National property and construction consultancy Wakemans is on site with a new £6.8million Travelodge in Ealing, which is scheduled for completion next February.

Wakemans is acting as employer's agent, quantity surveyor and CDM co-ordinator on the new-build project on behalf of developer Stevens Properties, which will then lease the hotel to Travelodge on a long term basis.  

The 99 room hotel is being built on Uxbridge Road, a main route into Ealing, and will feature a Bar Café, Travelodge's own brand restaurant serving breakfast, snacks and light meals on the ground floor.  It is Travelodge's first hotel in the town and will support the UK's fastest growing hotel chain in its bid to grow its estate to 70,000 rooms across approximately 1,000 hotels by 2020. 

Tony O'Brien, Travelodge's UK Development Director said: "We are very excited to be on site at our fantastic new 99-bed property, which is the first budget hotel in the London borough of Ealing. The hotel is located on a very prominent site on Uxbridge Road, well situated for Kew Gardens, Syon House and Thames Valley University. With rooms from £19, Ealing Travelodge will be an ideal low-cost stop over for business and leisure travellers visiting the area, which will attract more visitors to Ealing and help to further boost the local economy."  

Travelodge's first hotel in Ealing represents another major milestone for the company, which is seeking to maximise the potential for growth in the budget hotel sector across London in anticipation of the 2012 Olympics.