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Thistle Hotels PLC
18 December 2001



                                PRESS RELEASE


                              18th December 2001


                          THISTLE BOARD APPOINTMENTS



Thistle Hotels Plc announces with effect from today the appointment of Ian
Durant as Finance Director of Thistle Hotels.  He replaces Stephen Young who
steps down from the Board today.


Ian Durant was most recently Group Finance Director of Dairy Farm
International Holdings Limited, a food retail group quoted in Singapore and
London controlled by the Jardine Matheson Group. Prior to that he was Finance
Director of Hong Kong Land Holdings Limited, a property company quoted in
Singapore and London.  In his earlier career he undertook senior finance roles
at Jardine Matheson and Hanson Plc.  He is a graduate and a Fellow of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants.


Thistle Hotels Plc also announces today the resignation of Stuart Burnett as
Chief Operating Officer of Thistle Hotels with immediate effect.  He will not
be replaced as Chief Operating Officer.


Thistle Hotels Plc also announces today the appointment of Arun Amarsi as a
non-Executive Director.  Arun Amarsi is a senior executive of BIL
International Limited (BIL).  Prior to joining BIL, Mr Amarsi was Chief
Financial Officer at Electricity Corporation of New Zealand and formerly a
partner at Ernst and Young in New Zealand.


David Newbigging, Chairman of Thistle Hotels Plc, commented "We are pleased to
welcome Ian Durant as Finance Director and Arun Amarsi as a non-Executive
Director and I would like to thank Stephen and Stuart for their contribution
to the company over the past 18 months."



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