10 Facts About Travelodge UK

Travelodge UK Hotels Limited is a private company operating in the hotels and hospitality industry throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain.

In 1995, Travelodge UK was bought by Granada, when the Forte Group underwent a hostile takeover.

In 2003, Travelodge UK was sold alongside Little Chef to Permira, who created parent company TLLC Group Holdings Ltd and moved Travelodge UK's headquarters from Toddington in Bedfordshire to Thame in Oxfordshire in June 2003.

In 2011, Travelodge UK announced a tie-up with British supermarket Waitrose to develop three joint sites in the UK.

Travelodge UK undertook a financial restructure during April 2012, with ownership passing to New York-based hedge funds GoldenTree Asset Management and Avenue Capital Group, as well as Goldman Sachs.

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On 17 August 2012 Travelodge UK confirmed that the financial restructuring would be through a company voluntary arrangement which would include:.

However, Travelodge UK stated that it was no longer viable to operate 49 hotels, for which the company would now seek new operators.

Travelodge UK operate eleven hotels in the Republic of Ireland and five hotels in Spain.

In 2018, Watchdog Live on The One Show returned to the issue, with further examples of Travelodge UK failing to provide rooms on arrival to customers with 'guaranteed' bookings.

In March 2020 The Guardian reported that Travelodge UK gave homeless families and key workers only two hours' notice to leave when it shut 360 of its UK hotels in response to the Coronavirus pandemic.