HOTEL chain Travelodge is to reopen its Wirral venue next week when the next stage of lockdown easing begins.

The team at Eastham Travelodge is preparing to welcome customers back from Monday.

All 15 Travelodge hotels in Merseyside are now open so that the county is fully equipped to welcome back business and leisure travellers and kick start the local economy.

Paul Jones, Travelodge district manager for Merseyside said: "We are very excited to reopen two more Merseyside Travelodges today, alongside our 13 other hotels in the region.

"We are hopeful that by reopening our hotels early we can help kick start the local economy. We are getting geared up for a busy summer as the Staycation is set to be big this year.

"Also as we are the nation’s spare room provider, locals will be having lots of family and friends coming to visit this year and we will be hosting them.

"This is great news for the local economy as research shows, Travelodge customers will spend double their room rate with local businesses during their stay which can equate to a multi-million spend.”

"Our TravelodgeProtect+ programme is sitting in the heart of our business as we reopen to safeguard and protect customers and our teams.

"During this lockdown, Travelodge had over 300 hotels open from Plymouth to Elgin providing accommodation for key / critical workers, business travellers who were allowed to travel and stay over plus local authorities and supporting vulnerable groups."

Earlier this week Travelodge also announced it was opening 17 new hotels across the UK in 2021, creating 360 new jobs. These 17 new hotels are being developed by third party investors with an approximate investment value of £175 million.

It is expected that most of these 17 hotels will be open and trading in time for the summer season to enable more choice to customers.