John Stewart, whose career in travel spans nearly 40 years, was managing Cook’s Dundee store – for a long time its most profitable – when the iconic brand collapsed in September 2019.
Within a week, he set up his own business – John Stewart Travel – and inked a franchise agreement with Cook buyer Hays Travel to reopen the Dundee store.
After expanding to nearby Broughty Ferry in 2022, Stewart made the jump across the River Tay at the weekend to open his third store in the Fife town of Cupar, where he said people were crying out for a travel branch after other local agencies shut their doors in recent years.
