THO Thistle Hotels

RNS No 6684b
THISTLE HOTELS PLC
25th March 1999


          CHAIRMAN APPOINTED AT THISTLE HOTELS

The Board of Thistle Hotels Plc announces the appointment
of David Newbigging as Chairman, effective immediately.

Mr Newbigging is currently Chairman of Friends' Provident
Life Office and Deputy Chairman of Benchmark Group Plc.
He is also a Director of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. in New
York.
                            
For further information:

Thistle Hotels Plc           
David Newbigging, Chairman        0171 506 1000
Ian Burke, Chief Executive        0171 723 8383
                             
Hogarth Partnership Limited  
Nick Denton                       0171 357 9477


Notes to Editors:

1. Past appointments include being Chairman of Equitas
   Holdings Ltd. and of Rentokil Group Plc in the UK.  He
   was Chairman and Chief Executive of Jardine, Matheson
   & Co. Ltd. in Hong Kong where he was also Chairman of
   the Hong Kong Tourist Association.
   
2. Whilst in Hong Kong, Mr Newbigging was Chairman of the
   Hong Kong Land Company which at that time was parent
   company of the Mandarin (now Mandarin Oriental) Hotels
   Group.  A Jardine, Matheson subsidiary also operated
   some 30 Holiday Inns in Southern Africa.
   
3. Married with three children, Mr Newbigging was born in
   China and educated in Canada and England.
   
4. Thistle Hotels is one of the UK's leading four-star
   hotel companies with over 55 properties in key city
   centre and countryside locations.  It is London's
   largest hotelier with 24 hotels (over 6,450 bedrooms)
   in prime locations throughout the capital.


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