Costa Investor Day

For release 2.30pm on Wednesday 18th May 2011

Whitbread PLC - Costa Investor Day

Whitbread PLC, the UK's leading hotel and restaurant group, will today be presenting to analysts and investors.

The principal purpose of the day is for the management team of Costa to provide a greater insight into the Costa business and a better understanding of its exciting growth prospects.

Whitbread last commented on current trading with its full year results on 28th April and during today's presentation no new trading information will be provided.

The Group will provide its next update on current trading in an interim management statement scheduled to be released on 21 June 2011.

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A presentation for investors and analysts will be held at City presentation Centre, 4 Chiswell Street, Finsbury Square, London EC1Y 4UP. The presentation is at 3.30pm and a live webcast of the presentation will be available on the investors' section of

the website at: www.whitbread.co.uk/Investors. This webcast and a set of the slides used will be available for reference after today in the same section of the company website.

Notes to Editors

Whitbread PLC is the UK's largest hotel and restaurant group operating market-leading businesses in budget hotels, restaurants and coffee shops. Its well-loved brands are Premier Inn, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table, Taybarns and Costa Coffee.Whitbread PLC employs over 40,000 people globally and serves 10 million customers every month in over 2,000 outlets across the UK.In the year ended 3 March 2011, Whitbread PLC reported a 11.5% increase in Group Revenue to £1,599.6 million and Underlying Profit before tax of £287.1 million up 20.1%.Whitbread PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100. It is also a member of the FTSE4Good Index.