Travelodge to open 20 new hotels including a flagship hotel in London

Budget hotel chain Travelodge has announced that it will be opening a further 20 hotels in 2018, including a flagship London hotel.

The London City Travelodge will be the biggest new build hotel to date for the company, featuring 395-rooms and an on-site restaurant located on Middlesex Street, close to the Gherkin.

The hotel is expected to open this summer and will boost Travelodge’s London portfolio to over 70 hotels, making it one of the biggest budget hotel operators in the capital.

The additions will create over 1,900 rooms across the UK in 2018, and 550 new jobs, expanding the chains’ network to 578 Travelodge hotels in the UK, Spain and Ireland.

In addition, following the roll out of 1,000 SuperRooms, the company’s new premium economy concept in 2017, Travelodge will be opening a further 400. These will be rolled out to seven more Travelodge hotels in London and regional cities such as: Bristol, Edinburgh, Manchester and York.  

Peter Gowers, chief executive said: “Today’s announcement demonstrates Travelodge’s continued investment in the UK. Despite the uncertainty caused by Brexit and economic pressures, the UK budget hotel market remains attractive, and we are extending our network to put us where our customers want to be, while creating hundreds of new jobs across the country.

“The opening of our largest ever new build hotel this year, in the financial district of the city of London, shows just how far Travelodge has travelled since we opened our first 20-room hotel by the side of the A38 in 1985.”    

The 20 Travelodge hotels expected to open in 2018 are listed below:  

•        London City
•        London Acton
•        London Bromley
•        Bury St Edmunds
•        Chester Windsor House
•        Chippenham
•        Dagenham
•        Dover
•        Gainsborough
•        Glasgow
•        Gravesend
•        Lincoln
•        Redruth
•        Solihull
•        Stirling
•        Swindon
•        Telford
•        Walsall
•        Welwyn Garden City
•        York