Travelodge Birmingham Aston opens for business
Visitors to Birmingham can now enjoy a great value stay in Aston thanks to Travelodge’s new 111-room hotel in Aston, Birmingham which opened its doors on Monday.
The newly-opened Birmingham Aston Travelodge is perfectly positioned in the heart of England, offering easy access to a range of attractions. Locally, culture enthusiasts can explore a wealth of art galleries and museums, such as the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and the Ikon Gallery. Just a short drive away, you’ll find Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace, and the historic Warwick Castle. For those football fans, Birmingham Football Club is a ten-minute drive, with Villa Park an even closer, seven-minute drive away.
Birmingham Aston Travelodge is also perfectly placed for business travellers looking for easy access to transport connections and attending events and conventions. The M6 Salford Circus junction is a six-minute drive away and the M42 Coleshill junction is also in close proximity to the hotel. Birmingham Airport is just a 20-minute drive away. The National Exhibition Centre is located a short drive south of the Travelodge and the International Convention Centre is near to the city centre.
Travelodge is continuing to grow and is committed to expanding its hotel network to offer more choice to its customers and support local communities through job creation across the UK. Travelodge already operates 20 hotels throughout Birmingham.
Tony O’Brien, UK Development Director, Travelodge, said: “We’re pleased to open our Birmingham Aston hotel. It’s in a great location for both leisure and business travellers and we can’t wait to welcome guests to the latest hotel in our UK estate.
“We now have around 600 Travelodge hotels throughout the UK and we’re targeting 300 more new locations this year, with 20 of these in the Midlands’ region. This will create even more jobs and give our business and leisure customers more choice and great value when visiting Birmingham and the UK.”
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Founded in 1985, Travelodge is Britain’s very first budget hotel chain and today is one of the largest budget hotel chains in the UK, with a portfolio of over 600 hotels and over 47,000 bedrooms across the UK, Ireland and Spain.
Welcoming over 22 million guests annually across the UK, Ireland and Spain, the majority of Travelodge hotels are located in major cities, towns and holiday hotspots as well as by airports and key business hubs. With over 95% of its hotels rated 4* or above on TripAdvisor, Travelodge is proud to offer guests across its diverse customer base a good value experience – whether they are travelling for business or leisure.
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Travelodge continues to invest in its ongoing hotel refit programme and has already upgraded over 50% of the Travelodge room estate to its new design. The brand is also continually evolving its quality offering to deliver a better experience for its diverse mix of business and leisure guests such as its new look Bar Cafe design, 85 Bar Café, which has been rolled out to selected UK hotels as part of the refit programme.
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