'Budget hotels for the net zero age': 800-strong Premier Inn estate to ditch gas heating by 2040

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The all-electric Premier Inn, Swindon | Credit: Whitbread
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The all-electric Premier Inn, Swindon | Credit: Whitbread

Hotel chain owner Whitbread sets out suite of measures to eradicate fossil fuel use and fully decarbonise UK estate by 2040

Premier Inn owner Whitbread is planning get rid of gas heating across its entire 800-strong UK hotel estate by 2040 and replace it with cleaner energy sources, it announced today. The ambitious pledge...

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