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Article: Leofric hotel sold to budget chain; TRAVELODGE: Fears wedding receptions and party bookings will not be honoured.(News)
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- Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
- Article date:
- April 22, 2008
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Byline: By Michael Corley
COVENTRY'S best-known hotel, the Leofric, has been sold to budget chain Travelodge.
The sale casts a doubt over bookings for wedding receptions and parties as the new owners are refusing to say whether or not they will be honoured.
Travelodge traditionally specialises in one-night stopovers for businessmen.
But in recent years it has been expanding the group to include more city centre locations, and pushing the ...