TRAVELODGE has opened its 600th hotel almost 40 years after launching its first ever budget accommodation in Barton-Under-Needwood.
Cricket fans looking for cheap accommodation could well be bowled over by the latest branch, which has opened its doors at London Oval Cricket Ground.
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The milestone was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, attended by Travelodge Chairman, Martin Robinson, CEO Jo Boydell, ex-England Cricket Captain Alec Stewart OBE, and Surrey County Cricket Club CEO, Steve Elworthy.
The London Oval Cricket Ground Travelodge is a 95-room hotel, and has been developed in partnership with Surrey County Cricket Club.
The hotel is just a minute’s walk from Oval Underground Station, ideally located for both business and leisure travellers.
As well as being Travelodge’s 600th hotel, it’s also the 81st one in London.
It features Travelodge’s new “premium” look and design, including a redesigned reception area, “next generation rooms” and its new restaurant concept, 85 Bar Cafe.
The restaurants are described online as “a welcoming, comfy, flexible social space where you can relax, linger and enjoy a drink or a bite to eat any time of the day”.
They’re open 24 hours and serve craft beers, wines, cocktails and offer dedicated dining, working and socialising areas.
The menu has items like stone baked pizzas, freshly made on site to an Italian recipe and burgers alongside healthier options like our wholefood and Cuban flatbread salads.
Jo Boydell, Chief Executive, Travelodge, commented: “London Oval Cricket Ground Travelodge is a special opening for us, as our 600th hotel.
“Since opening our first hotel in the UK in 1985, Travelodge has grown across the UK, Ireland and Spain, and we now operate over 46,000 rooms, employ 13,000 colleagues and welcome over 22 million business and leisure customers to our hotels each year.
“We are very proud to open this hotel at the iconic Oval Cricket Ground, in partnership with Surrey County Cricket Club.
“It features our new premium look and feel design with our redesigned reception area and next generation rooms, as well as our brand new restaurant concept, 85 Bar Cafe.
“We are already receiving great feedback from guests, and we look forward to welcoming lots of new guests through a busy cricket season this year.”
Steve Elworthy, CEO at Surrey CCC said: “It’s great news that the brand new London Oval Cricket Ground Travelodge has opened its doors to the public.
“The partnership between ourselves and Travelodge will provide cricket fans and visitors to the area with a quality option to stay in the area that is minimising its impact on the environment.”
New Travelodge hotels set to open in the UK in 2024
The hotel at Oval Cricket Ground is the first new opening for Travelodge in the UK this year.
However, there are a further six hotels currently under construction in Rotherham, Colchester and Bristol.
Additionally, there are three more in London being built, namely in Bermondsey, Beckenham and Chiswick.
Construction will also start on a new hotel in Stratford, London later this year.
The company also has more than 300 target locations for hotel sites across the UK, including over 100 sites across London.
Travelodge welcomes more than 22 million guests annually, and most of them are rated four stars or above on TripAdvisor.
In 2023 approximately 50 per cent of their rooms were sold for less than £60, working out at around £30pp when booked as a double for two.
Sun Online Travel found rooms in the new hotel on the Travelodge website from £60.
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