Directorate Change

Whitbread PLC
28 April 2008



28th April 2008



                   WHITBREAD APPOINTS NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Whitbread PLC has today announced the appointment of Stephen Williams as a
Non-Executive Director.  He has joined the Board with effect from 27 April 2008.

Stephen Williams (60) is General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of Unilever PLC
and Unilever NV where he has worked for 22 years.  Before that he was at ICI
after training as a solicitor at Slaughter and May.  Stephen is currently the
Senior Independent Director at Arriva PLC and was a non-executive director of
Bunzl PLC until 2004.

Anthony Habgood, Chairman, Whitbread PLC said: 'We are delighted to welcome
Stephen to our Board.   Stephen has great experience of consumer goods and doing
business worldwide.  I am sure that he will make a valuable contribution to the
Company at what is an exciting time in its development.'


For more information please contact:

David Allchurch, Tulchan:                                    020 7353 4200

Julie Foster, Whitbread:                                     07826 873031




About Whitbread:

Whitbread PLC is the UK's leading hotel and restaurant company, with market
leading businesses in the budget hotels and restaurant sectors, including
Premier Inn, Brewers Fayre, Beefeater and Costa Coffee.  Whitbread's strategy is
to create value for its shareholders by focusing investment and growth in
expanding sectors of the hospitality industry, primarily in the UK but also in
selected overseas markets.  In the financial year to March 1, 2007, Whitbread
generated pre-tax, pre-exceptional profit of £213.0m.    Founded in 1742, the
company is listed on the London Stock Exchange (as WTB.L) and is a member of the
FTSE4Good indices.






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