The award for Best Budget Hotel Brand has been scooped by Premier Inn at the 2012 Business Travel Awards held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. The Whitbread owned budget brand took the award ahead of Travelodge and Hampton by Hilton for the third consecutive year. The awards have been happening for 17 years, [...]

Hotel firm Travelodge has announced plans to target national park visitors. The company said this week that it will be implementing a £135 million expansion strategy that will mean more properties surrounding national parks in the UK as a result for increased demand for lodging in such locations. According to officials from the budget hotel [...]

Hackers have managed to access Travelodge’s customer database. The hotel firm has said it is currently investigating the incident, in which a ‘third party’ acquired names and email addresses of customers that had utilised its online systems. The company has warned those affected to watch for suspicious emails and spam. The British information commissioner has [...]

More cash strapped Brits are opting to stay at home this summer, but refusing to give up their annual holiday, according to reports. The news means a boost for the UK tourist industry which can expect to earn around £7.3 billion from those choosing a staycation. Among the reasons more people are deciding to holiday [...]

Hotel firm Travelodge has unveiled fresh expansion plans. The £100 million program was announced on Monday and will see the opening of 36 new properties joined alongside pubs. The company, which already has more than 450 outlets in the United Kingdom, will be teaming up with names like JD Wetherspoon, Marston’s, M&B (Mitchells & Butlers) [...]

The coalition government is being asked to rethink its plans to take funding away from VisitLondon by major names in the tourism industry as well as the British Hospitality Association. As part of its deficit-busting cost-cutting plans, the government has said it will be removing nearly £12 million of funding from VisitLondon. If alternative sources [...]

After a 20-year hiatus from television advertising, budget hotel chain Travelodge will make a return this week with Mr Sleep and the Zzzz Squad. Featuring a gang of cuddly toys, the new commercials aim to focus on the fact that Travelodge is the affordable place to stay for those looking to get a good night’s [...]

Despite earlier rejection from the Richmond Council, the local government has granted approval for the development of the 10-storey Travelodge on the previous site of Regal House. The company projects to spend £7.5 million for the lease and for the remodelling of the office block into a hotel. The hotel chain forecasts that an estimated [...]

It seems like the well known budget hotel chain Travelodge has announced that it has made a new deal with Marston’s, the pub group. This new deal is set to push Travelodge one step ahead of Premier Inn, which is the chain’s main low budget rival. Travelodge has also noted that this should give it [...]

A brand new Travelodge hotel may be making its way to Newbury town center. This news comes in after Travelodge put in an application earlier this month to turn the former Texaco garage on London Road into a new hotel. An earlier application was submitted back in 2007 by the owners of TA Fisher Ltd, [...]