Hotel chain plans to spend more than £20m on increasing salaries and paying one-off bonuses
The Premier Inn hotel chain is making a quicker than expected recovery and could return to pre-pandemic profits by next year, as it boosts wages and offers one-off bonuses to tackle staff shortages in the hospitality industry.
The chain said it faced a “material number of vacancies” and it plans to spend an extra £12m to £13m this year to boost wages in an attempt to attract staff to its hotels. It has also set aside £10m to offer one-off retention bonuses in the second half of the year for staff who stay beyond the summer months.
