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'I didn't really join the industry to sell travel, but then I began to think – this could have legs'

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Rob Gill
10 June 2025

Janine Loves Travel founder Janine Marshall talks Rob Gill through her storied career and how she found sanctuary in travel after Covid sent her spiralling.

Janine Marshall (centre) set up Janine Loves Travel as the industry emerged from the pandemic (Credit: Janine Loves Travel)

Janine Marshall freely admits her detour into travel was something of a happy accident after her specialist green tea business became a victim of the pandemic.

Marshall had got her Matcha Now brand into upmarket retailers like Harrods, Whole Foods Market and M&S, but then Covid came. “Lockdown was quite a dark time for me,” she tells TTG.

However, a chat with a friend put InteleTravel on her radar. “I didn’t really join to sell travel, more for the discounts,” she says. “But I started doing some training, which lifted my state of mind. I began to think, ‘this could have legs’.”