The tailor-made specialist is restoring a high-street presence in Aberdeen following the closure of the city’s John Lewis store, where Kuoni opened an outlet in 2013.

The new branch, Kuoni’s 31st, will be located at 14 Back Wynd in the city centre and will open on 8 April.

It will be staffed by manager Chris Winpenny-Cushine and travel expert Ariana Feroz, who are on the lookout for a third member of in-store staff to join the team.

The Aberdeen team have been working from home for the past year using a virtual call centre model since the John Lewis store closure.

“It’s great to be opening our store in Aberdeen again," said Winpenny-Cushine. "We’ve continued to use our travel expertise to reshape and plan travel for our customers, so we’ve stayed with the business throughout.

"We are a trusted brand and have always had very loyal customers so felt confident that opening our own store would be a great opportunity just as travel is taking off again.
 
“It will be amazing to have our regular customers and new customers back in-store planning their next holiday.   We can’t wait to open the doors and welcome everyone back.”

Kuoni added in a statement "it will continue to look at new store locations in the year ahead".