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CUBA TRAVEL SECTION - Havana Journal
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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Press Release
With plans in place to lift longstanding U.S. travel restrictions on Cuba later this month, Americans preparing to be the first ones on the island should know what this lift means, what to expect, how they’ll be permitted to travel, estimated costs, and more.
Christopher P. Baker, Cuba travel expert and award-winning author of the best-selling guidebook, Moon Cuba—as well as five other travel books to the country—understands what the imminent lift of all travel restrictions to Cuba will mean for American travelers. A recent Brattle Group study predicted about 3 million Americans would visit Cuba each year…
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Rob Sequin | Havana Journal
2009 Calendar of Cuban Events
Welcome to the Havana Journal’s regularly updated Cuban events calendar page. We update this page when we learn of a new event in Cuba or get more information about an existing Cuban event.
JANUARY
1 - Cuba Liberation Day or anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution
28 - José Martí birth date - Born January 28, 1853 and died in a battle for Cuba’s independence from Spain on May 19, 1895. This renowned poet and writer is considered to be a Cuba’s national hero.…
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Rob Sequin | Havana Journal
The Venceremos Brigade has announced their 40th Anniversary Contingent Travel Challenge to Cuba that will be a trip to Cuba from July 19 to August 3, 2009.
It is designed to defy the US travel restrictions on Americans’ rights of travel to Cuba and there are only about 25 spaces left for participants out of 100.
What is the Venceremos Brigade?
Formed in 1969 to express solidarity with the Cuban Revolution, the Venceremos Brigade is a unique educational project that has sent thousands of people to Cuba . Their goal…
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