Pioneering budget hotel Travelodge is to build 10 new hotels throughout the UK which will add a further 857 rooms to their existing 27,000 room portfolio.
Up to 250 new jobs will be created in Edinburgh, High Wycombe, Ipswich, Llanelli, London, Manchester, Newbury, Newcastle Under Lyme and Wadebridge.
Travelodge also plans to grow its current Covent Garden hotel in London by 249 rooms making it the chains largest hotel. The expansion plans are creating 35 new jobs plus up to 100 construction jobs.