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'Five weeks ago this wasn't on the cards': Beverley Travel's newest 'passion project' opens

Agents
Katherine Masters
8 June 2026

The former UK & Ireland Number One agency is expanding its retail empire to six, with a new opening in a thriving arcade for independent businesses in Hull

Beverley Travel co-owner Kelly Cheesman
Beverley Travel

Beverley Travel co-owner Kelly Cheesman outside the new Hull city centre shop 

Beverley Travel is opening its sixth store this week, after the directors jumped on a business opportunity in Hull.
The new store, which they are calling Paragon Travel Lounge, occupies a unit in Hull’s Paragon Arcade, a Victorian arcade that’s a hub for independent shops and cafes.  

Director and co-owner Kelly Cheesman described the new opening as a “passion project”.  

“I’m very passionate about this area,” she said. “It’s somewhere I grew up and I had my wedding reception in a pub probably about 50 steps away. I have wedding pictures outside the arcade. It’s really close to my heart.”