Travelodg has opened its first hotel in Sandwich at the Discovery Park, the leading science park in Kent
To mark this milestone, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held at Sandwich Travelodge where the Chairman of Dover District Council, Cllr Mike Conolly, The Mayor of Sandwich, Cllr Paul Graeme and Travelodge Chief Property & Development Officer, Steve Bennett officially opened the hotel.
Sandwich Travelodge, a 75-room hotel which features a restaurant called The Bar Café and on-site car-parking represents a multi-million investment for third party investors and has created 18 new jobs within the community. This is the group’s 593rd hotel and its 17th property in Kent.
Sandwich Travelodge is the 13th hotel the group has opened so far in 2021. Earlier this year, Travelodge announced it was opening 17 new hotels in 2021. These 17 new hotels are being developed by third party investors with an investment value of £175 million and will create 360 jobs across the UK.
The hotel has been styled in the company’s contemporary brand design which has been created by business and leisure customers and features family, double and accessible rooms from £29.
All rooms feature the bespoke luxurious king-size Travelodge Dreamer bed which is produced by Sleepeezee who hold a Royal Warrant from HRH The Prince of Wales. The Travelodge Dreamer bed sits within a mood lighting surround and has spacious bedside shelves featuring his & hers charging ports. In addition all family rooms include two individual beds for children.
The rooms also feature a modern en-suite bathroom, power shower, comfort cooling, to enable you to personalise the temperature of your room, a 32 inch Freeview TV, complimentary in-room tea & coffee making facilities and access to Wifi.
The Bar Café offers a great value breakfast & dinner menu and a bar service that offers a range of aperitifs such as a gin menu, a broad range of red & white wines,proseccoand champagne.
Travelodge’s breakfast, lunch and dinner menus will also be available with social distancing measures in place. Travelodge offers an unlimited breakfast at just £8.75, so that you can kick start your day the right way, and for each paying adult two children eat for free. Additionally Travelodge has great dinner menu meal deals too - adults can eat a delicious main course plus a side dish or dessert for just £12.25 and Travelodge’s kids menu offers 3 courses and a drink for only £6.25.
Sandwich Travelodge is being managed by Colleen Piper, who joined Travelodge nearly four years ago and has over 20 years of experience working in the UK hotel industry.