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Holiday Inn vs Premier Inn

Averages across 1,759 Holiday Inn and 974 Premier Inn hotels, and a head-to-head in the 99 cities where both brands have a hotel.

IHG Hotels & Resorts

Holiday Inn

Average guest rating
8.5
Hotels tracked
1,759

Whitbread

Premier Inn

Average guest rating
8.4
Hotels tracked
974

The short answer

On the numbers: Holiday Inn

Holiday Inn leads on 2 of 5 measures. The gap in average guest rating is small (0.07), so the hotel you pick matters more than the brand.

Every measured fact

Averages over each brand's hotels. A dot marks the better figure.

Holiday InnPremier Inn
Guest ratings
Average guest rating 8.50 +0.07 8.43
Rated 8 or more 84% 83%
Rated below 7 1% 1%
Average Google rating 4.18/5 4.23/5 +0.05
Guest reviews behind the average 350,205 32,257
Same city, head to head (cities where both are rated: 40)
Cities where it is rated higher 22 16
The hotels
Hotels tracked 1,759 974
Countries 85 16
Usual check-in 15:00 15:00
Usual check-out 12:00 12:00

Both brands, same city

The best-rated hotel of each brand in cities where both have one. Open a match-up for the full hotel comparison.

Holiday Inn or Premier Inn: common questions

Is Holiday Inn or Premier Inn better?

On average, Holiday Inn hotels score 8.50/10 from guests and Premier Inn hotels 8.43/10. Holiday Inn leads on 2 of the 5 measures we compare. The gap in average guest rating is small (0.07), so the hotel you pick matters more than the brand.

When both are in the same city, which is rated higher?

In the 40 cities where both have rated hotels, Holiday Inn has the higher average in 22 and Premier Inn in 16.

Which brand has more hotels?

StayVersus tracks 1,759 Holiday Inn hotels in 85 countries and 974 Premier Inn hotels in 16 countries.

Do Holiday Inn and Premier Inn belong to the same company?

No. Holiday Inn belongs to IHG Hotels & Resorts, Premier Inn to Whitbread.

More brand match-ups

Updated 13 Oct 2026. Averages over the hotels StayVersus tracks: guest ratings from Agoda (hotels with 5+ reviews), Google ratings from public Google Maps listings (hotels with 20+ reviews). A hotel counts for a brand only when its name confirms it. How we score