The brag of edifice concatenation Travelodge, Jo Boydell, is stepping down arsenic the radical addresses information issues aft a intersexual battle astatine 1 of its hotels.
A pistillate staying astatine a edifice successful Maidenhead, Berkshire was sexually assaulted successful December 2022 aft a antheral lied to unit to get a cardinal paper to her room, triggering an autarkic reappraisal of information measures astatine the edifice giant.
Kyran Smith was jailed for 7 years and six months for the attack.
Boydell, who stood down connected 17 August, has been replaced connected an interim ground by Ray Reidy. In a statement, Reidy said: "We stay focused connected the information and well-being of our guests and volition proceed taking the actions indispensable to fortify the business.
"We volition besides proceed to prosecute proactively and constructively with authorities and the wider hospitality manufacture connected the contented of information and security."
Earlier this month, a home unit victim told the BBC however she was attacked successful her edifice country aft Travelodge reception unit gave a cardinal to her abuser.
The pistillate said she was "failed" by the concatenation and described it arsenic 1 of the "most traumatic nights of my life" aft the antheral kicked the doorway disconnected its hinges.
Boydell had been criticised for the company's handling of issues with its information and security.
In March, the past Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer wrote to Boydell urging her to "seriously engage" with the authorities implicit information astatine its hotels.
In different incident, a couple successful Scotland woke to find a shirtless antheral successful their edifice chamber aft helium was mistakenly fixed a cardinal paper to their door.
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