Marston’s Brewery is reportedly planning to open a chain of hotels alongside its growing pub-restaurant sites.  Marston’s have judged that the market for accommodation with pubs seems very strong. As many as five of its 25 to 30 annual new pub openings in future could include a Marston's lodge.

Marston's already has some 800 bedrooms within its 1,800-strong pub estate. Its efforts would be focused outside of London and its hotel prices would be similar to those offered by the budget chain Premier Inn.

The experiment is part of a wider repositioning at Marston's, which is focusing all its new pub openings on managed, food-led, family-orientated outlets.

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