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The Travelodge brand was one of the first motel chains in the United States. Travelodge Corporation, was incorporated by founder Scott King in Southern California in 1939. The first TraveLodge opened in San Diego in 1940. For many years, Travelodge was headquartered in El Cajon, California, east of San Diego.
In mid-2010, Travelodge bought 52 Innkeeper's Lodge properties from the Mitchells & Butlers pub chain, leaving less than half the original number of Innkeeper's Lodge hotels. In 2011, Travelodge announced a tie-up with British supermarket Waitrose to develop three joint sites in the UK.
HFS then expanded into other businesses, and, in 1997, merged with CUC International to form Cendant Corporation. [citation needed] In 2005, Cendant bought the Wyndham hotel brand from the Blackstone Group. The Wyndham hotel brand was created in 1981 in Dallas, Texas, by Trammell Crow, the president of Trammell Crow Company. [7]
In 2005, the Toga Group entered into a long-term agreement to manage Travelodge Hotels in Australia and New Zealand. [1]In 2005, JF Meridian Trust expanded its operational and capital base by raising A$126.9 million, part of which would go to buy a half stake in the Travelodge Hotel chain with the joint deal involving NRMA as co-owner and the Toga Group as manager of the chain.
Travelodge used navy blue branding. The office building which was the former Forte Group corporate headquarters at 166 High Holborn, London, has, many years after the Forte Group was taken over and broken up, been turned into a Travelodge (the chain having expanded to comprise a much larger number of urban hotels).
The Travel Corporation's not-for-profit TreadRight Foundation was established in 2008. [5] On 16th July 2024, The Tollman Family announced the sale of The Travel Corporation to Apollo Private Equity funds, a US-based asset management firm. The sale marks the end of the Tollman family's 104-year-long tenure of private ownership.
Hashoo Group (Pearl-Continental & Resorts) Dubai & Pakistan: Asia 1960 31 2600 Luxury: Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts PC Signature Collection
Dolce Hotels and Resorts is a brand of independently owned hotels by Wyndham Hotels & Resorts that targets business travelers. The brand touts easy navigation for meeting planners as well as other business clients.