CUBA TRAVEL SECTION - Havana Journal
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More options to the sun, those generous Sunwing Airlines inflight inclusions, and even more departure points from Canada: winter 2008-09 is already shaping up as a banner season for Sunwing Vacations.
In all, Sunwing will be flying to 30 sunny spots in Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and the U.S. With the addition of six new gateways, the company will be flying from 25 cities across the country.
As part of the company’s philosophy of “bringing the plane to your door,” Sunwing has added even more mid-sized centres to its list of gateways.…
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The Latin America Working Group will be offering seminars for those interested in travel to Cuba so if you have an organization that would like to host an event with a professional provided by LAWG, contact LAWG.org for more details.
The Havana Journal is planning an event for Cape Cod Massachusetts in September.
Here is more information from a recent email announcement regarding other initiatives by LAWG:
Have you always wanted to travel to Cuba, or are you looking for a way to go back? This year we are going to be conducting…
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By Michael Orr | AirlineInfo.com
While the overall number of charter prospectuses filed has dropped every year since 1999, the percentage of applications directed toward Cuba has remained nearly the same. Since 2004, charters to Cuba have comprised between sixteen and twenty percent of total prospectuses, despite its seemingly off-limits appearance. In fact, if asked, most ordinary citizens would probably expect that civilian travel from the United States to Cuba is completely prohibited. To the contrary, families have returned to the island on an annual basis for years. In 2004, restrictions were tightened making family trips available only…
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Lourdes Pichs Rodriguez | Ahora.cu
Major investments to improve the tourist facilities of Guardalavaca and to expand the capabilities of city hotels will be undertaken in the province of Holguin due to the increasing demand of tourism travel, announced Manuel Marrero, Minister of Tourism in Cuba.
For this year there are plans to build the Hotel Ordóñez in the municipality of Gibara , and also begin the construction of two small hotels in the city of Holguin , one being the “Libertad” Hotel for the Islazul chain, for both national and foreign tourism.
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ACN
A 12 percent rise in the number of tourists arriving in Holguin was achieved during the recently concluded winter season, compared to the same period in 2007, breaking historical records.
Carlos Zambrano, Turism delegate to the eastern region, said that in the period between November 2007 and March 2008, more than 93,150 visitors, mostly from Canada and England, landed in this part of the country, attracted not only by its beaches but also by the history and culture of the province.
The 2005 local record of visitors and tourist-per-day rates in the province…
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Reuters
Canadian tourists fleeing a harsh winter and buoyed by their strong dollar are flocking to Cuban beaches in record numbers and helping Cuba’s tourist trade end a two-year slump.
Cuban hotel managers said a surge in Canadian “snowbirds” led to unprecedented tourism during the winter months of January through March.
And prospects for hotels during the summer improved last week when the government of Cuba’s new President Raul Castro lifted a ban on Cubans staying at resort hotels formerly reserved for foreigners only.
Uncertainty over Cuba’s future since Fidel Castro fell…
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Liz Brown, Canwest News Service
For many Canadians, Cuba is a ray of sunshine during our bleak northern winters. After a morning of slogging through the rain, who wouldn’t dream of lounging on Varadero’s white sands, frosty Cuba Libre in hand, or sipping a mojito in Havana at Ernest Hemingway’s favorite bar, La Bodeguita del Medio.
But travel beyond Varadero’s famous beaches and Hemingway’s haunts and you’ll find a smaller, more laid-back city on the opposite side of the island.
Trinidad, in Sancti Spiritus province, isn’t as well known as other Cuban destinations, but…
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DTCuba.com
The tourist destination Jardines del Rey (King’s Gardens), in the eastern Cuban province of Ciego de Avila, has been visited by two million vacationers since 2003.
Jardines del Rey, which is made up of the keys Coco, Guillermo, Antón Chico and Paredón Grande, offers attractive options for major markets such as Canada, Latin America and Europe.
The region has a dozen four- and five-star hotels totaling 3,600 rooms by the beach.
Jardines del Rey, which is connected to mainland by a causeway over the sea, is considered Cuba’s youngest and fastest-growing…
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Cuban News Agency
Cuba’s tourism company Habaguanex S.A. announced the opening of the Marques de Prado Ameno hotel in Habana Vieja Cuba, a World Cultural Heritage.
A report by the Cuban Tourism Ministry “MINTUR” says the refurbished hotel will be located close to the Plaza de Armas Square and the Catedral de la Habana. It was named after a prominent family that lived in the colonial house, built in the 19th century that will now receive tourists from around of the world.
The four star Cuban hotel will have 16 rooms, including…
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Prensa Latina
Spanish Hotel Group Barcelo is to increase its presence in Cuba"s tourism, with the building of 5,000 new leisure facilities, a digital report on Caribbean News indicated Tuesday.
Caribbean News adds that recent reports from Barcelo Hotels & Resorts, one of the most important consortiums in Spain, has eyes on Santa Maria Key to develop its Beach Resort option, which has earned well-deserved fame in hotels in Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, and plans seven new facilities here by 2010.
Two of those hotels will be built by mixed…
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