NEWS RELEASE
€19 Hotel Room Bonanza!
Travelodge.ie launches €19 Room Sale
Thursday 3rd March 2011: Great news for those worried about the cost of getting away for a break in Ireland this year. Travelodge Ireland, the country’s leading budget hotel group, has today (March 3rd) launched a bonanza room sale that will help Ireland’s holiday-hungry get a getaway fix this Spring, Summer and Autumn at any of Travelodge’s 11 hotels throughout the country for just €19 per room.
The €19 room bonanza went live at 6am this morning. We’re selling 19,000 rooms at €19; sale prices will then range between €25 & €45 and will run until 50,000 rooms have been sold. Rooms are available exclusively on Travelodge.ie and cover the stay dates 6th March - 31st October, 2011.
Commenting on Travelodge’s 2011 Bonanza Sale, Seamus McGowan, Managing Director, Travelodge Ireland, said, “We know from our customers that as the days get brighter, many of us are plotting where we can go for a getaway break this year, but within a specific budget! Now it’s possible to go directly to our website and book a break for spring, summer and autumn in Travelodge hotels across Ireland for just €19 per room per night. This means that Travelodge remains the most affordable getaway option in Ireland and if our Christmas sale is anything to go by, we can expect great demand for these rooms.”
With people being increasingly cost conscious, Travelodge’s three star hotels across the country offer the perfect alternative to full service four and five star hotels. Travelodge Hotels include free parking, WiFi access and complimentary tea and coffee as part of the room rate and all Travelodge hotel bedrooms are modern, spacious and comfortable and include flat screen TV’s, king size beds and comfy duvets.
Travelodge Ireland has 11 hotels throughout Ireland, with four in Dublin (Rathmines, Ballymun, Swords and Castleknock), two in Limerick (Ennis Road and Castletroy) and one hotel in each of in Cork, Galway, Belfast, Waterford and Derry.
NEWS RELEASE
Who’s Sleeping on the Job?
Irish workers have lost an hour's sleep a night since the downturn,
according to a new survey by Travelodge Ireland
· Irish workers lose seven years of sleep in their lifetime because of stress
· 28% have taken a sick day after a bad night’s sleep
· 70% say they are ‘horrible’ to work with when sleep deprived
· 25% have taken a catnap at work
· 16% snooze at their desk
· 65% regularly skip their morning shower to spend longer in bed
Monday 21st February 2011: Stress and worry are keeping Irish professionals awake at night with thousands getting less than the recommended eight hours sleep, according to a national survey of 500 Irish people from some 15 professions by leading budget hotel group Travelodge Ireland.
The average worker misses out on seven hours of sleep a week – the equivalent of a whole night’s sleep - due to job worries, stress and irregular shift patterns.
The Travelodge survey found that in 2010: 28% of Irish workers took a day off following a bad night's sleep; 70% blamed stress about the economy and job security for this lack of sleep; 54% attributed a lack of sleep for their inability to concentrate and get through their workload; and 65% said they are ‘horrible’ to work with when sleep deprived. All of the above are having a significant impact on Ireland’s productivity.
So what professions are most affected?
1 SME company directors (5.5hrs)
2 Shift workers – doctors, nurses, emergency services (5.5hrs)
3 Bankers (6.0hrs)
4 Taxi drivers (6.0hrs)
5 Public Sector Administrators (6.5hrs)
6. Mortgage providers/estate agents (6.5hrs)
7. Tradesmen – electricians, plumbers, carpenters (6.75hrs)
8. Solicitors (7hrs)
9. Insurance brokers (7hrs)
10 Retail workers (7.5hrs)
Directors of small to medium businesses fare worst, surviving on an average 5.6 hours instead of the recommended eight a night, resulting in a loss of two nights sleep a week, or 13 years over a working life. This has been attributed to stress over redundancies, an increase in workload, the company’s finances, bank loans, and the general welfare of the company.
People on a variety of shift patterns, most notably doctors and those in the emergency services, are also very poor sleepers, which is said to be a result of the body’s inability to cope with changing sleep patterns and the increases in their workload due to recruitment freezes.
Bankers, who were once sound snoozers, index now as being the third worst sleepers in the country, followed closely by taxi drivers who have the woes of the nation in their heads come sleep time, whilst most trades people claimed they are sleeping on average one hour less a night than before the recession.
Public sector administrative workers are also suffering, averaging 6.3 hours a night, with many blaming this on a fear for their job security and recent pay cuts, which they never before experienced.
The only industries reported to be getting a good night sleep are IT workers, charitable organisations, funeral directors, and those with a secure job based in a single location.
The desire to catch up on much-needed sleep is so great that a quarter of adults claim to take a catnap at work, with 16% dozing at their desk and 10% even retreating to the toilet for forty winks.
Further findings from the study found the nation's daily battle against exhaustion means the average adult actually takes 13 minutes to get out of bed when their alarm clock rings and 65% admitted they will regularly skip their morning shower in order to spend longer in bed.
"Having sleepless nights on a long-term basis can be very detrimental to your health and it will affect your productivity and overall wellbeing”, says Seamus McGowan, Director, Travelodge Ireland. "Therefore it's essential to invest in topping up your sleep quota when possible to ensure you are getting eight hours of sleep on a regular basis, whether it’s a siesta during the day, getting an early night once or twice a week, or a leisurely Saturday morning in bed."
Travelodge Ireland has 11 hotels throughout Ireland, with four in Dublin (Rathmines, Ballymun, Swords and Castleknock), two in Limerick (Ennis Road and Castletroy) and one hotel in each of in Cork, Galway, Belfast, Waterford and Derry.
Travelodge Hotels include free parking, WiFi access and complimentary tea and coffee as part of the room rate and all Travelodge hotel bedrooms are modern, spacious and comfortable and include flat screen TV’s, king size beds and comfy duvets.
News Release
FACEBOOK’S A BIG HIT IN BED THIS VALENTINES!
Status Update: Roses are red but technology may be making Irish people blue
· 65% of Irish adults check Facebook before falling asleep
· 7% have stopped making love to check a text message
· 25% get a work text from their boss in bed
· 10% of singletons check online dating websites in bed
· 15% send a ‘tweet dreams’ message
· 20% check celebrity pages before snoozing
Thursday 10th February 2011: Facebook is not necessarily something that springs to most people’s mind when asked about their bed time habits on Valentines night. However, a new survey of Irish people’s social media habits in bed by leading budget hotel, Travelodge Ireland, reveals that the No. 1 thing Irish people like to do before turning off their light is to check their Facebook page! Does that mean that this Valentines, the red hot bedroom will turn a cooler shade of blue?
According to the Travelodge Ireland survey, thousands of Irish people are losing valuable sleep each night because they are addicted to social networking and texting. Gone are the days when Irish people liked nothing better than to be tucked up in bed with a mug of cocoa and a good book or newspaper. In today's increasingly connected society, 65% of Irish adults admit to updating their Facebook status or checking their friends’ Facebook status in bed before falling asleep.
Texting is another issue that’s badly affecting Irish people’s time between the sheets, with 7% of those surveyed confessing they have stopped mid-way through making love with their partner to check an incoming text message.
The survey by Travelodge Ireland consulted 500 Irish adults as part of the hotel’s desire to better understand the nation's bedtime habits with the main finding being that Ireland has become nation of 'Facebook-A-Holics'. Such is our addiction to social media in general, but Facebook in particular, that 6.5 out of ten people are update Facebook, ‘poking’, browsing their news feed and writing on each others' walls instead of going to sleep. In addition, 15% of these adults also send a regular night-time Tweet to their followers and 20% catch up on Tweets from their favourite celebrities and friends in bed.
Irish people who Facebook and Tweet in bed average 20 minutes of social networking with online pals each night - with the peak chatting time being between 9.30 – 10.00pm. This time spent social networking is affecting Irish people’s sleep quota as on average respondents reported they are getting just 6.5 hours sleep per night. (This is 1.5hours below the recommended quota of eight hours of sleep per night).
Travelodge Ireland’s survey also revealed that 60% of Irish people state that the very last thing they do before nodding off at night is check their mobile phone for text messages. On average Irish people will spend around 8 minutes every night texting before falling asleep. Four out of ten adults reported they have a regular text communication with friends in bed every night.
Furthermore, 25% of Irish adults surveyed also admitted to being regularly awoken during the night by an incoming text message, while 5% admit to getting late night work-related texts from their boss. 51% of Irish adults surveyed by Travelodge Ireland stated the very first thing they do when they wake up - before even getting out of bed is to check their mobile phone for new texts or emails. 10% state they will respond to any texts that come through during the night before getting out of bed. One in ten Irish singles surveyed admitted they like to check out online dating websites before falling asleep in the hope of finding their perfect partner.
According to Seamus McGowan, Director, Travelodge Ireland, "The impact on social networks on all of our lives is quite remarkable and from the experiences we have with our hotel guests, we are not totally surprised by the findings. With so many ways to now access social media, especially using phones, laptops, iPads and the like, it is really easy to stay in touch with friends, family and even celebrities. Whether social media usage in Irish bedrooms will have any real impact on Irish sleep patterns remains to be seen.
“However, what is clear is that Irish people literally do not switch off until they go to sleep at night. One of the first questions we get asked by guests is whether we have Wifi access which, of course, we do, right across our 11 hotels throughout the country".
Travelodge Ireland has 11 hotels throughout Ireland, with four in Dublin (Rathmines, Ballymun, Swords and Castleknock), two in Limerick (Ennis Road and Castletroy) and one hotel in each of in Cork, Galway, Belfast, Waterford and Derry.
Travelodge Hotels include free parking, WiFi access and complimentary tea and coffee as part of the room rate and all Travelodge hotel bedrooms are modern, spacious and comfortable and include flat screen TV’s, king size beds and comfy duvets