Travelodge to be put up for sale by GoldenTree with £1.2bn price tag

US hedge fund seeks to profit from post-pandemic surge in demand for budget hotel chain

Travelodge is to be put up for sale with a price tag of more than 1bn as the owner of the budget hotel chain seeks to cash in on a post-pandemic boom in demand.

GoldenTree, the US hedge fund that took over Travelodge in 2012, has held meetings with investment banks to explore a potential sale of the chain of 595 hotels.