Despite the economy crisis, the hotel chain Travelodge is due to open 22 new hotels in the UK before Christmas. Their development managing director Paul Harvey has announced that the credit crunch has forced corporations to change their hotel habits for their employees and there is a rising demand for budget hotel accommodations. These 22 new hotels will create around 400 new jobs. The story doesn't say if hotel employees who used to work for luxury hotels will move to economy brands overnight. I would guess redundancies will take place in upscale hotels if occupancy keeps going South.
I would imagine that both Premier Inn and Travelodge are going to do very well from the financial crisis.
Posted by: Luxury Travel | Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 03:23 PM
in india so many hotels are not booked due to crises.india has been great tourist destination last 4-5 years. but this year the no. of tourist is less.
i have design www.indiatravelroute.com website for indian holiday planner innovative destinations. this website got good response 3-4 years back good tour booking inquiries but now a days not that much traffic we got.
all due to economic crises.
cheers
Posted by: aryanamit | Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 06:56 AM
I came across your blog for the first time today and noticed that you write about Uk travel and tourism.
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