TRAVELODGE OPENS ITS FIRST HOTEL IN BURY ST
EDMUNDS
Bury St Edmunds Travelodge represents an investment of £8 million for third party investors and has created 25 new jobs
The budget hotel chain also announces its looking for three more hotel sites across Suffolk in: Felixstowe, Lowestoft and Newmarket.
This expansion programme represents an investment of £15 million for third party investors and creates 60 new jobs
Today, Jo Churchill, Assistant Government Whip and MP for Bury St Edmunds joined Mike Spenser - Morris (Project Developer) and Tony O’ Brien, Travelodge UK Development Director to officially open the first Travelodge hotel in Bury St Edmunds.
Bury St Edmunds Travelodge is located close to the railway station and is the company’s 579th hotel and its seventh property in Suffolk. The hotel e represents an investment of £8 million for the landlord, NHP Holdingsand has created 25 new jobs within the community.
The 80-room hotel features an on-site restaurant called the Bar Café which offers a breakfast, dinner and bar menu. The hotel also offers on-site complimentary car-parking. Rooms are available from £29 and can be booked at www.traveldoge.co.uk
Bury St Edmunds Travelodge has been styled in the company’s contemporary brand design and offers: family, double and accessible rooms.
All rooms feature the company’s signature luxurious king size Travelodge Dreamer bed which sits within a mood lighting surround and has bedside charging points.
The rooms also feature LED ceiling lighting, providing a warmer ambiance, a ‘comfort cooling’ system, a 32 inch Freeview TV, WiFi and free in-room tea & coffee making facilities.
At the official opening of Bury St Edmunds Travelodge, the company also announced that Suffolk is a key growth area and it is actively searching for three more hotels sites across the county. Locations include Felixstowe, Lowestoft and Newmarket.
Collectively this expansion programme represents an investment of £15 million for third party investors and will create around 60 new jobs.
With the addition of these three hotels, Travelodge will operate 10 hotels across the county and make it Suffolk’s largest branded budget hotel operator.
Tony O’Brien, Travelodge UK Development Director said: “We are delighted to open our first hotel in Bury St Edmunds, the historic jewel in Suffolk’s crown. This town is one of the top visitor destinations in the region and is growing from strength to strength. Our new Travelodge hotel is centrally located and will be a great attraction for visitors looking for a great value accommodation base whilst exploring the area.”
“As we look into the future, Suffolk is a key development area for Travelodge. The local economy is growing at pace with increasing visitor numbers, however there is still a shortage of good quality accommodation at a great value price. Therefore to meet this growing consumer demand we are actively looking for three hotel sites in the following locations: Felixstowe, Newmarket and a second hotel in Lowestoft. Collectively this expansion programme will represent an investment of £15 million for third party investors and will create 60 new jobs.”
Jo Churchill, MP for Bury St Edmunds said:
Bury St Edmunds Travelodge is being managed by Graham Atkins who received over 500 applications from locals to join his new hotel team. Graham was overwhelmed by the high calibre of applications he received, that he recruited his strong team of 24 in just days.
Graham Atkins, Bury St Edmunds Travelodge,Hotel Manager, said: “I am very proud to have built a fantastic team who are as passionate as me about delivering great customer service. Our new hotel has got off to a flying start and we have been overwhelmed by the number of customer requests on how they can get their very own Travelodge Dreamer Bed, luckily it is available to purchase on our website.”
“Looking ahead, business on the books looks very encouraging and we are getting geared up for a busy summer season. This is great news for the local economy too; as research shows that our customers will spend at least double their room rate with local businesses during their stay which equates to an average annual spend of £2 million.”
Images from the official opening of Bury St Edmunds Travelodge are available by calling the Travelodge Press Office on 01844 35 8703.
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Notes to Editors:
Bury St Edmunds Travelodge
Tartan House
Etna Road,
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 1JZ
The Travelodge Dreamer Bed
Our Travelodge Dreamer™ mattresses are available to purchase in a range of sizes and customers can buy them on our website at a discounted price. For further information please visit: https://www.travelodge.co.uk/about/comfy-king-size-beds/
About Travelodge
Founded in 1985, Travelodge is one of the UK’s leading hotel brands and Travelodge Birmingham Frankley M5 Southbound was its first hotel to open in the West Midlands in 1987. The hotel chain currently operates 580 Travelodge hotels in the UK, Spain and Ireland as of March 2019. Travelodge welcomes approximately 19 million customers every year and over 12,000 colleagues work across the business.