Ireland’s largest budget hotel, Dublin City Centre Travelodge PLUS officially opens
Travelodge takes its ‘budget-chic’ Travelodge PLUS and premium economy SuperRooms to Ireland
Dublin City Centre Travelodge PLUS is the second largest hotel in Dublin City Centre and has created 100 new jobs
To mark the official opening of Dublin City Centre Travelodge PLUS - award-winning Dublin street artist, Shane Sutton, was commissioned to create a bespoke towering mural which pays homage to the hotel’s location at the docklands
At the opening it was announced that Galway City Travelodge has been extended and upgraded to a Travelodge PLUS spec
Travelodge, the UK and Ireland’s first branded budget hotel chain which operates nearly 600 hotels across the UK, Ireland and Spain has officially opened its 11th hotel in Ireland in Dublin city centre- under its franchise agreement with Tifco.
Tifco has held a franchise agreement with Travelodge since 2016 and manages 11 Travelodge hotels across Ireland from Cork to Belfast.
The 393-room, Dublin City Centre Travelodge PLUS hotel is not only the largest branded hotel in Ireland, it is also the second largest hotel in Dublin city centre. It is also the first Travelodge hotel to offer the group’s premium economy SuperRooms.
The hotel was officially opened by Steve Bennett, Travelodge Chief Property & Development Officer and Enda O’Meara, Tifco, Chief Executive at an event attended by over 200 people. At the hotel opening ceremony a mural created by award winning Irish artist, Shane Sutton was unveiled. The 9 metres x 5 metres bespoke artwork titled Deep Dive Tea Break towers over the hotel’ heated terrace and provides a dramatic instagramable backdrop. The mural depicts a 19th-century diver paying homage to the hotel's location at Dublin docklands. Shane spray painted this mural in 5 days.
Shane Sutton is an highly skilled artist with a fervent passion for multiple disciplines, including traditional painting, film making and street art and its current focus is on street, canvas and digital art - which he explores through his street art persona - SPACER. This was the technique used to create the artwork at Dublin City Centre Travelodge PLUS.
Dublin City Centre Travelodge PLUS represents a multi-million euro investment for Tifco and has created 100 new jobs. This is the group’s fifth Travelodge hotel in Dublin.
The hotel is located in the heart of the financial district and close to all major attractions such as the Convention Centre, IFSC, Silicon Docks, Temple Bar, 3 Arena, Bord Gas Energy Theatre plus city centre tourist attractions and shopping centres areas.
Dublin City Travelodge PLUS has been designed by renowned architectural practice MCA Architects. The attractive contemporary building features glazed facades and a natural stone and brick finish, using a variety of elevational styles to enhance and integrate the local streetscape.
The eight-storey hotel has been designed in the group’s ‘budget-chic’ Travelodge PLUS concept. This hotel format is designed around the needs of the budget traveller who wants that little bit more style and choice. Travelodge Plus hotels offer a distinctive choice of rooms as well as a contemporary style restaurant with touches to make it easier to work and relax outside the room.
The 393-room hotel across seven floors offers 175 SuperRooms, the group’s premium economy rooms. Similar to the long haul airlines, Travelodge has dialled up the comfort factor and created a room concept especially for business customers and leisure travellers who want a bit more comfort and don’t mind paying a little bit more.
The stylish SuperRoom has everything that you would expect from Travelodge with lots of additional creature comforts to enhance the business customer experience. This includes a Hansgröhe Raindance three-jet shower, in-room Lavazza coffee pod machines, a larger desk, 43” TV, mood lighting and USB power points throughout. The room is styled in a modern residential décor scheme, creating a home from home feel. It features the dream-light colour scheme which includes tones of calming blue, warm beige and tranquil taupe, creating a relaxing atmosphere to aid a good night’s sleep.
The hotel also offers a range of room types which includes: family, double, twin accessible and interconnecting rooms. The gem of the hotel is the seventh floor which offers a number of double height rooms showcasing exceptional city views.
The other 218 ‘budget chic’ Travelodge PLUS rooms offer a premium ‘Tranquillity Zen’ colour scheme with tones of warm taupe, serenity beige and light white and feature the signature luxurious king-size Dreamer beds and blackout curtains to create the perfect setting for a quality night’s sleep.
The ground floor features a large open lobby style reception area, work and relaxation zones, The signature mossco bar and restaurant. The bar menu offers a range of cocktails, fine wines and popular spirits. The restaurant features a stylish daytime cafe with an all-day menu and a breakfast and dinner menu. The restaurant also features a stylish outdoor terrace where guests can enjoy a drink or a meal and enjoy viewing Shane Sutton’s impactful artwork.
At the hotel opening, Tifco also announced it has upgraded its Galway City hotel to a Travelodge PLUS concept. This multi-million euro investment includes adding 17 new rooms to the original site, upgrading the hotel (reception, rooms and Bar Cafe) to the new contemporary Travelodge PLUS design and adding 19 premium economy SuperRooms.
Galway City Travelodge is located a short walk away from business hubs Mervue Business Park and Galway Technology Centre and is also close to all the city centre tourist attractions such as Salthill Promenade and Eyre Square.
With the opening of Travelodge Plus Dublin City Centre and the upgrade of Travelodge Galway City, the group now offers 194 SuperRooms in Ireland
Steve Bennett, Travelodge, Chief Property & Development Officer said: “We are delighted to open the largest branded budget hotel in Ireland in a key location in the heart of Dublin City Centre with Tifco. It is a magnificent hotel and showcases just how far the budget hotel sector has grown over the last three decades. I would like to congratulate the Tifco team on a great job. This opening marks a step change for budget hotels in Ireland. Britain and Ireland are now a nation of budget travellers, with more of us choosing to stay in budget hotels than any other hotel type. Bringing Travelodge PLUS and SuperRooms to Ireland helps us to offer business and leisure travellers more choice whilst staying true to our mission to be the favourite hotel for value. As we look to the future we are looking forward to growing our hotel network across Ireland and we look forward to working with Tifco on our Irish estate.”
Enda O’Meara, Tifco, Chief Executive said: “Dublin City Centre Travelodge PLUS is our first new-build Travelodge hotel and we are delighted to bring the Travelodge PLUS and SuperRooms concept to the Irish market. The budget hotel concept is no longer the offering that we have known throughout the decades, when the first Irish Travelodge was opened in 1992 at Dublin airport. Today’s travellers want affordable choices and now we can offer a range of budget style rooms to suit individual needs and tastes. With strong visitor numbers predicted to be visiting Dublin this year supported with a strong music, sporting and business events calendar in place - this hotel opening has come at exactly the right time and we have already got off to a flying start.”
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Notes to Editor:
Falite Ireland has registered Travelodge Plus Dublin City Centre as the second largest hotel in the City Centre and largest 3-star hotel in Ireland.
Travelodge now has 11 hotels in Ireland in the following locations:
Travelodge Plus Dublin City Centre
Travelodge Dublin City Centre Rathmines
Travelodge Dublin Phoenix Park
Travelodge Dublin Airport North
Travelodge Dublin Airport South
Travelodge Plus Galway City
Travelodge Belfast Central
Travelodge Limerick Ennis Road
Travelodge Limerick Castletroy
Travelodge Cork Airport
Travelodge Waterford