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Travelodge review 'emotional read' for security victim
Wendy Griffith was staying at a Travelodge when a naked man banged on her door and performed "vile" sex acts in the corridor
A woman who experienced a naked man performing sex acts outside her Travelodge hotel room says a review into the chain's security was an "emotional read".
Wendy Griffith was one of dozens of people who shared their stories after the BBC revealed how a woman woke up to a man sexually assaulting her in her bed at the chain's Maidenhead branch in December 2022 after staff gave him a key card and her room number.
Griffith said she felt "sadness and frustration that women had to go through these experiences" for the review to happen and she wants lessons to be learnt across the industry.
Travelodge said it welcomes the recommendations from the report and changes have been under way since March.
Marketing consultant Griffith, from Norfolk, was staying at Travelodge London Stratford in July 2025 when she said a man started banging on her door.
She then witnessed him through the door's peephole performing sex acts.
She recalled "rising panic" over the hour as she was "essentially trapped" in the middle of the night, trying and failing "multiple times" to contact hotel staff.
With no room phone and no emergency contact number in her room, she used her mobile to try to call the Travelodge website number.
She said she was "incredibly traumatised and not able to summon help", then dialled 999 in desperation.