What you need to do if you see DWP XB in bank statements in December<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nThe new pub will trade seven days a week from 6am to 9pm.<\/p>\n
Customers will have the chance to enjoy traditional pub food, including English fry ups and burgers, alongside popular local dishes such as garlic prawns and Spanish omelette.<\/p>\n
Wetherspoon founder and chairman Sir Tim Martin said: “We are very much looking forward to opening our first overseas pub.<\/p>\n
“We believe it will be popular with people travelling home from Alicante airport.”<\/p>\n
The move marks the start of Wetherspoon\u2019s expansion overseas, Sir Tim said.<\/p>\n
He added: “We aim to open a number of pubs overseas in the coming months and years, including those at airports.”<\/p>\n
Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernandez Airport is becoming increasingly popular among Britons.<\/p>\n
The airport gives holidaymakers access to the Costa Blanca region on the south-eastern coast of Spain and destinations such as Benidorm.<\/p>\n
The new site will offer almost 1,000 square foot of customer space on one level, alongside an external terrace with customer seating.<\/p>\n
It forms part of Wetherspoon plans to open 30 new pubs in its current financial year \u2013 15 managed pubs and 15 franchises.<\/p>\n
Wetherspoon operates almost 800 pubs across the UK.<\/p>\n
Recent figures indicated the group notched up a 3.7 per cent rise in like-for-like sales over the first 14 weeks of its financial year, to November 2.<\/p>\n
Sir Tim said at the time that the firm was ‘mindful of the Chancellor\u2019s Budget statement later this month and, as a result, is slightly more cautious in its outlook for the remainder of the year’.<\/p>\n
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The pub giant shared an image of what their new Spanish branch could look like(Image: Wetherspoons)<\/p>\n