Travelodge has opened its first hotel in Dover and has outlined plans for hotels at the UK’s top 10 busiest cruise ports.
The purpose-built, 108-room Travelodge Dover overlooks Dover Castle and is minutes away from Dover’s cruise terminal.
It has a Bar Cafe and on-site car-parking and represents a £9 million investment for the landlord Legal & General.
In response to the growing cruise boom, Travelodge said it is looking for a further 10 new hotel sites close to the UK’s busiest cruise ports – Edinburgh, Glasgow, Harwich, Hull, Liverpool, Newcastle, Poole, Portsmouth, Southampton and Tilbury.
Tony O’Brien, Travelodge property director, said: "The cruise boom is still underway and predicted to grow from strength to strength; therefore we are getting on board now and looking for ten new hotel sites at UK’s growing Ports.
"This expansion represents an investment of £60 million for third party investors and will create around 300 new jobs."
