This includes creating new hotel teams for the company’s five new hotels opening this summer, which includes London City Travelodge – the company’s new flagship hotel
Travelodge, Britain’s first budget hotel chain which operates 546 UK hotels is looking to fill 1,785 positions across the country this summer.
From the 1,785 jobs, 1,167 positions are permanent roles which need to be filled immediately across the chain’s 546 UK hotels which stretch the length and breadth of the country. Also this summer Travelodge is opening five new hotels and recruiting for new hotel teams at the following hotels: London City Travelodge, the company’s new flagship hotel and hotels in Telford, Welwyn Garden City, Gainsborough and Redruth.
Permanent positions include: Hotel Managers, Assistant Managers, Bar Café Assistant, House-Keeper, Guest Room Cleaners and Receptionists.
In addition the company is looking to fill 36 positions at its head office in Thame, Oxfordshire - which includes positions in: IT, Revenue, HR, Marketing, Customer Services and Sales.
The remaining positions include: 582 summer jobs across the company’s 546 UK hotels to support the teams during the summer period, which is set to be another record year for Staycation breaks. These roles are temporary but may also lead to a permanent position. Positions include: Bar Café Assistant, House-Keeper, Guest Room Cleaners and Receptionists.
Travelodge is totally dedicated to developing its people and has a successful in-house management programme in place called ASPIRE which helps entry level staff members to successfully climb the career ladder into management. Since the programme was launched it has helped over a thousand entry level staff members into a management position. Last year, 389 Travelodge staff members graduated from the Aspire programme.
Craig Bonnar, Travelodge Chief Operating Officer said:
“As one of the UK’s largest hotel chains, operating 546 hotels across the country we are gearing up for a busy summer period which includes the opening of our new flagship hotel, London City Travelodge. To support our operations we are actively recruiting for 1,785 people to join our Travelodge team.
If you have passion, determination and a real desire to look after people then we will help you learn the rest. Joining Travelodge opens the door to training, coaching and career progression. Our in-house management development programme has helped hundreds of entry level colleagues into a management job. We offer flexible working hours ideal for parents who want to work, raise a family and climb the career ladder.”
To find out more about these jobs and careers at Travelodge, please visit: https://www.travelodge.co.uk/careers/. Please see notes to editors for full list of Travelodge’s entry level employee benefits.