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CUBA TRAVEL SECTION - Havana Journal > United States Tourism
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 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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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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Press Release
The owner of U.S. based travel agency DestinationCuba.com has been coordinating travel to Cuba for 10 years said the recent lifting of the three-year restrictions on Cuban Americans visiting Cuba means more changes are coming – and it’s about time.
Rob Hodel, who owns Tico Travel in Fort Lauderdale with his brother Steve, said the new rules mean the “slate” on past trips made by Cuban Americans has been wiped clean and that as a result, he predicts, travel will increase dramatically among them as well as others now allowed to travel.
And he’s ready. Hodel’s…
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Press Release
With increased confidence in the Obama Administration to ease travel restrictions to Cuba for Cuban Americans, Cuba Travel Services, Inc. will be opening a new office in Hialeah, Florida. Cuba Travel Services, Inc. provides travel services for authorized Cuban Americans visiting family and other licensed travelers who qualify under the current U.S. Treasury regulations. Cuba Travel Services, Inc. will formally hold the grand opening of the new Hialeah office located at 522 Hialeah Drive on January 28th, 2009. Invited to attend is the Mayor of Hialeah, the Hon. Julio Robaina, and other respected…
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Daraine Luton | Jamaica Gleaner
The Jamaican economy could suffer if the next United States President moves to lift the trade embargo on communist Cuba.
“We have to be careful what we wish for,” says John Rapley, president of the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), at the University of the West Indies, Mona.
Rapley was a guest at The Gleaner Editors’ Forum on the US elections last week.
With just two days to go before the US votes for a president to replace George W. Bush, there are speculations as to whether the 40-year trade embargo imposed on Cuba will…
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Nathan Hurst | The Detroit News
A new jet service taking off in December from Windsor Airport will bring the allure of a forbidden Cuban vacation within minutes of downtown Detroit.
Sunwing Airlines, a Canadian leisure carrier, will offer weekly flights to Varadero, Cuba, a popular beach resort about 50 miles east of the capital, Havana.
While U.S. citizens are mostly barred from spending money on travel to Cuba, officials with the airline and airport expect Americans to make up at least half the passengers on the route.
“On average, about 50 percent or more of passengers flying to Cuba…
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International Monetary Fund report
An opening of Cuba to U.S. tourism would represent a seismic shift in the Caribbean’s tourism industry.
This study models the impact of such a potential opening by estimating a counterfactual that captures the current bilateral restriction on tourism between the two countries.
After controlling for natural disasters, trade agreements, and other factors, the results show that a hypothetical liberalization of Cuba-U.S. tourism would increase long-term regional arrivals.
Neighboring destinations would lose the implicit protection the current restriction affords them, and Cuba would gain market share, but this would be partially offset in the…
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TravelVideo.tv
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. The sun has come just a…
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