Cuba Holidays News

Endemic Bird Festival encourages Guantanamo travel

The municipality of San Antonio del Sur to the south east of Cuba has become a Guantanamo travel attraction since last 22nd April 2013, when the Festival of Caribbean Endemic Birds kicked off here on behalf of Earth Day. Organised by the Technology Applications Centre for Sustainable Development (CATEDES) the event is aimed at disseminating knowledge about Cuban bird life among national and foreig...

DT Cuba News News posted on 4/27/2013 2:18:13 PM

Cuban holiday product was presented at tourism fair in Poland

Warsaw, Poland, April 25, - The Cuban tourist product, its holiday destinations and vacation deals for the coming seasons, were recently exhibited to Poland's tour operators, travel agents and public in general at the international tourism fair of this city, Lato 2013, which was held from April 19 to 21. The Cuban holiday industry was present in Poland's most important tourist event with a stand ...

Cuba Minrex News posted on 4/26/2013 4:36:01 PM

Tryp Habana Libre hotel welcomes international Congress of Neurology

Havana, Cuba, April 25, - Prestigious Cuban and foreign professors and neuroscientists participate since yesterday in the International Congress NeuroCuba 2013, which will be showing the latest developments in that field. The Tryp Habana Libre Hotel of this capital is the headquarters of the Forum, which will last until April 26 and is dedicated to the eminent Cuban Neurologist and pediatrician J...

Radio Havana Cuba News posted on 4/26/2013 2:01:39 PM

U.S. travel agency announces summer savings on trips to Cuba

New Rochelle, N.Y., USA, April 25, - U.S. travel agency Insight Cuba is offering significant summer savings on six exclusive Cuba travel programs planned to take place in the period June . September. Travellers who have always wanted a firsthand look at Cuba can do so legally this summer while enjoying substantial savings on specific dates during the aforementioned period. According to the own ...

Herald Online News posted on 4/26/2013 10:48:13 AM

Vinales Valley listed among top attarctions in Cuba

Pinar del Rio, Cuba, April 24, - The beauty and the tourist options of the Vinales Valley, have deserved the preference of many local and international holidaymakers who daily come to the place to admire its unique landscape, which was recognized by UNESCO as Humanity's Natural Landscape. It is the most demanded holiday destination of the province, and is therefore essential for the development o...

Opciones Magazine News posted on 4/25/2013 5:01:31 PM

Negotiations at International Tourist Fair FITCuba 2013 of great importance for the Cuban holiday industry

Havana, Cuba, April 24, - Authorities of the Cuban holiday industry stood out the relevance of the negotiations during the celebration of the XXXIII Cuba International Tourism Fair FITCuba 2013, planned to take place from May 7 to 11 in the holiday destination of Varadero, for their incidence in the behavior of indicators of this sector, of great importance for the economy of the island. An offic...

Latin Press News News posted on 4/25/2013 3:10:06 PM

Party of the Fire returns to Santiago de Cuba next July

Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, April 24, - The official presentation of the 33rd edition of the Caribbean Festival took place last Monday, in this city, with the presence of Rafael Bernal, Minister of Culture of Cuba, and outstanding intellectuals of the nation. From July 2 to 9, it will take place in this eastern Cuba city the aforementioned festival, also known as the Party of the Fire, which will be ...

Cuba Arte News News posted on 4/25/2013 11:08:51 AM

Chamber music becomes a hit during Spring in Cuba

From 22nd April to 4th May 2013, tourists spending holidays in Havana and other culture enthusiasts will have the opportunity to enjoy of international chamber musicians that will be performing in the "Lyceum Mozarteano of Havana" as part of the III International Workshop of Chamber Music. Integrated to the project "Classic Music of Europe in Old Havana's Social Environment", the event will feat...

DT Cuba News News posted on 4/25/2013 9:56:17 AM

First of Cubana de Aviacion's new An-158 planes landed in Havana

The number of Cuba flights from and to medium haul origins is expected to increase after Cubana de Aviacion the island's flag carrier adds three Ukraine-produced An-158 aircraft to its fleet along 2013. The first of the planes which landed last 22nd April in the International Airport Jose Marti has a capacity to accommodate 97 passengers and a range of 2,500 kilometres. According to Ricardo Sant...

Caribbean News Digital News posted on 4/24/2013 6:01:12 PM

Sol Melia Cuba division entertained collaborators in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 23, - Last week, Melia Hotels International and its Cuba division as well as Solways Tours, its international tour operator, organized an intimate cocktail entertaining their most selected agencies in this South American country. The encounter was proper occasion for the members of the Spanish hotel chain and its tour operator to offer detailed information about all...

Mensajero Web News posted on 4/24/2013 5:48:13 PM

The only one city of Spanish America created by French colonists turned 194 years

Havana, Cuba, April 23, - The city of Cienfuegos, in the center-south of the island and the youngest among the 15 provincial capital cities of the country, celebrated yesterday its 194 years of having been founded with diverse festivities and cultural activities. Among the celebrations, highlighted the beginning of the traditional Culture Week of Cienfuegos, where a deluxe space corresponded to t...

Latin Press News News posted on 4/24/2013 10:56:17 AM

Insight Cuba on the lead of "people to people" Cuba travel savings

Announcing up to $300 (£ 196) savings in six Cuba travel itineraries, Insight Cuba will consolidate its leading position in the offering of "People to People" trips to the large Caribbean island. The discounts will be effective in the period from June to September 2013 for the programmes "Undiscovered Cuba", "Classic Cuba", "Cuban Music and Art", "Scenic Cuba", "Jazz in Havana" and "Weekend in Hav...

Herald Anline News posted on 4/23/2013 6:00:42 PM

Academic tourism in Cuba shows potentialities

Matanzas, Cuba, April 22, - Specialists of the Cuban holiday industry, the second most important for the island's economy, recognize potentialities for the development of academic tourism in the municipality of Cienaga de Zapata (Zapata Swamp), according to results recently obtained in programs carried out in the place, located about 180 kilometers southeast of Havana. Romelia Roman, professor fo...

Tribuna de la Habana News posted on 4/23/2013 4:38:12 PM

Cuba receives first airplane acquired in Ukraine

Havana, Cuba, April 22, - The first airplane acquired in Ukraine, an An-158, of medium range that will cover national flights and diverse routes in the Caribbean region, supporting this way the development of local and foreign tourism that chooses Cuba for holidays, arrived yesterday to the country. The vice-president of the Institute of Civil Aeronautics of Cuba, Ricardo Santillan, granted a si...

Radio Havana Cuba News posted on 4/23/2013 2:48:29 PM

Dance Festival 2013 constitutes added value for travellers enjoying Santiago de Cuba

Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, April 22, - An important added value for travellers enjoying Santiago de Cuba holidays constitutes the Dance Festival 2013, FIDANZ 2013, where important groups of folk and contemporary dances will meet in this city to exchange experiences around that popular art. The event, which will star next Friday and will please holidaymakers for sure, will feature presentations by di...

Cuba News Agency News posted on 4/23/2013 12:37:06 PM

Goddess of Eastern National Park attracts the visit of holidaymakers

Granma, Cuba, April 22, - The Atabeira goddess's cave, located in the archaeological place of El Guafe, in the Southwest part of the territory of the Desembarco del Granma (Landing of Granma), National Park, attracts the attention of lovers of the nature, so much local as foreigners. Guafe, as commonly it is denominated this place, has an extension of 500 metres, and its group of caves is locate...

Radio Havana Cuba News posted on 4/23/2013 11:56:17 AM

Casabe bread to be recognised as a cultural attribute and Cuban heritage

A motion to make the yucca-based Casabe Bread a National Cultural Heritage will be presented in the "Third Conference of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development" to take place in the province of Camaguey, one of the largest heritage holiday destinations in Cuba from 21th to 25th May 2013. Prepared by the aboriginal inhabitants that dwelled in the island before the Spanish colonisation, t...

Latin Press News News posted on 4/22/2013 6:12:01 PM

American chambers join for Cuba travel

Glen Ellyn, Wisconsin, USA, April 21,- Following the trend of American Chambers of Commerce to plan Cuba travel, the Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce is partnering with chambers from Lombard, Elmhurst, Hillside/Berkeley and Racine, to provide local business owners with an opportunity to learn how business is done in another country. Taking into account that travelling to Cuba is fairly new, the tri...

My Suburban Life News posted on 4/22/2013 3:33:51 PM

Christ of Havana received Cuba's National Award of Restoration

Havana, Cuba, April 21 - The enigmatic Christ of Havana, one of the most visited places by foreign tourists enjoying Havana holidays, who welcomes them with open arms, received the National Restoration Award, given each year by the National Council of Cultural Heritage (CNPC). The huge statue which also hosts all ships that enter the port of Havana was created by the Cuban sculptor, Jilma Madera...

Latin Press News News posted on 4/22/2013 1:42:03 PM

Old Bayamo hotel receives distinction 500th anniversary of the city of Bayamo

Bayamo, Cuba, April 21, - As part of preparations for the half millennium of this city, which will be celebrated next November 5, the old Bayamo hotel was declared here today Villa Bayamo 500th Anniversary. Samuel Calzada, president of the Municipal Assembly in Bayamo, said the old Cuba hotel, which currently houses a branch of the Culinary Association of the Republic of Cuba in the province of G...

La Demajagua Newspaper News posted on 4/22/2013 10:18:10 AM

Spanish Jet Ski rider returns to Miami after Cuba travel to complete historical route

After experiencing Cuba travel, the Spanish Jet Ski pilot Alvaro de Marichalar is off to Miami to begin another quest, the crossing of the Pacific Ocean. His goal is to honour Vasco Nunez de Balboa and his discovery of the largest ocean in the world after his recent success in completing Ponce de Leon's route in the Atlantic Ocean. Marichalar, who departed from Puerto Rico on 20th March 2013, ha...

EFE News News posted on 4/21/2013 7:20:27 PM

World Poets will travel to Holguin to attend cultural event "Romerias de Mayo"

Over 30 writers from 15 countries will travel to Holguin to participate in the "II Encounter of World Poets" organised by the House of Ibero America, under the name of "the island in verse". Schedule to take place from 1st to 10th May 2013, the event takes part of "Romerias de Mayo", a cultural celebration, featuring the attributes of local and national culture through diverse variations of art. ...

Cuba Travel News News posted on 4/21/2013 4:04:11 PM

Canadian travellers praise cycling holidays in Cuba

A group of adventurous cyclists from Montreal and Ottawa have made their way recently through holiday destinations in Cuba in a seven-day trip organised by Velo-Quebec Voyages, a specialist travel agency based in Montreal. Having Havana as a first stop of the trip, 25 travellers from Montreal and Ottawa had the chance to see the Cuban capital on wheels, running away from the bustling city centre...

Montreal Gazette News posted on 4/20/2013 7:11:05 PM

New Cuban-Russian aeronautical project to increase capacity and number of flights to Cuba

In an effort to increase Cuba travel capacity by 2020 the government of the large Caribbean island will join forces with Russian authorities to build a new international airport in Havana, announced last Monday the state news agency RIA Novosti. The project which originated following Dimitri Medvedev's visit to the Cuban capital last February will be executed in San Antonio de los Banos, located a...

Europa Press News posted on 4/20/2013 3:06:13 PM

American travel agency to offer educational trips to Cuba

Los Angeles, USA, April 18, - American travel agency Backroads, which leads guided hiking and biking tours around the world, is changing its traditional holiday offers, providing customers a different experience by travelling to Cuba for educational exchange under the company's recently approved People-to-People license by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, OFAC. The...

Los Angeles Times News posted on 4/19/2013 6:51:25 PM

Havana Riviera Hotel will host international chess tournament

Havana, Cuba, April 18, - The emblematic Havana Riviera Hotel, one of the most distinctive buildings of the Cuban capital, just steps away from its famous "malecon", will host more than 200 chess-players, including 83 coming from 20 countries, who will participate in the 48th international chess tournament "Jose Raul Capablanca In Memoriam", which will take place from April 20 to May1st. Sources ...

CRI Online News posted on 4/19/2013 2:01:13 PM

Main Cuban tour operator strengthens its position in the Chinese tourism market

Havana, Cuba, April 18, - Cuban Havanatur group of international tour operators develops an important promotional action and works hard, to consolidate its position within the Chinese tourist market in order to transform into the leader regarding Cuba holidays for travellers of the giant Asian country. An official statement received in this Cuban capital added that Havanatur participated in the F...

Latin Press News News posted on 4/19/2013 10:48:16 AM

French filmmaker Pierre Etaix's work attracts tourists spending Havana holidays

An exhibition of sketches, drawings and images featuring the work of the French clown, actor and filmmaker Pierre Etaix opened the French Film Festival in Cuba last Friday 12th April, 2013. The display set in the lobby of the Chaplin Movie Theatre, in the famous neighbourhood of Vedado, includes photographs of the artist's films under the name "Pierre Etaix, the genius of an artist". At the inaug...

Cuba Travel News News posted on 4/19/2013 8:57:31 AM

Cuba's International Book Fair to take place February 13 to 23 next year in Havana

Havana, Cuba, April 17, - The 23rd edition of the Cuban International Book Fair 2014, will be held from February 13 to 23 next year in this Cuban capital and till March 9 in the other provinces of the country under the slogan "To read is to grow". The Organizing Committee of the event calls interested people to participate in an event that this time will be dedicated to the writer for children Ne...

Cuba Arte News News posted on 4/18/2013 3:21:52 PM

International meeting of the Casa del Habano Partagas started in Havana

Havana, Cuba, April 17, - The already traditional encounter, "Friends of the Casa del Habano Partagas" (Partagas Cigar House), began yesterday in this capital with the participation of smokers coming from Canada, Grand Cayman and Mexico This is the twenty-fifth edition of a meeting that takes place twice a year, in April and November, with the aim of bringing consumers of cigars in the world to ...

Latin Press News News posted on 4/18/2013 1:01:49 PM