Travelodge saves millions with construction method

8th January 2008, 12:03pm

Travelodge budget hotel chain is pioneering a new construction method that will cut millions of pounds from the cost of its hotel development strategy.

The budget company predicts that this new method will enable the chain to cut 10% from the cost of each build and improve construction speed by 25%.

A new hotel in Uxbridge town centre is due to open in June using the new method, and will be the first hotel in Europe to be constructed in this way. It will feature 120 bedrooms and a Bar Café and will be priced at £19 per room, per night.

Built specifically for the task in China, the modules create a spacious, well-insulated and architectural development and are cost effective, easily transported, stackable and reusable. They will be fitted into a steel frame, bolted together and arranged over the eight floors of the site.

The group is targeting a 10% share of the total UK hotel market by the end of the next decade, and plans to add on average 4,000 rooms (approx 40 hotels) every year up to 70,000 rooms (around 1000 hotels) by 2020.

Paul Harvey, Travelodge's director of property & development, said: "We believe that almost half of our new hotels over the next 12 years could be built in this way. The method also presents interesting recycling options given the steel containers can be reused or melted down.

"On the basis of environmental life cycle modelling, we know modular construction is environmentally friendly so there is tremendous benefit on a number of levels."

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