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Looking ahead: What can travel expect for 2020?

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Gary Noakes
3 January 2020

The election is done and the UK is exiting the European Union, but what does 2020 hold for the travel industry? 

Sharm el Sheikh is among easyJet holidays' winter hotspots (Pic: iStock)

With 2019 proving to be a tumultuous year, the travel industry will be hoping 2020 is calmer.

And despite the continued repercussions of Thomas Cook’s failure, there are grounds for optimism as the new decade begins.

Brexit

The Brexit row may finally be resolved, and after three years the public may have got used to its key effect on holiday costs – namely the 20% fall in sterling since 2016.


“People have largely concluded life goes on and they are not changing their behaviour,” says The Travel Network Group’s (TTNG) chief commercial officer Vim Vithaldas.