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Luxury beats economy in 2024 trends : ForwardKeys

According to the latest report released by ForwardKeys in MEA the recovery of demand for premium cabin classes continues to perform better than for economy seats — an indication that even during widespread cost of-living concerns, high-income consumers remain resilient to pricing pressure. Another trend for the year is that lead times are back to pre-pandemic length, now that booking behaviour is no longer conditioned by travel restrictions, and consumer confidence is restored, booking patterns reflect pre-pandemic behaviour in  MEA and Europe where lead times for 2023 are on par with 2019. Some of the other trends this year is that travellers opt for fewer, longer trips, travellers prefer to stick together, flexible work drives offseason travel, the future is digital for travel agencies and climate change matters long-term.

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