Travelodge changes door key policy after staff gave sex attacker access to woman's room

Travelodge 'standard' security is overhauled to protect women

Travelodge has finally mandated ID checks for all replacement room keys this week. The policy change comes after widespread outrage over over the sexual assault of a solo female guest. As the Canary reported previously: a woman was sexually assaulted after making a solo booking at the hotel – only for staff to give her attacker a key to her room. The perpetrator of the sexual assault, Kyran Smith, told staff he was her boyfriend and needed anoth…

Travelodge makes big change after staff gave sex attacker access to woman's room

The new policy has already been implemented across all Travelodge hotels and staff have received additional training on the updated procedures.

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Travelodge changes door key policy after staff gave sex attacker access to woman's room

Kyran Smith was jailed for more than seven years after he sexually assaulted a woman as she slept in her hotel room in Berkshire.

Hotel chain updates key card policy after sexual assault in Berkshire

The Travelodge hotel chain has made changes to its door key policy after a hotel guest was sexually assaulted by a man who was given the key card to her room