Owner Lee Hunt signed the lease on the new shop in Whisstocks Place, Tide Mill Way, in December, which is around a five-minute walk from the current site.
Hunt told TTG he has spent around £80,000 on the new shop – buying new desks, brochure racks, two business-class aircraft seats for the waiting area and a ship’s telegraph pole, while local artist Stephen Watkins has painted the cityscapes on the agency’s walls. The new shop will open its doors next week on Tuesday 4 June.
Deben has also commissioned a videographer to produce a short film outlining the route from The Thoroughfare to Whisstocks Place to show customers how close the old premises are to the new one.
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The video has been posted on Deben Travel’s social media platforms.
“Our last day in The Thoroughfare in Woodbridge is on Thursday (30 May),” Hunt said. “It’s around a five-minute walk to our new office which is in a business park off the high street.
“It’s important for us to have a high street presence, but we do not need to be in the middle of it all anymore. We will get some footfall in the new place.”
