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Women have told the BBC they were put at risk after unauthorised people gained access to hotel rooms. Travelodge says its security policies were not correctly followed and staff have since been retrained.
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00:00A woman who says she was fleeing abuse has said she was attacked after a London hotel
00:06receptionist gave her abuser a key to her room.
00:09Lucy, who's using a false name, says the man claimed his girlfriend was having a seizure,
00:14gave her name and room number, and was handed a key.
00:18She says he attacked her, then forced his way back in after kicking the door off its
00:22hinges.
00:24Travelodge says its policy of never confirming a guest stay was not followed, and that this
00:29should not have happened.
00:31The company says it has since changed its room access procedures, strengthened its security
00:37arrangements, and retrained staff following reports of other unauthorized room access incidents.
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