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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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By MIKE WILLIAMS | Cox News Service
Do Florida Keys tourism officials worry about the impact on their economy when Cuba opens to US visitors? For decades tour guides have successfully hyped Key West’s close proximity and historic ties to Cuba, playing up the Cuban cigar factories that once thrived, author Ernest Hemingway’s fascination with both islands and a shared history of fishing, rum-running and other tropical pursuits.
But now Key West’s much-ballyhooed connection with Cuba has some folks worried.
With Cuban dictator Fidel Castro ailing and…
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20220
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
LIST OF AUTHORIZED PROVIDERS OF AIR, TRAVEL AND REMITTANCE FORWARDING SERVICES TO CUBA
Publication Date of this revision MAY 21, 2007 - Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R Part 515
This list identifies all currently authorized Carrier Service Providers, Travel Service Providers, and Remittance Forwarders. For your convenience, a summary of changes since the last date of publication is included at the end of this document.
OFAC MIAMI OFFICE: (786) 845-2828
Cuba Embargo Hotline…
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SAGE Publications | Article published by SAGE in Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly
An analysis of the potential relationship of Cuba and United States tourism interests by Sergei Khrushchev and two coauthors, published in the November 2007 issue of the Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, suggests that the U.S. hospitality industry can begin to help bridge the economic gap between Cuba and the United States.
As the son of the former Russian premier, Khrushchev has the unusual position of living in the U.S. but having dealt with…
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Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) with nine other Republican and Democratic Senators introduced legislation on Thursday that allows all Americans to make normal professional and tourist visits to Cuba. If the bill becomes law, any US travel agent will be able to book transportation, accommodations and other necessary services for visits to Cuba. S 721 also permits the use of US credit cards and other forms of in-country payment.
Virtually identical legislation (HR 654), was introduced in the House of Representatives in January by Charles Rangel (D-NY), the powerful chair of the Ways and Means Committee, and…
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DTCuba.com
Cuba’s tourist industry reached the two-million-tourist mark for the third year in a row, as a result of foreign vacationers’ interest in the cultural, historical and natural attractions of the Caribbean Island.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Tourism, Canada is the main source of travelers to Cuba, followed by Great Britain, Spain, Italy, Germany, France and Mexico.
Experts noted that tourists come to Cuba not only to enjoy traditional beach and sun options, but also to benefit from nature and health programs.
They added that Cuba’s tourist programs are…
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Doreen Hemlock | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
U.S. law blocks most travel to communist-led Cuba, but the Caribbean nation is represented at an international travel show in Orlando.
A U.S.-based group known as the Travel Industry Committee on Cuba is promoting travel and business links with the neighboring island at a convention spearheaded by the American Society of Travel Agents, the world’s biggest travel-agent group.
John McAuliff, coordinator of the Travel Industry Committee on Cuba, said by telephone Friday that his group wants Washington to lift its 40-year-old restrictions on U.S. travel to the island,…
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BY OSCAR CORRAL | Miami Herald
In the midst of a widespread federal crackdown on illegal travel to Cuba, the U.S. Treasury Department met Friday in Miami with agencies that specialize in travel to Cuba to go over the rules they must follow to keep their licenses.
Since January, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has been auditing travel agencies and religious organizations that specialize in travel to Cuba. In the past few months, four of those agencies have had Cuba travel licenses suspended. Six religious organizations have also had their licenses suspended. The Foreign Assets…
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By Peter Alexander | Frommers.com
Thanks to the extremely narrow restrictions placed on travel to Cuba by the current American administration, it is nearly impossible for the ordinary American to visit that country legally. There are circumstances under which you can travel there, and the humanitarian mission I took in Janauary was duly licensed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. You, too, may be able to join such a mission, but the organizers will have to endure a great deal of American red tape to get you there. Our government says it is not banning travel to…
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NBC6.net
A South Florida travel agency has become the target of a U.S. crackdown on illegal travel to Cuba.
The U.S. treasury department has closed down and suspended the license of La Estrella de Cuba, which is one of the biggest Cuba travel agencies in the country, NBC 6 reported.
The Bush administration tightened travel restrictions to the island in 2004, arguing that travel to Cuba benefits the communist regime financially.
Authorities in Washington are now enforcing the restrictions more aggressively.
Critics of the crackdown say it could prompt Fidel…
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