TRAVELODGE LAUNCHES THE UK’S FIRST CHRISTMAS THEMED
HO-HO-HOTEL ROOM
The Christmas Room is available to book from Monday 17th December 2018 till Sunday 6th January 2019
Today, in a UK first, budget hotel chain, Travelodge, has gone all festive and launched a Christmas themed room for customers to book over the festive season.
The Travelodge Christmas room features all the key elements required to create a magical Christmassy setting whilst staying away from home during the festive season.
The Christmas family room is being trialled at the company’s latest hotel opening, its 573rd hotel, York Monks Cross Travelodge. It is available to book from Monday 17th December 2018 to Sunday 6th January 2019.
The Travelodge Christmas room costs from £45 per night, which could work out at just £11.25 per person for a family of two adults and two children.
The Travelodge Christmas room can be booked by emailing York Monks Cross Travelodge at: christmas@traveldoge.co.uk or by calling 020 3019 3589. The room is available on a first come basis.
The Travelodge Christmas room features the following:
· A Christmas scene feature mural with Father Christmas and Rudolph
· A stylish 6ft high pine Christmas tree decorated in crystal decorations
· A luxurious king-size Travelodge Dreamer bed dressed in cosy Christmassy red and white bedding
· Two individual comfy beds for the children
· Snow carpet
· Festive pre-lit garlands creating a magical setting
· Red blackout curtains
· Festive room fragrance
· Stacks of decorative Christmas presents
· Comfy chairs with faux fur throws
· Complementary hot chocolate with marshmallows
· Complementary mince pies
· Bedside power / charging points for smart devices
The Travelodge Christmas room has been designed following extensive research with 1,500 British adults to seek their views on what makes them feel Christmassy. Key findings revealed that we are a nation obsessed with Christmas as 83% of British adults reported they love Christmas.
The key item that makes adults feel Christmassy is a beautifully decorated Christmas tree according to 63% of the people interviewed. Over half of adults (58%) stated a room decorated with Christmas decorations and lights makes them feel festive. Whilst 52% of Britons reported seeing stacks of presents makes them feel like it’s Christmas.
Four out of ten Britons reported that eating mince pies makes them feel Christmassy. Over a third (37%) of Britons said the colours red and white makes them feel festive. Whilst for a quarter (25%) of adults seeing Father Christmas gets them into the Christmas mood.
Shakila Ahmed, Travelodge Spokeswoman said: “Christmas is such a magical time, so to mark the opening of our latest hotel, York Monks Cross Travelodge, we thought it would be fun to create a ‘Wonderful Christmas’ themed room. The magical Christmassy setting within the room provides an extra element of festive cheer, for customers staying away from home during the holidays.”
“Our York Monks Cross Travelodge team are super excited about their Christmas room and can’t wait to see customer reactions. It certainly has the Ho-Ho-Ho factor”.
Travelodge asked Mum, Alicia Megan Barnard and daughter, Amira Megan Barnard to test the Christmas room. Both were overwhelmed by the magical setting of the room.
Eight year old, Amara Megan Barnard said: “Wow, This is Christmas in a room! it’s so fun and magical.”
Other findings from the research revealed that 71% of British households will decorate their homes with a Christmas tree and 40% of homes will showcase more than three trees this festive season.
The lounge is the nation’s most popular room to decorate at Christmas. A third of Britons like to deck their hall in decorations whilst a fifth will glam up their kitchen in decorations and 17% go all festive in their bedroom. A fifth of Britons love Christmas so much that they will decorate their whole house.
The survey also revealed that seven out of ten (70%) of adults reported that a Christmas themed room makes them feel happy.
York Monks Cross Travelodge is the company’s latest hotel opening and its sixth hotel in York. It is located at:Monks Cross Dr, Huntington, York YO32 9GZ
With this opening, Travelodge is now the city’s largest branded hotel operator. The 80-room hotel features an on-site restaurant called the Bar Café and car-park. It is the first hotel to be located at Monks Cross Shopping Park.
Click hereto view how the Travelodge Christmas Room mural was created by world renowned artist Luke McDonnell.
Images of the Travelodge Christmas room can be obtained by calling the Travelodge press office at: 01844 35 8703 or by emailing pressoffice@travelodge.co.uk
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For further details, please contact:
The Travelodge Press Office
T: 01844 35 8703
E: pressoffice@traveldoge.co.uk
Notes to editors:
· York Monks Cross Travelodge is located at: Monks Cross Dr, Huntington, York YO32 9GZ
· The Travelodge Christmas Room can be booked from Monday 17th December 2018 till Sunday 6th January 2019
· It is booked on a first come basis
· The Christmas Room can be booked for a maximum two nights per customer
· The room rate starts from £45 per night for the room
· The Christmas Room can accommodate two adults and two children
· The Christmas Room can be booked by emailing: Christmas@travelodge.co.uk or by calling the hotel on: 020 3019 3589 to check availability. If the room is available the HM will put it on hold for the customer and then the customer has one hour to go online and book a room at York Monks Cross Travelodge. The customer then sends their booking reference number to the HM at York Monks Cross Travelodge. The HM allocates the room to the customer.
TheChristmas scene feature mural was painted by world renowned artist,
Luke McDonnell. Luke is a self-taught mural artist, graphic designer and illustrator. With a passion for creating art he has produced murals and street art around the world before setting up business five years ago with fellow artist Mike Evans under the name of Chiba Creative.