Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Hotel / Restaurants
Accommodation And Food Service Activities
Accommodation
55.1 - Hotels and similar accommodation

3,000 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
18 March 2019
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Budget hotel chain Travelodge has announced plans to open 100 new hotels over the coming five years and create 3,000 new jobs. The announcement of the job creation stated that the company hoped to address concerns about post-Brexit labour supply by offering flexible hours to attract job applications from parents. In 2018 the chain ended its use on outsourced labour for cleaning and abandoned its use of zero hours contracts. When announcing the new jobs, the company's chief executive remarked that the focus on both price and quality had helped to improve the firm's fortunes. 


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2019), Travelodge, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 97476, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97476.