The Travelodge at Sutton has been selected as one of 11 Travelodge hotels to reopen this week to support key workers within the local community.

Travelodge has been operating 51 of its hotels during the Covid-19 lockdown, providing accommodation for critical / key workers and supporting local authorities.

Now a further 11 Travelodge hotels, including the one at Sutton, are being reopened to support the growing demand by key workers.

As part of its reopening hotel programme, Travelodge has taken its key learnings whilst operating in the lockdown and is launching TravelodgeProtect+, a programme of cleaning and social distancing measures in line with government guidance – designed to keep its customers and teams safe and protected post lockdown.

Travelodge Protect+ has been developed by a dedicated cross functional hygiene strategy team and will become the way Travelodge operates going forward. The programme includes:

Cleaning & Hygiene

·Comprehensive cleaning throughout its hotels using an antiviral disinfectant – effective against Coronavirus

·Additional post clean room checks with digital tracking in place to ensure consistently high standards

·Increased cleaning in high frequency touch points in public areas and rooms

·All linen and towels thermally disinfected

·Comprehensive training of every hotel team member on cleaning, hygiene and social distancing

·Installation of customer hand sanitiser stations in key locations in the hotel

Social Distancing

·Protective reception screens

·Signage to mark social distance points throughout the hotel including check-in markings

·Monitoring the number of customers in a designated area such as the reception area and lifts

·PPE provided for all hotel team members

·To minimise contact, housekeeping team members will not enter customer’s rooms during their stay

·Contactless payment

·Contactless check-out