Inside Travel Group appoints Tom Welland Global Trade Marketing Manager

Inside Travel Group appoints Tom Welland Global Trade Marketing Manager
Edited by Travel Weekly


    Inside Travel Group, which includes specialist travel brands InsideJapan and InsideAsia, has appointed Tom Welland as its new global trade marketing manager.

    Welland joins the specialists from ski holiday tour operator, Heidi.

    “I am so excited to join Inside Travel Group and am looking forward to supporting our trade partners in achieving their growth goals,” he said.

    “This company already has an incredible reputation in terms of its product and service, but my role here is to make it even easier for our trade partners to sell InsideJapan and InsideAsia trips.

    “During my time at Heidi, I supported the company in the best performing season to date and I intend to do that on a bigger scale here at Inside Travel Group.”

    Head of trade, Gabo Quiros, said Welland will play an important role alongside Inside Travel Group’s BDMs  and its specialist consultants.

    “In 2024, we have seen record sales months for trade with approximately 30% increase on 2023, with trade business representing 40% of overall business and with Tom’s help, we look to continue growing partnerships and driving growth together with them. Our travel agent partners are integral to our success,” Quiros said.

    InsideJapan had record numbers of travelling customers so far in 2024. That is in line with recent Japan National Tourism Agency figures showing that March was the country’s busiest ever month for inbound tourism.

    InsideAsia has also had a record quarter with 2024 booking confirmations up 175% on 2023 with Korea as its fastest growing destination, representing 48% of bookings so far this year.

    Latest News

    • Tourism

    Indaba 2024: Losing out on memory, South Africa Tourism hands its fate to children

    Thembisile Sehloho was appointed as the new chief marketing officer (CMO) South Africa Tourism in early April, so she’s literally had her feet under the desk for just longer than a month. At Africa’s Travel Indaba, David Hovenden sat down with for her only Australian interview and discussed the work being done on South Africa […]

    • Cruise

    ACA & CLIA join forces ahead of Australian Tourism Exchange

    Australian Cruise Association (ACA) and Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) will return to Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE) this month to promote the diverse range of cruising products in Australia to the international travel market. ATE is a pivotal opportunity to position Australia’s thriving cruise industry on the global stage and will this year be held […]

    • Destinations

    South Africa eyes affordable tourism to grow market

    Australian tourists feeling the pinch from the cost-of-living crisis, might find an unlikely ally in South African Tourism in the future according to a panel at Africa’s Travel Indaba (ATI). With six out of ten young Africans failing to explore their own continent, despite constituting the largest demographic within the 1.3 billion-strong African population, the […]

    • Luxury

    COMO launches new family-sized farmhouse in the heart of Tuscany

    COMO Hotels and Resorts has launched its new farmhouse apartments in the heart of Tuscany, just in time for Australians to escape our wet winter. And it’s also an ideal time for Aussies of Italian ancestry to explore their home country as 2024 has been declared the year of Roots and Heritage Tourism by the […]

    • Destinations
    • News

    New Caledonia in lockdown and airport closed after violent riots rock Noumea

    New Caledonia officials have announced a 6pm-6am curfew, a liquor ban and have closed the country’s main airport after overnight riots in which vehicles were torched and roads blocked in the wake of proposed constitutional reforms. Australian Government website Smartraveller has issued an alert informing visitors to exercise a high degree of caution in metropolitan […]