Travelodge has revealed plans to open 300 new hotels across the UK, in what would represent a £3billion project for the brand and its third party investors.
The budget hotel chain announced today that it has reached out to 220 Local Authorities across Britain as it starts its search for the new hotel sites.
In a letter to the organisations, the company has said that its hotels have already boosted different regions and been "a key player in their local regeneration and growth programmes" as well as creating jobs and attracting visitors.
The chain is also targeting over 120 towns which do not currently have a Travelodge hotel, such as Ripon, Lichfield and Cromer.
With the new 300 hotels being proposed, it estimates that around 9,000 jobs would be created as part of the project.
Travelodge remains a firm favourite with Brits looking for cheap stays. The company already has over 500 hotels around the UK, and often hosts sales with rooms going from £35 or less. (In fact, we've got a guide with tips on finding cheap Travelodge deals if you're planning a staycation).
Full list of new Travelodge locations
Travelodge revealed the full list of locations they are currently looking at for the new hotels - check it out below.
- A12 (Lowestoft)
- A13 (South Benfleet)/Canvey Island A47 (Dereham)/Swaffham
- Abergavenny
- Aberystwyth
- Albert Embankment
- Aldeburgh
- Alnwick
- Amersham/Chesham
- Angel
- Archway/Highgate
- Aviemore
- Banbury
- Barnes/Mortlake/Roehampton
- Barnet/Cockfosters
- Barnsley
- Barry/Cardiff West/Penarth
- Basildon/Stanford le Hope
- Basingstoke
- Battersea/Wandsworth
- Battley/Drewsbury
- Belgravia/Mayfair
- Belsize Park/St Johns Wood/Swiss Cottage Beverley
- Bexhill
- Biggin Hill
- Billericay
- Birkenhead
- Birmingham South
- Blackburn
- Blackheath
- Blandford Forum/Shaftesbury
- Bloomsbury/Fitzrovia
- Bluewater/Ebbsfleet
- Bognor
- Bolton Middlebrook
- Bournemouth
- Brecon
- Brentford/Osterley/South Ealing Brentwood
- Bridgend
- Bridlington
- Brighouse
- Brighton/Hove
- Bristol Airport
- Bristol City Centre
- Bristol South
- Brixton
- Broxbourne/Hoddesdon
- Buckingham Palace/Victoria
- Bury
- Bury St Edmunds
- Buxton
- Byfleet/Brooklands
- Caledonian Road/Holloway Road
- Cambridge Central
- Cambridge North
- Camden/Kentish Town
- Canada Water/Surrey Quays
- Canary Wharf
- Canning Town
- Cannock
- Canterbury
- Cardigan
- Carmarthen
- Catford
- Chancery Lane
- Charing Cross/Strand
- Cheadle/Handforth
- Chelmsford
- Chelsea/South Kensington
- Cheltenham City Centre
- Chessington
- Chester business park
- Chesterfield
- Chichester
- Chingford
- Chipping Sodbury / Yate
- Chislehurst/Orpington
- Chorleywood
- City - Bank/Barbican/Blackfriars/Cannon St Clapham
- Clerkenwell/Farringdon
- Clevedon
- Clitheroe/A59
- Cobham
- Colchester
- Colne
- Congleton
- Corby
- Coulsdon/Purley
- Coventry Central
- Cromer/Fakenham/Holt
- Crowborough/Uckfield
- Crystal Palace
- Cwmbran
- Dalston/Haggerston
- Dartford
- Daventry
- Denmark Hill /Herne Hill
- Deptford / New Cross Gate
- Didcot/Abingdon
- Diss
- Dorchester
- Dulwich
- Dunstable Houghton Regis
- Durham
- Ealing Broadway
- Earls Court/Olympia
- East Kilbride (covers Newton Mearns) Eastbourne
- Edenbridge
- Edgware Road.Marylebone
- Edgware/Stanmore
- Edinburgh East/Mussleburgh
- Edinburgh Leith
- Ellesmere Port
- Eltham
- Enfield Central
- Epping
- Esher
- Exeter
- Exmouth / Sidmouth
- Falkirk
- Falmouth
- Farnham
- Faversham
- Felixstowe
- Finchley North/Friern Barnet Folkestone
- Forest of Dean/Ross
- Fulham/West Brompton
- Galashiels
- Gerrards Cross
- Gillingham East
- Glasgow East M8
- Glasgow Silverburn
- Glasgow West End
- Glasgow, SECC
- Gloucester
- Godalming/Hindhead Golders Green
- Grays/Thurrock
- Great Yarmouth
- Greenford/Sudbury Greenock
- Grimsby/Cleethorpes Guildford
- Hackney Wick
- Halifax
- Hamilton/Motherwell Hammersmith
- Hampstead
- Hampton Court
- Hanley
- Haslemere
- Havant/Waterlooville Haverfordwest/Fishguard Hayes/Southall
- Haywards Heath
- Headingley
- Heathrow
- Henley on Thames
- Herne Bay / Whitstable Hertford/Ware
- Highbury/Islington
- Hinckley
- Hornchurch/Upminster Huddersfield
- Huntingdon
- Ilfracombe
- Ipswich East/Martlesham Keynsham
- Kilburn
- Kings Langley
- Kingsbury
- Kirkwall
- Knaresborough/Wetherby Knightsbridge
- Ladbroke Grove
- Lake district
- Lancaster
- Lancing/Shoreham
- Leeds Gildersome
- Leek
- Leicester South
- Leicester Square/West End/Soho Lerwick
- Lewes
- Lichfield
- Limehouse/Shadwell
- Littlehampton
- Liverpool North Docks
- Liverpool Street/Aldgate
- Loch Lomond
- London Bridge/Borough
- London Uxbridge
- Luton Airport
- Lymington New Forest
- Maida Vale
- Maidstone
- Malvern
- Marble Arch
- Melton Mowbray
- Middlesbrough
- Mill Hill
- Minehead
- Mitcham/Morden
- Montrose
- New Malden
- Newhaven / Seaford
- Newmarket
- Newport J30
- Newquay
- Newtown/Welshpool
- Nine Elms Lane
- North Ascot
- North Berwick
- Northallerton/Thirsk
- Norwich Airport
- Notting Hill Gate
- Nottingham/Trent Bridge Oban
- Oldham
- Ormskirk/Maghull
- Oxford Central
- Paddington/Bayswater
- Palmers Green
- Parsons Green/Putney Bridge
- Penzance
- Peterborough
- Petersfield
- Pinner
- Pitlochry
- Pontypridd / Rhondda
- Portishead
- Portsmouth Gunwharf/Southsea Potters Bar
- Preston
- Prestwich
- Purley
- Pwllheli
- Rayleigh/Wickford
- Reading
- Redditch
- Reigate
- Ripon
- Runcorn
- Rye
- Salcombe/Dartmouth
- Saxmundham
- SE Cornwall/Fowey
- Seaton/Lyme Regis
- Seven Sisters
- Sevenoaks
- Sheffield
- Shepherd’s Bush/White City/Wood Lane Shrewsbury Central
- Sidmouth
- Skegness
- Skye
- Slough
- South Bank/Waterloo
- South Harrow/Sudbury Hill
- South normanton/Ilkeston
- South Shields/Whitemare Pool Southwold
- St Ives
- St Neots/Bedford East
- St Pancras
- St. Helens/Prescot
- Staines
- Stamford
- Stansted Airport on/next to Terminal Stevenage
- Stockwell Tube
- Stourbridge
- Stow in the wold / Cotswolds Stratford Station
- Stratford Upon Avon
- Streatham/Tooting
- Sudbury
- Sutton Coldfield
- Swanage
- Swanley
- Swansea
- Tenby
- Tetbury/Malmesbury
- Thornton Cleveleys
- Tilbury Docks
- Tonbridge
- Torfaen/Blaenau Gwent Ulverston
- Uttoxeter
- Wakefield
- Warwick
- Watford Hospital
- Wellingborough
- Wembley Park/Stadium West Wickham
- Westminster
- Weston Seafront
- Weymouth
- Whitby/Scarborough
- Whitechapel
- Wigan
- Willesden Junction/Kensal Rise Wisbech/March
- Witham
- Woking
- Wokingham
- Wolverhampton
- Woodford/Wanstead
- Worcester M5
- Wrexham
- Yeovil
Steve Bennett, Travelodge Chief Property & Development Officer said: "In the current climate, Local Authorities are under extreme pressure to invest in their economy and support regeneration projects. This is why we are today writing to 220 Local Authorities to offer our support, as we can make a real difference.
"We have a proven track record of working with 25 forward-thinking Local Authorities across the UK from Ashford to Stirling. Our effective, innovative co-partnership development deals are spearheading regional economic growth and providing a solid long-term revenue stream.”
"Britain is now a nation of budget travellers, with more of us choosing to stay in budget hotels than any other hotel type and this trend is set to grow, which is why we are looking to expand our UK hotel network with a further 300 hotels. Adding a Travelodge hotel can be a catalyst to attract new businesses, support regeneration, bring vacant buildings back into economic use as well as attracting thousands of new overnight visitors to the area and revitalising High Streets.
"In addition, our research shows that, on average, Travelodge customers will spend at least double their room rate with local businesses during their stay; this can be an annual, multi-million pound boost into the local economy."
