New hotel jobs off to a flier in Norwich

18/12/2009 11:12:00

Hotel jobs created when a new Travelodge opened in Norwich recently have got off to a good start, the Norwich Evening News reports.

The Central Riverside Travelodge just off Prince of Wales Road in Norwich created 25 hotel jobs when it opened – at a cost of £3 million – earlier in December.

And boss Liam Swift says that the first few weeks have been a great success.

Mr Swift, Travelodge's district manager for East Anglia, told the news provider: "The new hotel has been virtually full since we opened so it's been a good start. There is a good mix of corporate and leisure businesses in Norwich and it is proving an increasingly popular tourist destination."

Local boy ten-year-old Luke Seaman won a competition to mark its opening, which saw entrants having to design their dream hotel and the St William's Primary School pupil won his family a Travelodge weekend break.

The budget hotel company recently announced it plans to create 250 hotel jobs in 2010 with the opening of ten new hotels in the UK.

Hotel recruitment in Norwich.

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