Travelodge Is On The Move

Travelodge Australia Ltd., one of the world’s major hotel-motel chains since its takeover last year of the US Travelodge, is building three new hotels in the Islands, and is considering the possibility of building others in the area.

In Fiji, of course, the company has the SF2 million Suva Travelodge, and work is under way on a smaller hotel at Savusavu. As well, the company has stated that it will build another at Taveuni. In addition, the possibility of a Travelodge at Nadi has been discussed.

In Apia, high hopes are held by Travelodge that the governmental go-ahead will come later this year for a SWSI million hotel.

Northwards, work will finish late this year on Rabaul Travelodge, on New Guinea’s New Britain, which will be smaller than the Suva Travelodge.

Then there is the word that an announcement will come in early June of a 200-bed Travelodge to be built about a mile from Tahiti’s Faaa airport. And the tip is that the firm’s proposal to the Cook Islands Government for a small Travelodge at Rarotonga could be successful because of the firm’s association with the big NZ builder, Fletcher. As well as all this development, and talk of development, the company has recently been examining the tourist potential of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands.