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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…
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 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…
Hotel giant swoops on two popular Sydney pubs in $90m deal
Two popular Sydney pubs, The Clock in Surry Hills and The Bank in Newtown, have changed hands in a deal said to be worth $90 million-plus. Pub giant Australian Venue Co swooped on the two venues after they were offered for sale by Amalgamated…
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…
Choice Hotels: Shares Still Cheap As U.S. Operations Turn A Corner (NYSE:CHH)
Choice Hotels International has struggled over the past year, with the market seemingly focused on the transient headwinds affecting its U.S. business. CHH's business model is attractive. Its largely franchised system drives recurring royalty…
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…
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…
For food-loving travellers, the hotel restaurant is no longer an afterthought
Decades ago, hotel meals rarely ended up on food-loving travellers' to-eat lists. That has changed dramatically, especially in the past five years. Luxury hotels are now cooking up increasingly ambitious dining experiences to woo both travellers…
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…
Man jailed for attempted murder after 'horrific' attack on woman at Scots hotel
A man has been jailed for attempted murder following a 'horrific' attack on a woman at a Scottish hotel. Mohammed Ahmed violently attacked the woman at the premises in Lossiemouth in November 2022. He was arrested the following month following a…
Drugs involved in hotel room incident with Swans players and two mystery men
An ex-AFL player and a mystery man were partying with five Sydney Swans players in a hotel room where drugs were present before an alleged sexual assault occurred. A source familiar with the police investigation, but not authorised to speak…
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