Originally Posted by
hotel_user
To be hones, I think it is a kite flying exercise by the landlords ... to put pressure on Goldman to actually pay some rent to them. It will be a loss in the UK to have the budget brand reduced in size. They have many contracts with local authorities to re house on a B and B basic many groups of constituency. I would not wish to share the accomodation with some of these long term guests ( having done it once ).
There has been a long running dispute and some previous creditor voluntary arrangements in which the landlords to Travelodge have taken a hit ( or two ). These ones will need a considerable sum of money spent on them to bring them up to the standard of Ibis. Most do not have restaurant facilities either.
Yes this is the second time they have went down the CVA route. IIRC they offloaded a load of properties to other operators the last time. What is now Ibis Styles in Blackpool was one of the ones offloaded and all they have done is paint a feature wall in the rooms and change the shower curtain to a shower screen so as you pointed out above quite a few could become Styles.
It's a while since I've stayed in one tbh I wasn't aware they were being used as rehousing B&Bs