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Funeral of Harry Goodman to take place today
The funeral of ILG founder Harry Goodman will take place today (Tuesday) in Bushey, Herts.
It will be held at 4pm at Bushey Jewish Cemetery, Little Bushey Lane, Bushey, Herts, WD23 3TN.
Goodman died last week at the age of 79.
He founded his first holiday company at 24 and went on to create the International Leisure Group empire.
It owned many iconic brands including Enterprise, Intasun and Club 18-30, as well as one of the first low-cost airlines, Air Europe.
In 1997 he founded TV Travel Shop, the first 24/7 TV channel selling holidays direct to the public.
In 2005 he bought the retail travel arm of Page & Moy and founded Totally Travel, owner of 1st4cruising.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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