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Assets and liabilities classified as held for sale | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Assets and liabilities classified as held for sale | 12. Assets and liabilities classified as held for sale One hotel, the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport, which is included in the EMEAA business segment, is classified as held for sale at 31 December 2019. During the year, the Group entered into an agreement to sell its interest in the hotel for $2m. The sale and assignment of the lease is expected to complete in early 2020. On reclassification as held for sale there was no change to the carrying value.
|  | 2019 $m |
Assets and liabilities classified as held for sale |  |  |  |
Assets classified as held for sale: |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  | 3 |
Right-of-use assets |  |  | 15 |
Trade and other receivables |  |  | 1 |
|  |  | 19 |
Liabilities classified as held for sale: |  |  |  |
Trade and other payables |  |  | (2 | )
Lease liabilities |  |  | (20 | )
|  |  | (22 | )

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