The Flight Centre has reopened its Ealing Broadway store as part of plans to rebuild its retail estate and salesforce.
The mayor of Ealing, councillor Mohinder Midha, cut the red ribbon to officially open the store on The Mall, The Broadway.
The shop has a special opening offer, giving customers £200 off a holiday booked with Flight Centre Ealing, for trips that include flights and a minimum of five nights’ accommodation.
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The store is managed by Chloe Ashton, who has worked for Flight Centre for seven years and started as a travel consultant.
She has four full-time members of staff, one whom is undergoing Flight Centre’s Fast Track Graduate apprenticeship programme.
Lucy Clifton, Flight Centre’s general manager who joined the opening event, said: “The pandemic was an extremely difficult period for the travel industry and its workers who relied on business and leisure travel.
“The reopening of our store in Ealing is a very important moment for Flight Centre as we begin the journey to reopen a series of stores across London and the southeast.
“Adding to the 12 stores Flight Centre opened immediately after the pandemic, Ealing will be joined by the reopening of our Bath store in the coming months.
“We are delighted to have such a fantastic store in this great town and I would like to wish Chloe and her team all the best for the future.”
The long-haul and tailor-made specialist agency cut its shop network from about 80 shops to 12 in 2020, but now plans to open and reopen sites in strategic locations, with an eventual target of 25 to 30 stores.