Travelmood’s new store in Leeds opens
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Saturday, 28 November, 2009 saw the grand opening of Travelmood’s new store in Leeds and model and TV personality, Nell McAndrew was on hand to inspire the celebrations.
Slick, stylish and contemporary in design, the new, split-level Travelmood store at 21 Albion Place, off Briggate, inspires holiday-makers from the moment they walk in the door. The team of highly trained, expert Travel Advisors has over 52 years of combined experience in the travel industry and delivers a personal, face-to-face service to customers. As well as chatting with the expert Travel Advisors about their next trip, customers can relax and browse brochures in the comfort of the library
Nell McAndrew and Travelmood managing director Rad Sofronijevic lead the celebrations, which included a prize draw to win a holiday to Dubai, Thailand and Australia.
“I’m always happy to be back in Leeds and it’s a real pleasure to be here to help celebrate the opening of the Travelmood store”, said Nell. “I love travelling. My favourite holiday destination is Dubai after Paul and I got married there five years ago. I’m planning a trip there next month and can’t wait to soak up some winter sun!”
“We’re delighted to have opened our new concept store in the heart of Leeds city centre,” said Rad Sofronijevic, managing director of Travelmood. “In spite of the growing trend for people to book and research their holidays online, there is still a demand for that face-to-face service, particularly when booking a long-haul, multi-centre trip.
“Whilst our holidays are also bookable online and through our call centres, to be able to walk into a shop on their local high street and chat to a real expert about their next holiday, is something our customers truly value. We’re delighted to invite them in to experience the holiday know-how and personal service of our expert Travel Advisors first-hand. To have our very own Leeds lass, Nell McAndrew here to celebrate with us has been the icing on the cake!”
The multi-centre, grand prize holiday to Dubai, Thailand and Australia was won by Raymond Sidebottom from Leeds.
“I received a phone call from Nell McAndrew to tell me that I’d won the holiday. It took quite some time for it to sink in,” said Raymond. “My wife and I have been to Australia before but not to Dubai or Thailand. We’re still coming to terms with the fact that we’ve actually won! We’re very excited at the prospect of what will most certainly be a holiday of a lifetime.”
In addition, two Travelmood customers who entered a prize draw during the pre-opening customer evening held earlier this week, were presented with their prizes on Saturday.
Debbie Beck of East Ardsley won a Travelmood holiday to Mauritius and Juliette Davies from Poppleton won a trip to Melbourne, Australia.
“I’m absolutely thrilled to have won the holiday to Mauritius,” said Debbie. It’s been a really tough year for me and my partner with redundancies and a family bereavement so winning a dream holiday like this has given us a real boost. We’re getting married in March and would never have managed a honeymoon to somewhere like Mauritius if we hadn’t won this wonderful prize. We couldn’t be happier!”
“I’ve never won anything big before so it was a dream come true to hear I’d won a holiday to Melbourne,” said Juliette. “My husband and I had come to the Travelmood customer evening to book a holiday to Australia and we ended up winning one! I’ve always wanted to visit the Neighbours set, so that will be high on my list of priorities when we go.”
Travelmood, a specialist provider of tailor-made, long-haul holidays, has been in operation for more than 25 years and was acquired by TUI Travel Plc in May 2008. As part of a major re-brand Travelmood has re-launched its website, introduced an extensive, new product range and is increasing its retail presence starting with the opening of the new concept store in Leeds.
Travelmood offers holidays to a whole host of exciting destinations across the globe, including Australia, New Zealand, the Far East, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Indian Ocean, USA and Canada.
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