Travelodge staff let strangers into guest rooms sixty times report finds
An independent review revealed Travelodge hotel staff handed keys to unauthorized strangers 60 times following a 2022 sexual assault incident.
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Travelodge hotel staff let strangers into guest rooms 60 times, according to an independent review reported by the Daily Mail. The findings follow a December 2022 incident in Maidenhead where 29-year-old Kyran Smith lied to a receptionist to obtain a key card to a colleague's room. [1]
The Daily Mail reported that Smith claimed to be the woman's boyfriend to gain entry. He subsequently sexually assaulted her in her bed and was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison in February. [1]
Hotel staff did not take immediate internal action at the time of the assault, beyond providing CCTV footage to police officers, the Daily Mail said. [1]
Travelodge opened its first UK hotel in Staffordshire in 1985 as a budget hotel chain. By 2024, the company operated across the United Kingdom and planned further expansions in the UK and Spain. [4]
In short
- An independent review found Travelodge staff allowed strangers into guest rooms 60 times.
- Kyran Smith was jailed for seven and a half years in February after using a fraudulently obtained key to assault a colleague in December 2022.
- Travelodge staff initially took no action beyond handing over CCTV footage to the police.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]Travelodge hotel staff let strangers into people's rooms SIXTY times, shock report finds after man was given key to female guest's room and sexually assaulted herDaily Mail, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
Background
- [2]Travelodge on Wikipedia
- [3]Child abduction on Wikipedia
- [4]Travelodge on Grokipedia
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