- Women's charities have called for urgent industry-wide hotel safety standards following a review into the sexual assault of a guest at a Travelodge in 2022.
- An independent review found Travelodge fundamentally failed the victim after a man was wrongly given a key card to her Maidenhead hotel room.
- Police figures revealed that at least 4,011 sexual offences were recorded at hotels across England between January 2023 and January 2026.
- Travelodge is updating its security protocols, including requiring explicit guest consent for replacement key cards and revising room allocations for solo female travellers.
- Research by the Safer Tourism Foundation found that less than half of women feel confident managing their personal safety when travelling alone or with other women.
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