Travelodge News
Travelodge announces £60m expansion
With the opening today of a 99-room hotel in Ealing, Travelodge has now become the largest hotel brand in London.
The Top round up of holiday 2010
2010 ended with a bang at online travel retailer lowcostholidays.com. With yearly sales up 75% and annual site visits up 96% it looks like lowcostholidays is due to smash its already impressive ranking as the Sunday Times Virgin 100 20th fastest growing companies 2009.
Travelodge is the Uk’s first hotel brand to launch an electronic charity donation box
Leading budget hotel chain Travelodge is delighted to announce it’s the UK’s first hotel brand to partner up with The Pennies Foundation – Britain’s only charity to provide online retailers with an electronic donation charity box.
Britain becomes a nation of ‘Online-a-holics’
Gone are the days when Britons liked nothing better then to be tucked up in bed with a mug of cocoa and a good book or the newspaper crossword puzzle. In today’s modern society, the nation is totally addicted to social networking.
Royal wedding date sparks stampede of visitors to www.travelodge.co.uk
Following the announcement of the royal wedding date of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the UK’s fastest growing hotel chain Travelodge, this morning reported it has seen a stampede of international and British visitors to its booking website – resulting in a double digit increase in London room bookings.
The UK’s first budget hotel chain has celebrated its 25th anniversary
The nations’s first budget hotel chain has celebrated its 25th anniversary at the UK’s very first budget hotel
Travelodge snaps up 52 properties
Budget hotel operator Travelodge has continued its aggressive expansion programme with the acquisition of 52 properties from Mitchells & Butlers. The deal – believed to be worth £90 million – will see M&B use the net proceeds to reduce debt and fund capital investment in growth brands.
Travelodge opens its first £3 million hotel
Today, the leader of the Council, Councillor Simon Tagg and the Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Councillor Ann Heames were joined by the town’s up coming artists from Wolstanton High School to officially open Travelodge’s first hotel in Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre.
First Travelodge launches sleep wardens to help its customers sleep easy
In a UK-first, Travelodge is introducing dedicated ‘Sleep Wardens’ to patrol its 383 UK hotels in a bid to help its 9 million customers get a good night’s sleep.
Travelodge opens its 10th hotel in Edinburgh
Travelodge has just opened its tenth hotel in Edinburgh, making the budget hotel chain the largest hotelier in Scotland’s capital city.
Travelodge appoints Guy Parsons as CEO
Travelodge, the UK’s fastest growing hotel chain, today announced that Guy Parsons, previously Managing Director UK, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer.
Management shake up at Travelodge
Travelodge UK has promoted managing director Guy Parsons to chief executive as the budget hotel chain seeks to maximise growth ahead of a potential sale. The budget hotel sector is expected to double in size during the next two decades, with the Thame-based company seeking to maximise growth over the period.