AHC became involved with Travelodge in 2007 at the invitation of Tony O'Brien, the company’s Head of Development and his Development Manager, Robert Ryan (now Property Director for Techspace). Robert was responsible for the expansion of the London hotel network within the M25. A strategy was formulated to achieve the required objectives and he envisaged that this could best be  accomplished by combining internal & external resources. A team of external consultants was assembled with knowledge and expertise in particular segments of the target area. There were seven Outsourced Development Managers appointed and AHC were selected for the South London area. Initially we reported to the in house development manager Neil Short (now a Development Director with Stay City) and later his successor Alan Oliver. In 2016 the role was extended to cover the Southern Home Counties of Berks, Kent, Surrey & Sussex, working with another of the in house team, Matthew Wythers. 

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The group of outsourced consultants have remained relatively unchanged and have continued to work closely together. Their contact details and respective requirements lists can be found on the company’s website – link provided below.

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www.travelodge.co.uk/property-development

Since AHC have been involved 12 hotels have been secured, 9 are now trading and 3 currently under construction. There are many more projects in the pipeline at various stages of negotiation but there remain a number of outstanding requirements.