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Travelodge CEO Resigns After Female Guest Assaulted at a Hotel
The chief executive officer of Travelodge Hotels Ltd. has stepped down, as the chain pledged to beef up its security measures after a female guest was sexually assaulted at one of its properties. Jo Boydell is leaving the British budget hotel…
Travelodge boss quits amid fallout over hotel chain's security failings
The boss of Travelodge has resigned after widespread criticism of her handling of security failings at the hotel chain, including a shocking case where a domestic abuser was given a key to a woman's room before assaulting her. In a brief company…
Travelodge boss steps down amid safety overhaul after sexual assault at hotel
News from the City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Travelodge chief executive Jo Boydell has stepped down as…
Alcohol licence approved for Teesworks 'workers' hub' hotel
Gareth Lightfoot Local Democracy Reporting Service An alcohol licence has been granted for a hotel described as a 'workers' hub' for a nearby freeport and industrial area. The Commercial on Middlesbrough Road, South Bank, is expected to mainly…
Alcohol licence approved for Teesworks 'workers' hub' hotel
An alcohol licence has been granted for a hotel described as a 'workers' hub' for a nearby freeport and industrial area. The Commercial on Middlesbrough Road, South Bank, is expected to mainly serve people working at Teesworks when it opens and…
Travelodge boss steps down amid fallout from hotel room sexual assault
Travelodge chief executive Jo Boydell has stepped down as the group continues to overhaul its safety measures after a sexual assault at one of the chain's hotels. The firm said Ms Boydell leaves after 13 years with the group and will be replaced by…
K-culture boom is reshaping Seoul's hotel market
Korean culture is driving a surge in foreign visitors to Seoul, reshaping the city's hotel market and leading hotel operators to upgrade facilities and rebrand their properties to attract higher-spending international travelers. In the first half…
Travelodge boss steps down amid fallout from sexual assault in hotel room
Travelodge's chief executive Jo Boydell has stepped down, the hotel chain has announced. It comes amid the fallout of a 2022 sexual assault at a Maidenhead Travelodge hotel, where staff mistakenly issued a key card to a woman's attacker. Travelodge…
Host Hotels & Resorts: Impressive Earnings Make This A Buy (NASDAQ:HST)
Host Hotels & Resorts is upgraded to 'Buy' with a $25/share price target, reflecting improved fundamentals and attractive risk/reward. HST delivered a strong Q2 2026, raising AFFO guidance to $2.15–$2.18/share and achieving robust RevPAR…
GMH Hotels: The Metric That Broke Hotel Strategy
Net unit growth, the metric hotel brands have chased for a decade, may be the wrong measure of industry success, according to a new Skift analysis. Minor International's proposed $1 billion hotel REIT spanning NH Hotels, Anantara, and Minor Hotels…
Hotel lease-holder arrested, two detained after Kolkata hotel inferno kills nine
Kolkata Police on Wednesday (August 19, 2026) night arrested the lease holder of the hotel in Mirza Ghalib Street where a massive fire broke out killing nine people including several Bangladeshi nationals. 'Late last night, a team of Detective…
Inside the collapse of a long-established Scottish hotel group
Alistair McAlinden, joint administrator and head of Interpath in Scotland, reflected the concerns that have been aired all too regularly by the tourism and hospitality industry in recent years when he explained the reasons why Strathmore Hotels had…
Taste of Pata offers agents chance to win holiday and hotel stays
Aug 20, 202609:44 GMT by Samantha Mayling The Tourism Authority of Thailand offered agents massages during Taste of Pata 2025 Pacific Asia Travel Association (Pata) UK & Ireland's flagship training event for agents, Taste of Pata, returns to London…
Travelodge boss quits after woman sexual assaulted in hotel room
The chief executive of Travelodge, Jo Boydell, has stepped down after critics slammed her response to a guest's sexual assault. The company continues to revamp its safety measures after a woman was attacked at one of the chain's hotels. A guest at…
Nine foreign nationals killed in major hotel fire in India: 'People could not escape'
A fire tore through a hotel in India's eastern city of Kolkata, killing at least nine people including a child, the latest in a series of fire incidents in the state. The blaze erupted around 2am local time on Wednesday when guests were asleep in…
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