The new multimillion pound Travelodge Hotel being built on Forge Island in Rotherham has begun taking bookings for when it opens this summer.
Forge Island is the town centre's new landmark leisure destination being delivered by Rotherham Council in partnership with Muse. The £47m development includes an 8-screen boutique cinema operated by The Arc Cinema, a 69-roomed Travelodge Hotel as well as six independent restaurants on the riverside, including The Rustic Pizza Company, Estabulo, and Sakku Samba.
The hotel, the first Travelodge in the borough, is now is bookable for stays from July 8 2024.
The four storey hotel is being built by Bowmer + Kirkland on the north of the Forge Island site. It was designed with a metal top and brick base in grey. The new Rotherham hotel will be in Travelodge's new-build budget luxe hotel brand. It has also been confirmed that it will incorporate the new Bar Café concept offering unlimited breakfast, tasty evening meals and fresh barista coffee.
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In 2022 Travelodge announced that it was evolving its core brand product to a new budget-luxe premium look and feel design which includes all the low cost efficiencies you would expect from Travelodge, but with the added benefit of thoughtful, stylish design and homely touches throughout its interiors.
Standard rooms (with new décor and signature king size "Dreamer" bed) are priced at £77.99 for the saver rate and £89.99 for the flexible rate.
Also on Forge Island, Arc Cinemas is currently recruiting for a general manager.
The job advert reads: "The Arc Cinema will be opening its doors to offer an ultra high specification luxury cinema experience to customers in Rotherham. A brand new build, scheduled to open in August 2024, with 8 screens, The Arc Cinema will offer something special for all movie lovers. State-of-the-art facilities offering the ultimate blockbuster experience, while smaller screens provide a more intimate movie watching atmosphere. All screens feature VIP electric recliner seats as standard.
"We pride ourselves in taking great care of our customers, and on becoming a central part of each community that we serve."
On the food and beverage offer, incoming outlet, Rustic Pizza Co has provided an update on Forge Island progress.
The Rustic Pizza Co was founded in 2017. Its base at Lakeside in Doncaster offers authentic Neopolitan style pizza, Italian hand-pulled coffee and rustic breakfasts.
A recent update to Facebook said: "We attended a site visit at Rotherham Forge island this week and to say we are excited would be an understatement! We will be starting our fit out in the next couple of weeks and we can’t wait to bring Rustic to Rotherham!"
Forge Island website
Travelodge website
Arc Cinema website
Rustic Pizza Co website
Images: Travelodge / Rustic Pizza Co / Facebook
Forge Island is the town centre's new landmark leisure destination being delivered by Rotherham Council in partnership with Muse. The £47m development includes an 8-screen boutique cinema operated by The Arc Cinema, a 69-roomed Travelodge Hotel as well as six independent restaurants on the riverside, including The Rustic Pizza Company, Estabulo, and Sakku Samba.
The hotel, the first Travelodge in the borough, is now is bookable for stays from July 8 2024.
The four storey hotel is being built by Bowmer + Kirkland on the north of the Forge Island site. It was designed with a metal top and brick base in grey. The new Rotherham hotel will be in Travelodge's new-build budget luxe hotel brand. It has also been confirmed that it will incorporate the new Bar Café concept offering unlimited breakfast, tasty evening meals and fresh barista coffee.
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In 2022 Travelodge announced that it was evolving its core brand product to a new budget-luxe premium look and feel design which includes all the low cost efficiencies you would expect from Travelodge, but with the added benefit of thoughtful, stylish design and homely touches throughout its interiors.
Standard rooms (with new décor and signature king size "Dreamer" bed) are priced at £77.99 for the saver rate and £89.99 for the flexible rate.
Also on Forge Island, Arc Cinemas is currently recruiting for a general manager.
The job advert reads: "The Arc Cinema will be opening its doors to offer an ultra high specification luxury cinema experience to customers in Rotherham. A brand new build, scheduled to open in August 2024, with 8 screens, The Arc Cinema will offer something special for all movie lovers. State-of-the-art facilities offering the ultimate blockbuster experience, while smaller screens provide a more intimate movie watching atmosphere. All screens feature VIP electric recliner seats as standard.
"We pride ourselves in taking great care of our customers, and on becoming a central part of each community that we serve."
The Rustic Pizza Co was founded in 2017. Its base at Lakeside in Doncaster offers authentic Neopolitan style pizza, Italian hand-pulled coffee and rustic breakfasts.
A recent update to Facebook said: "We attended a site visit at Rotherham Forge island this week and to say we are excited would be an understatement! We will be starting our fit out in the next couple of weeks and we can’t wait to bring Rustic to Rotherham!"
Forge Island website
Travelodge website
Arc Cinema website
Rustic Pizza Co website
Images: Travelodge / Rustic Pizza Co / Facebook
Judging by the state of other nearby hotels, it won't be long until RMBC fills it to the brim with unsupervised addicts, another roaring success
ReplyDeleteYou don't half talk a load of old rope.
DeleteCannot agree more with above especially with the scum that spend all day in the town centre it will be just be somewhere else for them to meet up and ruin it!!!
ReplyDeleteNice
DeleteUnless you spend all day hanging around town how would you know?
DeleteShould think Travelodge will be in control of the hotel's destiny, not addicts, RMBC or misanthropes like you two.
ReplyDeleteA couple of sadsacks
DeleteTalk about being positive!
ReplyDeleteNice to see so much positivity on here, well done all.
ReplyDeletePlenty of travel lodges up and down country full of 'dingy people'wouldnt be surprised if same happens in Rotherham, probably get free passes for cinema too.Nothing would surprise in this mad country!
ReplyDeleteFirstly, what on earth is a dingy person? Secondly how do you know what sort of people "travel lodges" are full of? Thirdly, who would be handing out free cinema tickets? . And fourthly, what happened to you as a child to make you have such a sad and jaundiced view of the world?
DeleteForge Island will be a roaring success despite all the mealy mouthers
ReplyDeleteWell done Travelodge. Pity the Millers couldn't have given you a flying start by staying in the Championship!
ReplyDeleteEvery town center development that is posted on this blog is met with disparagement and cries of "we don't need (insert name of development) we need more restaurants/bars/nightlife" or complaints at the lack of investment from the council. The council has invested in Forge Island and as a result you are getting new restaurants, a hotel with a bar, and a cinema. Have you all not got what you wanted?
ReplyDeleteThere are some people who are never satisfied with the world around them and feel the need to complain about everything they see, hear or feel. Unfortunately for those of us who actually feel some affection for our town, these people vent their spleen on here.
ReplyDeleteTry living in Bramley / Hellaby and you might get a taste for why some poeple have such a distain for RMBC and why they don't trust them to get anything right. And that includes filling hotels with migrants without any consultation or prior notice to the local community.
ReplyDeleteI've lived in Bramley all my life. What is your problem?
DeleteContinued HS2 blight, huge warehouses and the accompanying polution. Want me to carry on?
DeleteThey are not going to fill a brand new hotel in the towns flagship development with asylum seekers, therefore rendering it useless as a hotel. End of story.
ReplyDeleteI know RMBC has previous for many stupid decisions, but they are not THAT daft.
Stop moaning and get using the new facilities when they are open, it's the only way it'll be a success.
They won't fill it the first six months but wait while they realise no ones coming ......bye bye forge island
DeleteDo you honestly think Travelodge would have invested millions of pounds in this development without undertaking any due diligence? Clearly they believe this to be a viable and profitable venture unlike the majority on here.
DeleteCould someone translate this into English please?
DeleteAlways look on the bright side of life…
DeleteAgree 100% with Martin's post. My translation request was for the post before his.
ReplyDeleteRoughly translated the 8.11pm post is saying that the Travelodge will be empty during it's first six months of operation but then the hotel management will realise that no one is coming and Forge Island will be moved to Doncaster Airport where no one goes either.
ReplyDeleteThere are businesses that located to the business parks near to the airport, because of the airport. So get your facts right.
DeleteI said "to Doncaster Airport", not "near to the airport", so my facts were right.
DeleteAlso why don't you try getting a sense of humour?
I bet there are businesses that located close to the airport when it was operational now wish that they hadn't.
ReplyDeleteWe're doomed DOOOMED DOOOOMED I TELL YAH
ReplyDeleteNo school tomorrow but it's still way past your bedtime
ReplyDeleteMost of the businesses which relocated to the airport will never get off the ground
ReplyDelete"99 Lead Balloons..."
ReplyDeleteWait until it floods.
ReplyDeleteWhen has Donny Airport ever flooded?
DeleteDuring tha war Del
ReplyDeleteWorst airport I have ever flown from.
ReplyDeleteIt didn't inspire confidence selling parachutes in the duty free shops.
ReplyDeleteTrue, but where else can you buy butterscotch?
ReplyDeleteOr lucky heather
ReplyDelete