Holding(s) in Company

Peel Hotels PLC
17 April 2002

                                PEEL HOTELS PLC

                            SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDING


The Company has been notified by C E W Peel that he is interested in 1,920,000
of the Company's ordinary shares, equivalent to 15.84 per cent. of the Company's
issued ordinary share capital.

17 April 2002


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