The company changed its name to Swallow Group plc, concentrating on the hotels business and incorporating the former Vaux-managed pub estate under the Swallow Inns & Restaurants brand.
[citation needed] The Swallow Group was bought by Whitbread in January 2000.
[citation needed] The Swallow brand was subsequently purchased in 2003 by London Inn Group.
[1] The hotels traded under the name London & Edinburgh Inns Ltd and went into administration on 14 September 2006.
[3] Its last remaining hotel, in Glasgow, near Ibrox Stadium, was closed in 2014.