Travelodge announces Christmas recruitment drive of 1,000 jobs

Budget hotel chain Travelodge, which operates 534 hotels across the UK, Ireland and Spain, has announced it is looking to fill 1,000 permanent positions in the countdown to Christmas.

Over the next few months, the company is opening six new hotels and is looking for 160 staff members at properties in London Finchley; Stockport; East Grinstead; Kings Lynn; Andover; and Peterhead.

Positions across the group will include hotel manager; assistant hotel manager; housekeeper; receptionist; bar café team member and guest room cleaner roles. Travelodge is also looking to recruit 50 people in its head office in Thame, Oxfordshire, as well as boosting its nationwide in-house maintenance team with 10 new members.

Meanwhile, the remaining 705 positions are based in Travelodge hotels across the UK, 75 of which are for hotel manager and assistant manager roles.

Debbie Husband, operations director said: “At Travelodge, we have hundreds of colleagues who joined the company, from an entry level position and are now in a management or executive role. The world certainly is your oyster in the hospitality industry.”