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January 2, 2024

News to Know

Top Travel Industry Predictions for 2024
(SOURCE: PHOCUSWIRE)

With 2023 in our rear view, travel industry experts are now focused on the year ahead.

2024 is poised to be exciting and potentially disruptive on the heels of 2023’s wave-makers including the rapid adoption of generative artificial intelligence and increasing demand for experiential travel, among others trends.

AVIATION

Plane Explodes in Flames While Landing at Airport in Tokyo (THE NEW YORK TIMES)

The Most Punctual Airports of 2023 (SIMPLE FLYING)

Facial Recognition to Replace Need to Show Passports at UK Border (BUSINESS TRAVELLER)

European Aviation: The Trends That Have Shaped 2023 (SIMPLE FLYING)

These Airlines Have Some of the Best First And Business-Class Seats in the Skies (TRAVEL AND LEISURE ASIA)

OTHER INDUSTRIES

'Bleisure', Domestic Travel Key Growth Drivers (BUSINESS TIMES)

Phocuswright Analysts Share Their Travel Industry Predictions for 2024 (PHOCUSWIRE)

Industry Voice: How to Reduce the Stress and Anxiety of Business Travel (ITIJ)

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Resources

Crisis24 Intelligence Brief

Canada and United States - Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli activists likely to rally in cities across US and Canada into at least mid-January. Disruptions likely.

Iraq, Syria and Turkiye - Further Turkish airstrikes likely in Iraq and Syria through January. Increased security, transport and business disruptions likely.

Japan - Disruptions likely across parts of Japan through early January following magnitude-7.5 earthquake near Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture.

Madagascar - TC Alvaro tracking eastward over southern Madagascar early Jan. 2 following landfall in Morombe District evening Jan. 1.

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