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Alan Jones, PA & Brett Gibbons

Travelodge growth plan will create 350 jobs at 17 new hotel sites

Hotel chain Travelodge will create 350 new jobs when it opens 17 new sites this year.

About £115million is earmarked for the chain's expansion programme, bosses have said.

Chief executive Peter Gowers said demand for low-cost hotel accommodation was growing.

The sites expected to open in 2019 are:

- Bury St Edmunds

- Chippenham

- Edinburgh Park

- Glasgow

- Gosport High Street

- Letchworth Garden City

- Liverpool Edge Lane

- London Dagenham East

- London Beckton North Circular

- Marlow

- Rhyl

- Rochester

- Sittingbourne

- Solihull

- Swindon West

- Walsall

- Winchester

Mr Gowers added: "Despite the uncertainty facing the UK, the long-term prospects for low-cost hotels remain strong.

"The next phase of our expansion plan will see us deliver more choice in more places than ever before.

"We've come a long way from our early days by the side of the motorway and today's Travelodge not only offers the same great value as always, but the extra choice of our new Travelodge Plus and SuperRoom concepts - ideal for those for who want just that little bit more.

"Britain's travellers are changing. We expect more and increasingly we travel to a wider range of places.

"More and more of us are working away from home during the week, and we're taking more long weekends."

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