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Phil Gardner: 'Now more than ever let's push for old school values'

Destinations
Phil Gardner
24 December 2020

As I sat down to write an article for TTG one year ago, I could never have predicted the highs and lows that 2020 would bring. As it draws to a close, I sit in hope that the worst is behind us and a bright future awaits our industry as the world emerges from an enforced year of being at home, and rediscovers their travel bug.

Many see September as their best chance for a beach break (Pic: Herman Syah / Unsplash)

Coronavirus has loomed this year like an oversized Sputnik-esque emoji above everything we see and do. 2020 will be long-remembered as the time when we saw a lifetime of change in a matter of weeks and months. An endless list of bad decisions, poor policy making and a distinct lack of clarity around this most heinous of viruses has put our beloved industry on its knees. Businesses have been destroyed and lives have been shattered in what has been the most devastating impact on travel since the Second World War.