CELEBRITY Interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen officially opened a new travel agency in Chester.

He performed the ribbon-cutting duties at Global Travel Worldwide on Hoole Road, Hoole, on Thursday last week.

Famed for designing people’s rooms on reality television programs, Laurence is also an ambassador for Beachcomber Tours, a tour operator specialising in luxury holidays to places like Mauritius and the Seychelles.

As Global Travel Worldwide Hoole will be specialising in luxury, adventure and group travel, bosses felt it is only fitting that a designer would open an office dealing with designing the perfect break.

Sam Eastwood, branch manager, said: “We have been so excited since we found out that Caroline Chadwick from Beachcomber Tours was able to organise for Laurence to open the office.

“Laurence talked to everyone who came, told some of his travel stories and listened to others, he took selfies and had us laughing all afternoon. It was a wonderful way to celebrate our expansion due to our Wrexham branch getting much busier.

“In Hoole we will focus on group travel and luxury bespoke holidays. I am so glad that we found these offices, as we have become part of the community within a matter of weeks while we have been setting up the office.”

The Wrexham branch of Global Travel Worldwide has been established for almost 20 years, and recently decided to expand owing to the amount of business and success that they had seen recently.

The company recently opened another shop in Llangollen and found that there was a need for a diverse clientele and a growth in group travel.

The need to have an office-based location became a must and the Hoole, Chester office evolved.