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Good morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, October 31. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Etihad Airways is resuming flights to East Africa with daily flights to Nairobi set to start on 01 May, 2024. The new route connects Kenya’s capital with Etihad’s growing global network, and will help foster important cultural and economic ties between the UAE and the East African powerhouse.

Die-hard fans of Southwest Airlines (you know who you are) recently got a welcome boost in service. The low-cost airline last week unveiled an expanded flight schedule that includes two dozen entirely new routes—six of them to international destinations in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America—and six pre-existing routes that the airline is bringing back next year.

I'm an American food writer based in Italy, and every time I come to the US, I leave with a suitcase full of Trader Joe's snacks and condiments.

Qatar Airways' award-winning Qsuite has long been among the world's best business-class products.

Five years ago, Gilbert Ott flew from London to New York on a budget airline. The flight was delayed until the following day because of mechanical issues, he told Insider. European Union rules entitled him to full compensation.

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It’s not everyday that you face a travel crisis like a canceled flight and, as a solution, book a Lufthansa first-class ticket across the Atlantic. Even less likely, to then get it for less than $90 in cash. But that’s exactly what happened to me this winter on my way home to the United States from Greece. It turns out that points and miles don't just help you meet aspirational travel goals, they can also save the day during an emergency—and get you on that dream flight at the same time.

Club Med announced a brand new resort concept on October 24, 2023—an all-inclusive surf and safari resort on South Africa’s Indian Ocean coast that will open in 2026.

The good people of Sweden are well aware that many United States citizens not only mix up Sweden with Switzerland geographically, but also, culturally. The tourism board, Visit Sweden, has recently authorized an analysis on this phenomenon in partnership with the data platform Dynata and the results are just what you might expect: Half of Americans are unsure about what makes Swedish culture different from Swiss culture. According to research and data from MyTelescope, for example, 85,000 Google searches in the last year coming from the U.S. inquired, “Are Sweden and Switzerland the same?”.

South African Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille hosted a BRICS Tourism Ministers Meeting on Tuesday focusing on tourism recovery between the bloc of nations.

Mrs. Stacey Liburd, Director of Tourism for the Anguilla Tourist Board (ATB) and Chief Marketing Officer, Ms. Kimberly King, secured a prime exhibit space at IMEX America, held at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, NV from October 17 – 19, 2023. IMEX America is the largest trade show in the US for the global meetings, events, and incentive travel industry, attracting more than 5,000+ global decision-makers with real buying power. Suppliers and buyers from every sector of the meetings industry come together at this award-winning show, which brings the meetings industry together to do a year’s worth of business on and off the trade show floor over the four-day program.