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6am Alan Parker, chief executive of the hotels-to-restaurant group Whitbread, bears little resemblance to the Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps, but they start their morning in a similar manner. After a quick cup of tea, Mr Parker heads into the back garden and swims 30 lengths in his heated 10-metre swimming pool. At 7am, his driver takes him from his home in Virginia Water, Surrey, to Whitbread's...
Alan Parker, the chief executive, said Premier Inn is increasingly attracting business travellers as companies cut their travel budgets. By Julia Kollewe
Leisure group Whitbread has reported a more than 10 increase in sales over the past six months at its Premier Inn chain as businessmen shun expensive hotels for cheaper alternatives during the economic slowdown.
When the Daily Telegraph first reported on Boxing Day last year that Gordon Brown was planning to hire a trouble shooter to try and shake-up his Downing Street machine few thought he would alight upon the figure of Stephen Carter. He was and is billed now as "a City PR man" because that is what he last job was, kinda. In truth he was a businessman (at NTL)...
| Mamma Mia! - The Movie Soundtrack (Polydor) Glenn Meads 8/ 7/2008WHEN it was first announced that Meryl Streep had been cast as Donna in the film version of the corny feel-good stage musical, seen by 30 million people, who knew that she could cut it better than the rest of the cast? But a few listens in and it is Streep who brings the emotion that you associate with her Oscar-winning acting career....
Michael Dwyer is to guest edit the next issue of Film Ireland magazine due out Monday 1st September. This issue is sure to be a memorable one with contributions from Sir Alan Parker and John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, amongst others and an exclusive in-depth interview with Robert Redford. [...]... Irish Comics Wiki again Caricatures IrelandMichael Dwyer to Guest Edit Next Issue...
Tonight as I sat watching Alan Parker's Pink Floyd - The Wall, it brought back memories of when I was a 13 year old boy and my sister and brother in law took me to my first ever concert, the venue Earls Court the date 18th July 1980, the concert, Pink Floyd The Wall. and what an amazing concert it was, the vision of the wall being built across the stage in front of my very eyes, a German Stukka bomber...
At a time when most trading statements read like profit warnings in disguise, Whitbread is one of the few consumer companies reporting solid like-for-like sales growth
Whitbread chief executive Alan Parker has raised the possibility of further deals with rival Mitchells & Butlers after the two companies agreed a £156m asset swap of pubs and hotels.
Mitchells & Butlers will today unveil details of a asset swap worth £200m with rival pub operator Whitbread in a move that could herald further deals in the...
By Travis Talent, High Point Enterprise, N.C. Jul. 26--GUILFORD COUNTY -- Students in Guilford County Schools will return to the classroom this fall with not only a new superintendent, but their very own e-mail address as well.
The folks behind the British Short Screenplay Competition are segueing into long-form with the promise of a multi-million dollar production budget for the winner.
