) | Future Inns | 2 | - | 346 | - |
| 16 | [Metro Inns](http://www.metroinns.co.uk/) | Metro Inns[](http://www.goldentulip.org.uk/) | 5 | - | 345 | - |
| 17 | JDW Lodges[](http://www.segafredo.it/eng/corp-e_azi_pag.htm) | [JD Wetherspoon](http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/) | 13 | 5 | 337 | 89 |
| 18 | [easyHotel](http://www.easyhotel.com/)\* | [easyGroup](http://www.easy.com/) | 4 | - | 240 | - |
| 19 | Urban Lodge | Willow Street Hotels | 1 | - | 205 | - |
| 20 | [Big Sleep](http://www.thebigsleephotel.com/) | Big Sleep | 3 | - | 191 | - |
| 21 | Welcome Lodge | [Welcome Break](http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/) | 2 | 9 | 182 | 569 |
| 22 | Nitenite Cityrooms | [Nitenite](http://www.nitenite.com/) | 1 | - | 104 | - |
| 23 | Yotel | [Yotel](http://www.yotel.com/) | 2 | - | 90 | - |
| 24 | Dolby Hotel | [Dolby Hotels](http://www.dolbyhotels.co.uk/) | 1 | 2 | 64 | 130 |
| 25 | [Lodge on the Park](http://www.lodgeonthepark.com/) | [Shire Hotels | 1 | - | 36 | - |
| TOTAL | 1,292 | 849 | 97,701 | 50,397 |
