Grant Hearn,
Executive Chairman
Grant has a wealth of experience within the hotel and travel industry. He graduated from the Shannon School of Hotel Management in 1981. Grant joined Travelodge in March 2003 as CEO. His previous positions included:
Hilton Group – Managing Director for the UK & Ireland
Premier Inn – Managing Director
Marriott Hotels - Chief Operating Officer
In July 2010 Grant was appointed Executive Chairman of Travelodge. During his seven years as CEO Grant spearheaded many industry firsts such as:
The ‘Say No To Bed Tax’ campaign – which prevented the implementation of an industry tax on hotels.
He also launched the UK’s first Foundation Degree in Hospitality, Budget Hotel and Retail Management in partnership with Westminster Kingsway College. The degree teaches new industry entrants the modern approach to operate a hotel in line with a retail business model - similar to how Travelodge operates.
Grant also initiated for Travelodge to be the first hotel company to recruit long term unemployed individuals back into the workforce via a Government backed scheme run by the Job Centre Plus. Grant is a keen advocate of tourism and constantly works to ensure the industry’s voice is heard in Parliament. He has presented to the Government on tourism issues many times and has also lobbied with fellow hotel CEO’s to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson to stop a proposed hotel development tax in London.
As Executive Chairman, Grant will continue to play an active role within the business. His main focus being to double the size of Travelodge by 2020 via growth ventures.
Grant is married with three children and sits on the boards of Visit London and the London Skills and Employment Board.
Guy Parsons,
Chief Executive Officer
Guy joined the budget hotel chain Travelodge in October 2004 from TGI Friday’s where he was Managing Director.
Guy graduated from Leeds University with a degree in History and has built up over 25 years of experience of the UK hotel industry. His previous positions have included Sales & Marketing Director for the Whitbread Hotel Company, Marketing Director for Travel Inn and Director of Operations, Sales & Marketing for Accor.
Guy became Chief Executive Officer of Travelodge on 1st July 2010 and is responsible for driving the day to day running of the business and lead the company into the future whilst maintaining Travelodge’s leadership role in the hotel industry.
Guy sits on the Travelodge board, and is a Board member of The National Skills Council and Chair of NESCOT ~ Epsom’s college of further and higher education.
He lives in Wimbledon with his wife Sally and their five children.
Paul Harvey,
Managing Director, International & Development
Paul joined Travelodge in October 2006 from Hilton International where he worked for over seven years in a variety of senior positions including Vice President, Japan and Micronesia, MD for Livingwell and Hilton UK Finance Director. Prior to this he worked for Meridien, Forte London and Grosvenor House Hotel.
As Managing Director, International and Development, Paul will be responsible for delivering our ambitious UK expansion target of 70,000 rooms by 2020, expanding the Travelodge brand globally and delivering profit growth in its existing international businesses in Spain and Ireland.
Paul sits on the board and lives with his partner in London.
Jon Mortimore,
Chief Financial Officer
With a background of working for blue chip companies, Jon joined the Travelodge executive team in November 2003 from WH Smith UK Retail where he was the Finance Director. As well as heading up the finance team he is also responsible for the IT function at Travelodge.
He sits on the Travelodge board and is married with two children.
