Industry data: Hotel trends 1996-2003
05 July 2004
The number of hotels in the UK remained fairly static during the eight years between 1996 and 2002, although numbers have shown a decline since 1998.
The number of meals served decreased in 2003, to 627 million. Food sales were also down.
| Number of outlets | Millions of meals | Food sales (£m) | |
| 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 | 48,529 48,626 48,730 48,696 48,455 48,329 48,089 47,725 | 628 644 664 671 678 654 645 627 | 4,653 4,753 4,786 4,900 4,926 4,762 4,724 4,624 |
