Jan 12 (Reuters) - Premier Inn owner Whitbread said on Wednesday accommodation at its UK hotels has remained strong in recent weeks, despite the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, with third-quarter sales in the country rising 3.1%.

The hotel chain operator reiterated that it expects sales at its UK hotels to fully recover this year and said overall like-for-like sales were 5% higher for the 13 weeks to Nov. 25. However, Whitbread warned that renewed curbs in Germany were a headwind. (Reporting by Pushkala Aripaka in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)