The new opening becomes the town’s first branded budget hotelier and features the company’s multi-million Covid-19 safety programme call Travelodge Protect+.
Travelodge, the UK’s first budget hotel chain which operates 592 hotels across the UK, Ireland and Spain has opened its first hotel in Workington town centre, close to the railway station.
This is the town’s first branded budget hotel and the company’s ninth hotel in Cumbria, cementing Travelodge’s presence across all corners of the Lake District. Workington Travelodge a 78-room hotel represents a multi-million investment for third party investors and has created 15 new jobs within the community.
Three quarters of the positons at Workington Travelodge have been filled by parents – who were attracted by Travelodge’s Parents Programme. This bespoke scheme offers flexible working hours around the school run, a career development programme allowing parents to climb the career ladder from an entry level position into management whist raising their family.
The hotel features an on-site restaurant called the Bar-Café, on-site car park and a range of family, double and accessible rooms – which start from £29.
