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Travelodge opens flagship hotel
Travelodge has opened its flagship London City Road Travelodge.
With 392 rooms, it is the budget chain’s largest hotel and the first of 20 properties to be opened in Greater London as part of a £140 million investment by 2012.
Hotels are due to open at London Heathrow Terminal 5 and in Euston in December and in Southwark in March.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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