Trading statement date

Whitbread PLC
12 February 2004

                        Whitbread - date of trading statement


Whitbread announces that it will publish a trading statement for the first 50
weeks of its financial year at 7am on Tuesday, February 24th, 2004.


Please contact:

David Reed  - Tel: [phone]
Whitbread






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