The United Kingdom Hospitality Market Segments by Sector (Accommodation, Food and Beverage Service Establishments, and More), by Service Model (Full-Service, Limited / Budget and More), by End-User (Leisure Travellers, Business Travellers and More), by Booking Channel (Direct, Online Travel Agencies, and More), by Ownership Model (Independent Operators and Chain / Branded), by Geography.

The United Kingdom’s hotel market ranges from renowned 5-star and luxury hotels to major national budget brands. In 2024, the market size of the hotel industry in the UK was valued at approximately **** billion British pounds, down from the previous year's total of **** billion British pounds. In 2025, the market size of this industry was forecast to increase by around *** million British pounds. How high is the UK’s hotel occupancy rate? The monthly hotel occupancy rate in the UK reached ** percent in March 2025. While this figure was a slight decrease from the same month in the previous year, it was significantly higher than in the years 2020, 2021, and 2022. In March 2020 and 2021, the country's hotel occupancy rate had fallen to ** percent and ** percent, respectively. The low occupancy rate during 2020 and 2021 was due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic which greatly limited travel and tourism across the globe. Who are the key players in the UK hotel industry? During the 2023/24 financial year, Whitbread’s annual revenue amounted to **** billion British pounds. Whitbread is a UK multinational leisure and hospitality company, best known as the owner of the Premier Inn hotel brand which can be found across the country. Meanwhile, the gross revenue of Holiday Inn hotels worldwide totaled *** billion U.S. dollars in 2024. Holiday Inn is a brand of hotels owned by the British company InterContinental Hotels Group.

In 2021, the accommodation, restaurants, and nightlife industry in the United Kingdom (UK) is forecast to spend around *** million U.S. dollars on software. By 2024, the industry's spend on software is projected to increase to ****** million U.S. dollars.

The Report Covers Biggest Hospitality Companies in UK and it is Segmented by Property Type (Hotels and Accommodations, Spas and Resorts, and Other Property Types). The report offers market size and forecast for Hospitality Real Estate Sector in the United Kingdom in value (USD billion) for all the above segments.

The annual turnover of hotel and similar accommodation enterprises in the United Kingdom increased dramatically from 2021 to 2023. In 2023, the hotel industry generated a turnover of approximately ***** billion British pounds, which denoted an increase of ** percent from the previous year.

In 2024, the salary band with the highest share of employees in the United Kingdom's hospitality industry was ************* British pounds. In total, ** percent of workers fell into this pay bracket. The ************* British pounds band had the highest share of hospitality workers in 2023.

The size of the Hotel Industry in UK market was valued at USD 57.39 Million in 2023 and is projected to reach USD 68.36 Million by 2032, with an expected CAGR of 2.53% during the forecast period. Recent developments include: September 2023: Whitbread PLC, the owner and operator of the Premier Inn and Hub by Premier Inn brands, purchased the freehold interest of an 89,722-square-foot office building in London, with plans to convert it into a Premier Inn hotel., August 2022: Cynergy Bank extended a EUR 3.5 million (USD 3.78 million) loan to the Stay Original Company to facilitate the acquisition of its sixth property in Somerset.. Key drivers for this market are: Consistent Flow of Visitors Drives Demand for Accommodation, Popular Destination for Both Domestic and International Tourists. Potential restraints include: Increasing Competition within the Industry, Regulations can be Costly and Time Consuming. Notable trends are: The Hospitality Industry is Generating Growing RevPAR Numbers.

In 2024, salaries across most roles in the hospitality industry in the United Kingdom decreased from the previous year. This was most noticeable among corporate executives, whose pay fell by ** percent. The only position where there was an uptake in annual earnings was for general management, growing from ****** British pounds in 2023 to ****** in 2024.

As of August 2020, about 65 percent of businesses in the accommodation and food service sector in the United Kingdom had experienced a decrease in footfall in the last two weeks due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. For approximately 10.6 percent of businesses in the industry, footfall had increased.

The Cabinet Office publishes, on a quarterly basis, details of expenses and hospitality incurred by their most senior officials.

In a 2024 survey, ** percent of workers in the United Kingdom's hospitality industry reported that they had received no tips or bonuses that year. This was a *** percent increase from the previous year. On the other end of the scale, **** percent of employees said they had received more than ****** British pounds in tips and bonuses in 2024.

This report shows international travel and accommodation used by Cabinet Office senior officials at SCS2 (or equivalent) and above. The report includes bookings made through departments’ central booking systems. This will include the majority of travel undertaken. However, individuals may have booked a small number of journeys through other systems. Work is ongoing to ensure that this data is incorporated into future reports. Some data may have been redacted if it was deemed that publishing it could impact on national or personal security. During the transition from the previous reporting systems, please be aware that some travel data for civil servants at SCS3 and above is still published as Business expenses of Cabinet Office senior officials including hospitality: http://data.gov.uk/dataset/business-expenses-of-senior-officials-including-hospitality

The Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) publishes details of senior officials’ business expenses and hospitality and the permanent secretary’s meetings on a quarterly basis. The data includes permanent secretary's meetings with external organisations. The external meetings data also covers the Government Chief Scientific Adviser as this post is graded at permanent secretary level. Previous data was published under BEIS.

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