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i-to-i background

i-to-i (www.i-to-i.com) is an international organisa-

tion with offices in the UK, USA, Ireland and Australia. 

Twenty thousand people have selected i-to-i as they 

travel on ventures to support 500 worthwhile projects 

on five continents and it has also trained a further 

80,000 people as TEFL teachers. This service is offered 

through the main site and also through a specialist 

Online TEFL site (www.onlinetefl.com) on which this 

case focusses.

The history of i-to-i

The founder of i-to-i, Deirdre Bounds, was inspired to 

create the company following a career break which took 

her to teach English in Japan, China and Greece and 

drive a backpackers’ bus in Sydney. The company ini-

tially started through creating TEFL courses, eventually 

leading to organising volunteer projects.

Since 2003 the company has supported the i-to-i 

Foundation, a registered charity committed to provid-

ing funds to the most needy community and ecological 

projects in the i-to-i family. In 2007, i-to-i became part of 

the TUI travel group.

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