RNS Number:4728E
Thistle Hotels PLC
31 May 2001

TO:  COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OFFICE


In accordance with Section 9.11 of the Listing Rules, please find below a
notification from Messrs Tweedy Browne Company LLC received on 30 May 2001
indicating the acquisition of an interest of 5.47% in our shares on 29 May 2001.

FROM:  THISTLE HOTELS


LETTER TO: THISTLE HOTELS PLC
LETTER DATED: 30 MAY 2001


Re: Notification under Sections 198-202 Companies Act 1985

In accordance with the requirements of the above-referenced Act, we are writing
to inform you of the interest held by certain of our clients and affiliates in
your Company's ordinary shares. Tweedy, Browne Company LLC ("TBC") is an
investment adviser registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Set forth below are the names of each registered owner:


REGISTERED OWNER                           NUMBER OF SHARES
Tweedy, Browne Company LLC                            0
Bank of New York London                         314,000
MSS Nominees Ltd.                               198,000
State Street Nominees Ltd., TN1B                208,000
State Street Nominees Ltd, TN1D                 366,000
MSS Nominees Ltd. A/C No. 750285                101,000
Northern Trust Nominees Ltd.                    206,000
Northern Trust Nominees Ltd.                    153,000
Northern Trust Nominees Ltd.                    404,000
Northern Trust Nominees Ltd.                    545,000
MSS Nominees Ltd.                               221,000
29 Grace Church Street Nominees Ltd.            101,000
Northern Trust Nominees Ltd.                    165,000
HSBC Global Nominees (U.K.) Ltd.                479,000
Northern Trust Nominees                         213,036
HSBC Global Nominees (U.K.) Ltd.                139,000
Hunter & Co.                                     89,200
Northern Trust Nominees Ltd.                     16,964
HSBC Global Nominees Ltd.                        58,664
Northern Trust Nominees Ltd.                    109,998
Vidacos Nominees Ltd.                            44,000
HSBC Global Nominees (U.K.) Ltd.             21,759,195
HSBC Global Nominees (U.K.) Ltd.                455,000
                            TOTAL:           26,346,057


The aggregate interest of 5.47% of the 481,376,039 ordinary shares outstanding
of Thistle Hotels plc took place on May 29, 2001.


LETTER FROM: TWEEDY, BROWNE COMPANY LLC



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