At the official opening of its fifth and biggest hotel in Glasgow, Travelodge confirmed it is seeking to open further hotels across the city.
Travelodge celebrates its 30th anniversary in Scotland this year. Glasgow Queen Street Travelodge, a 171-room property with Bar Café, is an office conversion. It’s the company’s fifth and biggest hotel in Glasgow and is located on Queen Street close to the railway station. It represents a property investment of £12 million and has created 42 new jobs.
The hotel has been designed in the company’s new contemporary brand design which has been created by Travelodge customers. Its features an upgraded product offering including a bespoke king size bed called ‘The Travelodge Dreamer’.
To celebrate the opening of its biggest hotel in Glasgow, Travelodge held a competition with S3 students from Whitehill Secondary school – offering one student the opportunity to officially open the hotel with The Bailie to the Lord Provost, Eva Bolander and Travelodge chief operating officer, Jon Hendry Pickup.
Students were set the task to design a piece of artwork inspired by Scotland’s most famous architect, designer, water colourist and artist, Glaswegian, Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
The school submitted 16 entries and hotel manager at Glasgow Queen Street Travelodge, Libby Gilmour chose the winning picture prior to the event.
All 16 pieces of artwork were framed and hung in the Bar Café wall. The wall was covered up and at the opening event, the children were asked to tear the paper wall and reveal the winning picture.
The winning artist was 14-year-old Khadeeja Al Dakhil who lives in the Westend area. Khadeeja moved to Glasgow with her family from Iraq two years ago. Prior to moving to Glasgow she received no formal education.
Libby Gilmour, hotel manager at Glasgow Queen Street Travelodge said: “I was astounded by the quality of the artwork produced by the pupils at Whitehill Secondary School. Amazing work!
“Charles Rennie Mackintosh would be so impressed on how his artwork inspires youngsters today. However there was one picture that I could not take my eyes off and Khadeeja’s picture stole my heart and won the competition. Well done Khadeeja.
“My team and I are delighted to have this bespoke wall of art in our new hotel – it’s such a great talking point with customers. We have even had a few customers asking if they can purchase the pictures. I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to all the 16 artists for creating such beautiful pictures for us and my customers to enjoy.”
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