Whitbread is a British multinational hotel and restaurant company headquartered in Houghton Regis, England. The business was founded as a brewery in 1742...
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Costa Book Awards (redirect from Whitbread Book Awards)
UK and Ireland. Originally named the Whitbread Book Awards from 1971 to 2005 after its first sponsor, the Whitbread company, then a brewery and owner of...
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Fatima Whitbread, MBE (née Vedad; born 3 March 1961) is a British retired javelin thrower. She broke the world record with a throw of 77.44 m (254 ft...
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Zak Benjamin Whitbread (born January 10, 1984) is an American retired professional soccer player who played as a defender. Although born in Houston, Texas...
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Margaret Callender (redirect from Margaret Whitbread)
Margaret Jean Callender (married name Margaret Whitbread, born 1939) is a former athlete who competed for England. She represented England in the javelin...
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Peter Bruce Pauling Whitbread (25 October 1928 – 26 October 2004) was an English actor and screenwriter. He was born in Norfolk, England and educated...
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Adrian Richard Whitbread (born 22 October 1971) is an English football manager and former professional footballer. As a player, he was a defender who...
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The Ocean Race (redirect from Whitbread Round the World Race)
1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, in 2001 it became the Volvo...
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Sir Samuel Charles Whitbread KCVO DL JP (22 February 1937 – 17 January 2023) was a British businessman and public servant. Born in London on 22 February...
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Samuel Whitbread may refer to: Samuel Whitbread (1720–1796), English brewer and Member of Parliament Samuel Whitbread (1764–1815), his son, English politician...
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Jai Whitbread (born 16 January 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop and loose forward for Hull KR in the Betfred...
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Look up Whitbread in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Whitbread is a multinational hotel, coffee shop and restaurant company headquartered in Dunstable...
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AB InBev (redirect from Whitbread Best Bitter Beer)
joint venture with Sun in Russia. In 2000, Interbrew acquired Bass and Whitbread in the UK. They then acquired a number of German breweries: Diebels and...
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Tessa Sanderson (section Rivalry with Fatima Whitbread)
During her career, Sanderson had a rivalry with fellow Briton Fatima Whitbread, who took the bronze in the 1984 Olympics. Outside athletics, Sanderson...
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Samuel Whitbread (18 January 1764 – 6 July 1815) was a British politician. The heir of a wealthy brewer, he was a staunch Whig sitting in Parliament from...
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Helena Whitbread MBE (born 1931) is an English writer from Halifax, West Yorkshire. She is best known for the decryption and editing of the 19th-century...
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Boddingtons Brewery (section Whitbread era)
city's most famous products after Manchester United and Coronation Street. Whitbread bought Boddingtons Brewery in 1989 and Boddingtons Bitter received an...
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James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (5 November 1848, in Lewisham – 7 December 1928, in Cambridge), son of James Glaisher and Cecilia Glaisher, was a prolific...
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The 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race was the sixth edition of the around-the-world sailing event. The race was won by Grant Dalton the maxi 'New...
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returned to the adverts in 2017 to mark 21 years since her first advert. Whitbread acquired Boddingtons in 1989, and gave the bitter nationwide distribution...
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Frederick William Whitbread (31 August 1892 – 1 January 1939) was a British boxer. He fought under the name Freddie Whitbread He competed in the men's...
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became Whitbread & Co Ltd. Samuel Whitbread was born on 20 August 1720 at Cardington in Bedfordshire, the seventh of eight children of Henry Whitbread. At...
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Costa Coffee (category Whitbread former divisions and subsidiaries)
coffee to caterers and specialist Italian coffee shops. It was acquired by Whitbread in 1995, then sold to The Coca-Cola Company in January 2019 in a deal...
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Jasmine Mary Whitbread (born 1 September 1963) is a British businesswoman, and the chair of Travis Perkins since 2021. From 2016 to 2021, she was the...
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William Henry Whitbread (4 February 1795 – 21 June 1867) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1818 to 1835. Whitbread was the...
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The 1981–82 Whitbread Round the World Race was the third edition of the around-the-world sailing event Whitbread Round the World Race. On 29 August 1981...
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Premier Inn (category Whitbread divisions and subsidiaries)
hotels. The company was established by Whitbread as Travel Inn in 1987, to compete with Travelodge. Whitbread bought Premier Lodge in July 2004 and merged...
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Samuel Whitbread (5 May 1830 – 25 December 1915) was an English brewer and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1852 to 1895...
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Samuel Charles Whitbread (16 February 1796 – 27 May 1879) was a British Member of Parliament, member of the Whitbread brewing family and founding president...
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Bet365 Gold Cup (redirect from Whitbread Gold Cup)
was originally called the Whitbread Gold Cup. It was sponsored by Whitbread Brewers at the instigation of Colonel Bill Whitbread, the company's chairman...
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