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2019 - a good or bad year for travel?

22m · Travel Weekly · 19 Dec 19:13

It's been a year dominated by uncertainty as the UK battled over Brexit. Other key events and themes to shape 2019 were overcapacity, sustainability and the collapse of one of the industry's travel giants. Ian Taylor and Amie Keeley take a look back at the year and share some predictions for 2020.

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