Travelodge will open 17 new ‘premium economy’ hotels this year to create more than 360 new jobs

Travelodge will open 17 new ‘premium economy’ hotels this year to create more than 360 new jobs in £175million expansion Plans will see the hotel chain increase its network to 597 locations across globe  New sites will be developed with £175million cash from third party investors  Bosses are also planning to offer more premium SuperRooms … Read more

STEPHEN BAYLEY: Driverless sports car? It’s as absurd as leaving a mistress unvisited in Travelodge

My new driverless Lamborghini will be a pirate of a car with outrageous styling in eye-searingly bilious colours, giving off a powerful whiff of privileged decadence. It will make no noise because it will be blamelessly electric. And it will be slow. Being a well-behaved robot, it will maintain the speed limit and observe good … Read more

Travelodge UK: Bizarre items left behind in hotel rooms during the year of coronavirus lockdowns

Travelodge has revealed its list of bizarre items customers left behind in the year the budget hotel chain opened up to key workers amid coronavirus. A Siberian husky, a small army of six-foot tall Nutcracker soldiers and £500,000 worth of share certificates were among the strangest items found in empty hotel rooms across Britain in … Read more

Suspect, 32, held over ‘murder’ of Travelodge receptionist is detained under mental health act

A man held over the ‘murder’ of Travelodge receptionist who was found dead in the hotel foyer has been detained under the mental health act, police said today. The 32-year-old suspect was arrested after the young woman was battered to death while she worked the nightshift at a seaside Travelodge on Christchurch Road in Bournemouth, Dorset.  … Read more