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Whitbread upgraded to ‘hold’ by Deutsche Bank in European hotels sector review

Published: 23:25 10 Jan 2020 AEDT

Whitbread plc - Whitbread upgraded to ‘hold’ by Deutsche Bank

Whitbread plc (LON:WTB) was upgraded to ‘hold’ from ‘sell’ by Deutsche Bank, alongside a target price increase to 4,550p from 3,650p, in a review of the European hotels sector.

The FTSE 100-listed Premier Inn owner has benefitted from a “relatively well-oriented operating environment and dynamic financial markets”, the German bank's analysts said, with its share price going up 5.8% over the year.

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They noted that Whitbread has set out to open 20 new Premier Inn hotels by the end of the year in Germany, where analysts say there is potential to build a network as large as the UK.

Political clarity has helped the weak hotel market in the mother country, while an orderly Brexit is expected to lead to a rebound in business investment, making the UK the fastest growing economy of those of interest to the sector.

However, in spite of the upgrade, Whitbread shares were trading 1% lower at 4,689p ahead of the firm's latest quarterly update, due next Thursday.

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