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CUBA TRAVEL SECTION - Havana Journal
By Mark Harvey | Canwest
A family road trip can be stressful. But a driving holiday in Cuba? That could be a recipe for family breakup. It starts as a compromise between the women of the family who want a sunny break from an Edmonton winter, and my desire to see one of the most intriguing countries in the Western Hemisphere before it changes forever.
We decide to split our two weeks in half: a week in all-inclusive resorts and a week in private B&Bs (called casas particulares in Cuba).
Evora Rodriguez’s casa occupies the top floor of a nine-story…
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The Trade Show is the premier annual event for the US travel and tourism industry and will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center September 13 to 15, 2009.
A Cuba destination seminar, “Cuba Breakthrough: Opportunities for the US Travel Industry” will be offered for the second year. It will be in the Caribbean area of the trade show on September 13 from noon to 1:30pm. The organizers did not have enough room for all those who wished to attend.
At any time President Obama can open the door to the full range…
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John A. Webster
Founder and Commodore
The Cuba Run 2010
The Cuba Run 2010 is a regatta for beach catamarans planned to take place mid November 2010, will be from Key West to Cuba and back, and will include the opportunity for Cuban Youth Sailors to be an integral part of an very intensive hands on one day Cultural Exchange.
The Cultural Exchange that is planned for this regatta to Cuba includes two events that will be held on Saturday, 13th November 2010. This exchange of ideas and sailing instruction is intended to…
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Due to increased demand that flooded into Cuba Travel Services, Inc. offices on the heels of the Obama Administration lifting travel restrictions on Cuban Americans, Cuba Travel Services, Inc. will be launching its first non-stop weekly flight from LAX to Havana starting June 30, 2009.
Departing on Tuesdays at 11:00 am Cuba Travel Services, Inc. will be utilizing aircraft operated by Continental Airlines.
“We are excited to resume the non-stop flights out of LAX to Havana that were in such high demand prior to the Bush Administration’s restrictions…
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By Richard N. Velotta | Las Vegas Sun
People who know anything about Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air know it is an airline that marches to a different beat.
So why should anybody be surprised that Allegiant’s newest destinations will be places where few Americans have ever been?
Allegiant Travel, the parent company of the airline that specializes in delivering people from small communities to resort cities such as Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Florida cities such as Orlando and Fort Lauderdale, recently won a contract to supply charter flights from Miami to four cities in Cuba. Flights will…
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By Julie Johnsson | Chicago Tribune
Chicago-based travel site launches Web campaign seeking to overturn the U.S. government’s longtime travel restrictions to Cuba
Blending commerce with politics, Chicago’s Orbitz Worldwide is launching a campaign this week aimed at getting Congress to reverse a law that prohibits travel to Cuba for most U.S. citizens and green-card holders.
Starting Sunday through OpenCuba.org, Orbitz visitors can petition the White House, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and members of Congress to eliminate the decades-old trade and travel restrictions.
American airlines, cruise and tour operators are eager to launch travel to the Caribbean’s…
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At the International Trade Fair in Cuba this week, the wealthy Persian Gulf nation of Qatar announced that the Qatar Diar Real Estate Investment Company will build the the five star “Gran Paraiso” hotel on Cayo Largo, a small tourist island off the south coast of Cuba.
This hotel may be under construction in 2010 and open in 2012 with up to 450 rooms and 60 luxury villas.
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal
The project will be a joint venture, as are all hotels and resorts in Cuba, between the Cuban government owned Gran Caribe and the Qatari…
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By KELLY YAMANOUCHI | PalmBeachPost.com
AirTran Airways wants to be one of the first airlines to operate scheduled flights into Cuba if restrictions on tourism to the country are eased, said AirTran Chief Executive Robert Fornaro.
“It’s a very pretty country and the curiosity level as well as the ethnic flying back and forth is going to be substantial,” Fornaro said. “I think it’s going to be a very, very strong leisure destination.”
AirTran is based in Orlando, and has its largest hub in Atlanta. It also flies daily in and out of Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood international airports.
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BY INA PAIVA CORDLE | Miami Herald
Air charter operators offering flights to Cuba said Monday that they are ready and willing to ramp up service if passenger demand rises—and they expect it will.
With President Obama’s lifting of travel restrictions, a Cuban American can now take a 45-minute flight to visit relatives in Cuba at any time for about $500 per round trip.
From Miami, seven charter companies currently fly to Cuba. All go to Havana, and some also fly to Camaguey, Holguin, Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba. In total, they fly more than 35 flights a week from…
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Traveling to Cuba: between good intentions and poor taste
People who say: “I’d like to go to Cuba before it changes” do not mean to be insulting. They may even have good intentions. They only want to see 50’s Buicks and Fords that seem right out of a Twilight Zone episode, as a retired professor who wore a black beret à la Che Guevara told me. They want to swim in (allegedly) unpolluted waters. And in most cases, they are willing to help the natives. I have sent my mother, who still lives in Havana, numerous packages with Americans friends.…
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