How Two Backpackers Built A £80m business

What does it take to build a travel business from nothing? How Two Backpackers Built A Travel Empire In this powerful episode of The Business Growth Podcast, recorded live at Sky Studios, Alastair Donnelly and Simon King, co-founders of Inside Travel Group, share how they went from teaching English in Japan to leading an £80 million global company employing nearly 300 people and sending tens of thousands of travellers around the world each year. This isn’t a story of overnight success. It’s a story of grit, friendship, purpose, and doing whatever it takes to survive. Alistair and Simon open up about:

• The moment a life-changing trip inspired their business idea
• Building a company from a spare bedroom with no experience or money
• Surviving financial crashes, inefficiencies, and a pandemic that almost wiped them out
• Finding the right systems, advisors, and people to create sustainable growth
• How purpose and profit can coexist when you truly care about people

“Business is about people. You have to care about them – your customers, your team, your suppliers, your community. If you really care about people, success will follow.”