Accessibility Whitbread PLC is committed to making its website available to as
many people as possible. Many internet users can find websites
difficult to use due to the way they have been designed. We recognise
that this is an important issue and are making changes to ensure that
the Whitbread.co.uk website is accessible in accordance with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) guidelines.
Changes to improve accessibility are ongoing, but if you come across a page you find difficult to use please let us know.
Site Map
In addition to using the main navigation you can use the Site Map to navigate around the Whitbread website.
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Destination |
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(then enter) |
Accessibility |
| alt - 1 |
(then enter) |
Content |
| alt - 2 |
(then enter) |
Section navigation |
| alt - 3 |
(then enter) |
Secondary navigation |
| alt - 4 |
(then enter) |
Site Map |
| alt - 5 |
(then enter) |
Contact Us |
| alt - 6 |
(then enter) |
FAQs |
| alt - 7 |
(then enter) |
Homepage |
| alt - 8 |
(then enter) |
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Changing your browser settings
To alter the way you view websites, from text size to background
colour, change the settings on your browser by following the
instructions below.
Internet Explorer (IE5 and higher)
To change the text size
- On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
- On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
- Select the "Ignore font sizes specified on web pages" tick box
- Click "OK"
- On the browser View menu, click "Text Size" and then choose the size you want
To change text and background colours
- On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
- On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
- Select the "Ignore colours specified on web pages" tick box
- Click "OK"
- On the General tab, click "Colors"
- Deselect "Use Windows colours" tick box
- Click the box next to "Text" and select a colour
- Click "OK"
- Click the box next to "Background" and select a colour
- Click "OK"
To change the colour of links
- On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
- On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
- Select the "Ignore colours specified on web pages" tick box
- Click "OK"
- Click on "Colours", then click on the relevant colour box and
choose the colour you want the "Visited" and "Unvisited" links to
appear as
- Click "OK"
To change the font
- On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
- On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
- Select the "Ignore font styles specified on web pages" tick box
- Click "OK"
- Click on "Fonts", then select the required font
- Click "OK"
To change line length by changing the size and shape of browser window
- Click the "Full Screen" button on the browser window, or on the
browser "View" menu click "Full Screen", or press F11, or drag the
window to the required size.
Prevent images/graphics appearing
- On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
- On the Advanced tab, scroll down to "Multimedia" and deselect the
following tick boxes: "Play animations in web pages", "Play videos in
web pages", and "Show Pictures"
- Click "Apply" then "OK"
Importing your own stylesheet
- On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
- On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
- Select the tick boxes that your stylesheet will override: colours, font styles, and font sizes
- Click "OK"
- On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
- Select the "Format documents using my style sheet" tick box and browse to the required stylesheet and click "OK"
More options available to help you view websites
- On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
- On the Advanced tab choose the options you want
Netscape Navigator (4 and higher)/ Mozilla (1.2 and higher)
To change the font and text size
- On the browser Edit menu click "Preferences"
- Select "Appearance" and click on "Fonts"
- Select your preferred Variable Width Font and Fixed Width Font
- Click "OK"
To use these fonts for all future websites you visit:
Netscape Navigator - Select "Use my default fonts overriding document specified fonts"
Mozilla - Deselect "Allow documents to use other fonts"
To change text and background colours
- On the browser Edit menu click "Preferences"
- Select "Appearance" and click on "Colours"
- Click the "Text" box and select a colour
- Click "OK"
- Click the "Background" box and select a colour
- Click "OK"
- Click "OK" to close the Preferences window
To use these colours in future select:
Netscape Navigator - "Always use my colours overriding document"
Mozilla - "Use my chosen colours, ignoring the colours and background image specified"
To change the colour of links
- On the browser Edit menu click "Preferences"
- Select "Appearance" and click on "Colours"
- Click on the relevant colour box and choose the colour you want the "Visited" and "Unvisited" links to appear as
- Click "OK"
- Click "OK" to close the Preferences window
Prevent images/graphics appearing
Netscape Navigator
- On the browser Edit menu click "Preferences"
- Select "Advanced"
- Deselect the "Automatically load images" tick box
- Click "OK"
Mozilla
- On the browser Edit menu click "Preferences"
- Select "Privacy & Security" and click on "Images"
- Select the "Do not load any images" tick box
- Click "OK"
To change line length by changing the size and shape of browser window
- Click the "Full Screen" button on the browser window, or on the
browser "View" menu click "Full Screen", or drag the window to the
required size.
If you have problems changing your browser setting use the "Help" menu on the browser toolbar.
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Whitbread PLC is committed to making its website available to as many people as possible. We are working hard to ensure that the Whitbread.co.uk website is accessible in accordance with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) guidelines.
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