Anglo Holt secures its largest Travelodge deal
WEST Bromwich construction firm Anglo Holt has won its largest ever project with hotel group Travelodge.
The firm has been awarded a contract by client Merchant Place Developments to build a 219-bedroom Travelodge at Eastern Gate in Cambridge, which has a project value of around £9m.The Charities Property Fund has provided forward funding for the project.
The design and construction deal extends the company’s successful 12-year partnership with Travelodge, which has seen it complete 54 hotels, with a further eight contracts currently in progress, worth a total of more than £200.5m.
Anglo Holt managing director Andy Elwell said: “Travelodge Cambridge will be the largest project we’ve handled on behalf of the company to date and it enables us to contribute further to the continued growth of Travelodge throughout the UK.
“Our ability to deliver hotels on time and on budget for Travelodge has been clearly demonstrated in the completion of 54 projects to date.”
Tony O’Brien, UK development director for Travelodge Hotels, said: “Anglo Holt have been instrumental in helping us grow at the pace we have. Sixty two hotels is an incredible achievement and the speed at which they work enables us to get our hotels open quickly and filled with our customers.”
The six-storey hotel will be built on a brownfield site. Work on the 51-week project is due to be completed in April 2013.
