Love’s Travel Stops to divest hotel business

The retailer is set to sell all locations by early 2025 to focus on c-store and travel center operations.

Love’s Travel Stops will sell all of its hotel properties by the first quarter of 2025 to focus on roadside retail operations.

The decision comes as the company looks to streamline its operations and shift focus back to its core businesses—convenience stores, restaurants, and truck care solutions. The company owned 19 properties across the United States and has sold 14 of these sites to several buyers, as reported by C-Store Dive.

With four more properties under contract, the final hotel is expected to be sold early in 2025.

Love’s entered the hotel business in 2014, creating a portfolio of franchised hotel brands such as Best Western Plus, Sleep Inn & Suites, and Hampton Inn & Suites.

The chain Love’s operates over 650 locations across 42 states, and has ventured into the lodging business a decade ago. This was triggered after observing that developers were constructing hotels near its truck stops, according to an interview with Jim Wheeler, Love’s Director of Hospitality, in a 2017 report by The Oklahoman.