Modern Slavery Act Statement 2025

At Travelodge, we are committed to upholding human rights and take our responsibilities under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 seriously. We have a zero-tolerance approach to slavery and human trafficking and are focused on understanding the risks so that we can work towards ensuring that there is no modern slavery in our business or supply chains.

Structure of Travelodge

Travelodge is one of the UK’s leading hotel brands based on the number of hotels and rooms operated. The group has approximately 630 hotels, primarily across the UK, Spain, and Ireland; the majority are held under a leasehold model, with some owned directly or via long leases, and we have a small number of managed and franchised hotels. We operate in the value sector of the hotel market and employ around 13,000 people across our hotels and support offices.

T&L Holdco Limited is the holding company of the Travelodge group, which includes Travelodge Hotels Limited, the principal UK trading company.

Our supply chain

Travelodge is supported directly by a network of c. 850 suppliers across a range of category areas. Our supply chain is broadly categorised into three key areas, reflecting the nature of the goods and services provided:

1. Direct Goods & Core Operations Suppliers: Suppliers providing essential products and services directly impacting the guest experience and hotel function, such as food and beverage suppliers and core operational service providers (including linen & laundry, waste disposal, security, various disposables and logistics services) 
2. Indirect Goods & Corporate Services Suppliers: Suppliers providing non-guest-facing goods and corporate services necessary for central business operations. This encompasses areas such as utilities, office supplies, marketing agencies, professional services (e.g., legal, financial, and recruitment), and back-office technology providers
3. Maintenance and Capital Expenditure Suppliers: Suppliers involved in the construction, refit, maintenance and upgrading of our physical assets. This primarily includes refit and construction contractors, M&E (Mechanical & Electrical) providers, and suppliers of other material maintenance provisions.

Our known higher-risk areas include outsourced suppliers providing linen and laundry, various maintenance and facilities management services (including ad hoc cleaning), customer support services, occasional interim labour, various products and services supporting our refit and construction programmes, select Tier 1 services provided and products manufactured in high-risk locations, food and beverage provision and uniform supply. We therefore focus our supplier due diligence efforts on these categories.

Supplier due diligence 

Our central procurement function supports the business in achieving visibility of our supplier base and enhancing our comprehension of potential risk areas.

We are an active member of Sedex (the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange) and have commenced a structured supplier due diligence programme through the Sedex platform. Active suppliers in scope of the programme include Tier 1 suppliers (defined as those that Travelodge trade with directly for the supply of goods and services) with a high inherent risk of modern slavery and human trafficking within their supply chains, whether from an activity or geographical perspective.

Suppliers in scope are required to complete the Sedex Self-Assessment Questionnaire. We assess each supplier against a combined risk score derived from country, sector and site-level data and segment them into critical, high, medium, and low-risk bands. Active suppliers in the critical and high bands are designated as priority suppliers for targeted mitigation action. 

For new suppliers in our higher-risk category areas, our onboarding process focuses on adopting third-party ethical trade programme memberships, such as Sedex, or equivalent independent assessment evidence submissions, in alignment with our Supplier Principles. Our Supplier Principles set out our expectations of suppliers regarding labour rights, human rights, and ethical conduct, drawing on internationally recognised frameworks, including the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, and the Ethical Trading Initiative Base Code. 

Comprehensive questions are included in requests for tender where appropriate. We also include contractual clauses in all our higher-risk supplier agreements and also in our standard template supply agreements, setting out requirements for addressing and monitoring modern slavery and human trafficking issues in compliance with the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

Our team

Our commitment to social responsibility is reflected in our employee training programmes and company policies, and we expect the same high standards from our suppliers.

We encourage our colleagues to report any ethical concerns, and our Whistleblowing Policy (which includes a specific section on modern slavery) and the use of a third-party company to enable confidential whistleblowing disclosures in several languages are intended to make this simple for all colleagues. We aim to ensure that appropriate protections are in place for any colleague who raises a concern, without fear of retaliation. Our confidential reporting line remains available 24/7.

We also implement ‘right-to-work’ checks for all new colleagues and conduct regular checks of shift patterns and the hours worked by our colleagues. We understand the importance of embedding a culture of respect and fair treatment of others across all activities.

We have robust recruitment processes in place and work closely with our agency partners to ensure full compliance. Special attention is paid if we engage anyone on a sponsored visa.

We recognise that awareness amongst our colleagues is important in preventing modern slavery. We train our hotel colleagues on our Safeguarding policy, which includes a section on Modern Slavery.  This training explains what Modern Slavery is, identifies signs of Modern Slavery and how to report any concerns.

Key performance indicators

Any incident of modern slavery would be a breach of our company policies, contractual terms and/or law.

We continue to focus on assessing our supply chain and high-risk areas through Sedex, and on ensuring there is no modern slavery in our own business.

We measure progress on our supplier due diligence programme through the following indicators: the proportion of our principal Tier 1 active suppliers registered on Sedex; the proportion of registered active suppliers with a current Self-Assessment Questionnaire; and the number of priority (critical and high risk) suppliers with a mitigation plan in place. 

Further steps

We are proud of the steps Travelodge has taken so far to combat modern slavery and human trafficking. However, we recognise that this is an area which requires continual monitoring and improvement, and we will continue to do this. Steps which we intend to take on an ongoing basis include:

• Continue with our Sedex-based supply chain due diligence programme to address and mitigate our risks in collaboration with our high-risk suppliers 
• Expand our insight to Tier 2 suppliers in our highest-risk categories
• Track progress on our Supply Chain Sustainability goals within our Better Future Plan 2026-2030 
• Continue reviewing and updating our training to ensure it remains appropriate.

At Travelodge, we firmly believe in being a responsible business and continuing to develop our approach to combating modern slavery, which forms a key part of this.

In the event that modern slavery is suspected within our business or supply chain, our primary focus would be the safety and welfare of the potential victim. We commit to working with the relevant authorities and specialist non-governmental organisations to ensure individuals receive appropriate support.

This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes our slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ended 31 December 2025. This statement has been approved by Travelodge’s board of directors, who will review and update it annually.