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The UK’s largest independent hotel brand

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In 1985, Travelodge became Britain’s first value hotel brand when it launched in the UK, opening its first hotel at Barton under Needwood in the heart of England. Since those early days, Travelodge has gone from strength to strength. It is now the UK’s largest independent hotel brand, with more than 560 hotels and 40,000 guest bedrooms, right across the UK as well as in Ireland and Spain.

You’ll find our hotels in the centre of major cities, including London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Manchester, Birmingham, Belfast, Dublin, Barcelona, and Madrid; in most of Britain’s larger towns,
as well as in the classic seaside locations and vital roadside stops.

More than 170 of our hotels have our on-site Bar Café restaurant, and almost all are located close to other restaurants and coffee shops, making Travelodge the ideal base for travel. We continue to expand, with 20 new hotels expected to open in 2018 and further locations identified for expansion.

Our strategy - unbeatable value in hotels

That's Travelodgical

Travelodge aims to become the favourite hotel for value. We seek to offer unbeatable value in leisure and business travel. With attractive modern bedrooms, comfy new king size beds and great value wherever you need to be: we’re the Travelodgical choice.

Our recent £100m modernisation programme has seen us upgrade more than 30,000 rooms across our estate with a more contemporary look and feel, and install 40,000 brand new king size Travelodge Dreamer beds and separate pull-out beds for children in our family rooms.

With more than 80% of Travelodge hotels now located in major city centres, towns and popular holiday destinations, there’s a Travelodge where you want to be.

Best for Business

Business travel

Travelodge is the ideal choice for business. Whether you are a large business looking to control your costs, or a small start-up making the most of your cashflow, we have a great range of hotels to suit your travel needs and budget.

With many FTSE-100 companies among our corporate customers and thousands of small business Business Account Card holders, Travelodge has an offer to suit the modern business traveller.

The upgraded Travelodge room

New hotel room

Our brand new room design has been created based on feedback from our customers about what they value most in a hotel.

The Travelodge Dreamer® Bed - an upgraded new luxury king size bed, produced by royal warrant holders Sleepeezee Ltd, featuring a mattress with 952 individual pocket springs, each designed to follow the natural contour of an individual's body in order to provide the correct amount of support and comfort to ensure they receive a good quality night's sleep. All topped with a quilted mattress topper with comfy, bounce back duvet
and four plump pillows. For families travelling with children, and for those adults sharing for a quick overnight trip, we have introduced separate pull-out family beds to accommodate two extra people in our family rooms.

Find out more about our new, comfy king size beds.

Soothing Design - to help create a warm and cosy ambiance in the new room, Travelodge worked with a chromotherapy expert and has introduced a sleep inducing colour palette to the room's decor. The new Travelodge room feature wall has been painted a tranquil blue, as research shows our body clock is programmed to relate the colour blue to the hours of darkness. So when we look at the colour blue, our metabolism slows down, making us feel relaxed and sleepy. The colour also has the effect of making the room feel more light and airy. The remaining walls have been painted a calming cream colour as this shade embodies the quality of gentle morning sunlight that helps you to wake up feeling refreshed and alert.

Other additions to the new room include a stylish white contemporary en-suite bathroom with shower, a larger desk area, new reading lights and a phone charging socket built into the bed frame.

Find out more about our upgraded rooms.

People

Travelodge people

More than 11,000 Travelodge colleagues work together to look after our customers each day.

We offer a wide range of roles, including front-line guest service positions, construction and maintenance teams and a range of positions in our support centre.

With a mix of full-time and part-time roles, we are an ideal employment choice for people who are looking to build their careers in hospitality, or fit work around other commitments, including working parents, students and people looking for a second career later in life.

All new team members undergo an induction programme to support them in being successful in their role and further training is made available for all team members to progress and advance their careers.

Over more than thirty years, we have helped thousands of people grow their careers and make the journey from entry-level jobs to management positions. Our management development programme, 'Aspire' is central to our approach, helping candidates secure externally recognised qualifications as well as practical management skills. We currently have many colleagues studying towards apprenticeship and management qualifications, as well as other colleagues developing through professional qualifications and on the job training.

Travelodge recognises the benefits of having a diverse workforce with different backgrounds and experiences, solely employed on ability and it supports this belief with clear policies on equality and diversity and a track record of strong representation at all levels from people of all backgrounds. Travelodge monitors the diversity of job applicants, as well as the composition of our existing workforce by each protected characteristic in order to support a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion. We remain committed to evolving our approach to ensure it is embedded as a way of life across the organisation.

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The UK’s largest independent hotel brand

Our strategy - unbeatable value in hotels

Best for Business

The upgraded Travelodge room

People

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