Budget hotel chain Travelodge is aiming to build a talent pipeline of hospitality staff through the launch of a new skills academy training centre.

The academy, located inside the Coventry Travelodge, has been set up by the National Skills Academy for Hospitality. It aims to develop the customer service and management skills within the hospitality sector.

The hotel’s previously vacant meeting rooms have been refurbished with training equipment, new furniture and the all of the rooms re-decorated to house the academy. The academy will be open seven days a week for companies to hire and the training centre also hosts a customer service course each week.