Travelodge announces summer recruitment drive of 1,000 jobs across UK


Travelodge, one of the UK's largest independent hotel chain's which operates 544 hotels is looking to fill 1,000 positions across the UK this summer.

From the 1,000 jobs, 700 permanent roles need to be filled immediately across the chain's UK hotels. The remaining 300 jobs are positions for the summer period - ideal for students.

Permanent jobs include the following roles: Hotel Mangers, Assistant Hotel Managers, Receptionists, Bar Cafe team members, Housekeeping and Guest Room Cleaners.

Summer jobs include the following roles: Receptionists, Bar Café Team Member and Guest Room Cleaners. These roles are a combination of full time and part time positions, which Travelodge has designed to work around people's other commitments, such as childcare and University programmes.

Craig Bonnar, Travelodge Chief Operating Officer, (pictured) said, 'We are currently recruiting for 1,000 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 a hotel company opens the door to training, career progression and even roles in new countries.

'At Travelodge, we are committed in developing our people. We have a successful in-house management development programme in place that has helped hundreds of colleagues climb the career ladder into management via an entry level position. The world certainly is your oyster in the hospitality industry.'

Travelodge is committed in developing its people and offers further education and training opportunities across the business. To date over 500 Travelodge employees have graduated into a management position by undertaking the in-house development programme called Aspire.

Travelodge welcomes over 18 million customers every year and currently has 10,000 colleagues currently working across the business.