Gatwick to gain another Travelodge

Travelodge, already established at Gatwick in the Crawley area, has acquired the former 4-star Mercure hotel close by the North Terminal.  The 257-room property hotel will undergo a significant refurbishment and expansion programme to convert the hotel in line with the Travelodge brand.  This investment will include refurbishing the rooms and updating the reception area alongside the conversion of the hotel’s 11 meeting rooms, three restaurants, swimming pool and gymnasium into an additional 146 rooms – increasing the room total to 400.

Guy Parsons, Travelodge CEO said: “We have been looking for some time to increase the number of rooms we have at Gatwick, to match our offering at Heathrow airport.  With this deal we have tripled our room stock at the airport but there is still a huge potential to grow further at the UK’s second largest airport and we are looking for more new sites."

Travelodge currently has 18 hotels, located in all the major UK airports, including Heathrow, Gatwick, London City, Luton, Stansted, Manchester, Leeds Bradford, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Newcastle and East Midlands.

The new hotel will be called Gatwick Airport Central Travelodge.  It is located at Povey Cross Road, Gatwick, RH6 0BE. www.travelodge.co.uk

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