The company, the UK’s first budget hotel chain, which operates more than 600 hotels across the UK, Ireland and Spain, has opened its seventh hotel in Bristol – creating 25 new jobs in the process.
To mark the opening of the 85-room Bristol Abbey Wood Travelodge a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by Laura Sims, Travelodge Regional Director; Kirsty Berry, Travelodge Head of Estates and Councillor Franklin Owusu-Antwi, Chair of South Gloucestershire Council.
The new Travelodge hotel is situated in the Abbey Wood Retail Park, close to the Bristol Ministry of Defence offices. The site is located within easy access to the M4, M5 and Bristol city centre.
Bristol Abbey Wood Travelodge has been developed to the hotel chain’s new premium look and feel design – which is the group’s most significant brand transformation to date. The new design includes all the low cost efficiencies you would expect from Travelodge but with the added benefit of thoughtful, elegant design and homely touches throughout its interiors. It also features a stylish restaurant area, The Bar Cafe, which offers guests breakfast, dinner and a bar menu.
Sustainability has been an important factor when designing the hotel, which has a BREEAM Very Good rating and an Energy Performance Certificate rating of B. The hotel also includes a number of sustainable features such as PV cells on the roof, EV car charging and bird and bat boxes incorporated into the hotel building.
