UK-based Travelodge is celebrating the 25th anniversary of what it says is the UK's first branded budget hotel.
According to Caterersearch, company chairman Grant Hearn said: "In 1985, history was made when Travelodge opened the UK's very first budget hotel on the A38 in the centre of England.
"To mark our 25th anniversary, we thought it was quite fitting to place a commemorative plaque in this hotel's reception area to highlight its place in British history; as the UK's first branded budget hotel."
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He added that the aim was to double the hotel size in the next decade to hit 1000 hotels with 70,000 rooms.
The company currently boasts 453 hotels with 439 hotels in the UK.
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