Havana goes in deluxe style with new fancy properties
HAVANA - Havana’s first-ever five-star-plus hotel has been operational for a whole year now. The Hotel Gran Manzana Kempinski is boasting good occupancy rates as it’s blessed with a privileged location right More...
Cuba and Canada sign agreement on health tourism for the elderly
HAVANA - The Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos Cubanos (CSMC) SA and the Canadian tour operator COGIR, on Wednesday signed an agreement in Havana for the implementation of a program dedicated to the medical More...
Travel: See the island of Cuba with Sunrise Airways
WILLEMSTAD, HAVANA - I love my island Curaçao but I also love to travel. Just as much as I promote my little island in the Caribbean, I also write about other places I have visited. During my travels, especially More...
Trump renews economic embargo against Cuba
HAVANA - The Trading with the Enemy Act, one of the legal bases of the embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba was extended on Monday by US President Donald Trump through a memorandum sent to the Secretaries More...
For Cuba’s transnational families, a little internet goes a long way
HAVANA - Gathered around a tablet at a public outdoor Wi-Fi hotspot in Cuba’s capital city, Havana, a family of six takes turns in front of the screen. They each talk quickly, fearing the call might cut out. “Brother,” More...
Cuba’s travel industry takes 6 percent dip
HAVANA - According to a Cuban tourism expert there was a drop in Cuba’s tourism this year because of the travel restrictions imposed by the U.S. President Donald Trump and hurricanes. So far, the country received More...
US Coast Guard repatriates 60 migrants to Cuba and Dominican Republic
MIAMI - The crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter William Trump repatriated 17 migrants on Monday to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, while the Cutter Joseph Tezanos crew repatriated 41 Dominican migrants and two Haitian migrants More...
Cuban economy grows 1.1 percent in first half of 2018
HAVANA - The Cuban gross domestic product grew 1.1 percent at the end of the first half of this year, when the county faced shortages in hard currency, said President Miguel Diaz-Canel. In a speech in the National More...
Sunrise Airways renews its fleet and continues offering great service to its passengers
WILLEMSTAD - There is no stopping this airline. The Haitian airline Sunrise Airways is truly working hard to offer more destinations and better service to its passengers. Recently the airline initiated the route More...
Fewer Americans consider traveling to Cuba this year
RICHMOND - Two years after the easing of travel restrictions to Cuba for Americans, an annual survey by leading travel insurance provider Allianz Global Assistance reveals that fewer people are interested in taking More...
