Cuba Holidays News

Workshop of Sustainable Tourism takes place in Moron

Moron, Ciego de Avila, Cuba, March 11, - "There are not unique recipes but actions to learn, and each tourist product should be related together with the geographical, political and cultural characteristics of the proposed destination; but the most important thing is to conserve the human and natural values for which the client comes to have a good time, to enjoy our company in family and to have ...

Invasor Newspaper News posted on 3/12/2010 11:16:24 AM

Filial of famous Cuban restaurant opens in Beirut

Beirut, Lebanon, March 11, - Lebanese people and loving tourists of the Cuban traditional food can delight it in the recently inaugurated branch of the Cuban famous restaurant "La Bodeguita del medio" (BdelM) here, which is the first one opened in the Middle East. The bistro was opened in a ceremony attended by the minister of Tourism of Lebanon, Fadi Abboud, the Cuban ambassador here, Manuel Ser...

Latin Press News News posted on 3/12/2010 11:16:24 AM

Cuba participates in tourist fair of Berlin

Berlin, Germany, March 11, - As it is usual, Cuba participates in the Fair of tourism of Berlin (ITB) with a stand that gathers all the national and foreign hotel chains present in the island, as well as its incoming agencies, of specialized tourism and extra hotel companies that offer its services to the international tourism. The fair ITB, one of the most important of the world in which partici...

THP News News posted on 3/12/2010 11:16:24 AM

The Cohiba Hotel celebrates its 15th anniversary

Havana, Cuba, March 10, - The workers of the Hotel Melia Cohiba of Havana celebrated the XV Anniversary of the emblematic tourist installation because of its outstanding economic results in the lodging of travelers since its beginning. The festivity was occasion to celebrate the day of the workers of Hotels and Tourism in Cuba, and to congratulate the 237 women workers of the community, on the Wo...

Radio Havana Cuba News posted on 3/11/2010 1:07:25 PM

Cuba in tourist fair Sevatur

San Sebastian, Spain, March 10, - Considered as a necessary appointment for local travelers, the Sevatur tourist fair, which will open its doors next Friday at 10:30 hours, is "in very good shape" as per the opinion of its organizers. The fair presents this year "new and exotic destinations to travel with an international offer more potent than never" like Cuba, Dominican Republic, Czechoslovaki...

EFE News News posted on 3/11/2010 1:07:25 PM

American academics ask to reestablish educational trips to Cuba

Washington, USA, March 10,- The Coalition of Emergency for the Defense of the Educational Trips to Cuba (ECDET) called today president Barack Obama to lift the restrictions imposed to Americans to visit the island with academic objectives. "It is deplorable that the president Obama doesn't renew the educational trips to Cuba", said Robert Muse, member of ECDET, in a press conference organized by...

Notimex News posted on 3/11/2010 1:07:25 PM

Cuba's tourism seminar took place at the NY Times Travel Show

New York, USA, March 9, - A seminar about Cuba's tourism was held during the New York Times Travel Show that took place from February 26 to February 28. The event, which is the biggest travel show in the North East, offered glimpse of culture and scenic spots of different countries. It featured 34 seminars with more than 50 top travel industry executives; the seminars provided comprehensive overv...

Business Inquirer News posted on 3/10/2010 9:22:02 AM

Ecuadorian Touroperator promotes Cuba holidays

Guayaquil, Ecuador, March 9, - The Wholesaler of Tourism "Komoly Travels" specialized in the destination Cuba, gathered more than 300 travel agents during its Workshop celebrated recently in the hotel Four Points by Sheraton in the city of Guayaquil, with the presence of executives of the Spanish hotel chain, Sol Melia and other tourist companies and touroperators from Cuba and other Latin and Car...

Komoly Travels News posted on 3/10/2010 9:22:02 AM

Canada supports increasing flights to Cuba

Ontario, Canada, March 9, -. The Secretary of Transport of this nation, John Baird, and the Secretary of International Trade, Peter Van Lauds, declared that they have just signed an agreement with Cuba that will "allow to more airlines of both countries to operate regular flights among the two territories" As Baird informed, other two Canadian airlines will present its application shortly before ...

Caribbean News Digital News posted on 3/10/2010 9:22:02 AM

Cuban tourism sector congratulates its women workers

Havana, Cuba, March 8,- On the occasion of the "Woman's Day" the Cuban holiday industry, which has more than 48 thousand women working on it, congratulates them by impregnate their seal in each profession they develop in the sector. The general secretary of the National Union of Workers of Hotels and Tourism, Rodolfo Jimenez Polanco, highlighted that the women represent a very important force, fr...

Cuba News Agency News posted on 3/9/2010 12:41:33 PM

Varadero is reaffirmed as holiday destination in Cuba

Havana, Cuba, March 8, - Having 6 of their hotels among the group of the best of Cuba, the well-known tourist spa of Varadero, main destination of sun and beach of the Island, stands out in the preference of the foreign holidaymakers. Among the hotels it highlights the Iberostar Varadero, classified in the third place among the preferences; while the hotels Tainos and Laguna Azul (Blue Lagoon) al...

Radio Havana Cuba News posted on 3/9/2010 12:41:33 PM

New social and cultural space in Havana

Havana, Cuba, March 8, - The Cultural Center "Almacenes (Warehouses) San Jose", former dock of Havana's port, opened a new social and cultural space for the enjoyment of Cuban and foreign tourists. Inaugurated last November, during the festivities for the anniversary 490 of Villa of San Cristobal of Havana, their rescue constitutes an advance of a great restoring work that includes all the kindre...

Latin Press News News posted on 3/9/2010 12:41:33 PM

Hotel "El Salton" for the excellence of the nature tourism

Havana, Cuba, March 7, - Located in a welcoming natural atmosphere of green mountains, rivers and a truly pleasant micro climate, the Hotel "El Salton" in the town of File, about three kilometers of the municipality of "Cruce de los Banos", transcends in these mountains as a splendid facility of nature tourism in Cuba. In twenty years the workers of this outstanding center continue offering a se...

Radio Havana Cuba News posted on 3/8/2010 10:33:21 AM

Cuba celebrated the Day of the Hotel and Tourism Worker

Havana, Cuba, March, 7, - Hotel and tourism workers of Cuba celebrated the XV Anniversary of the foundation of the Cuban tourism union that took place in the whole country. Manuel Marrero, Cuban minister of the holiday industry, sent a congratulation message to all workers of the sector and pointed out that 3.5 percent of growth in the arrival of visitors in 2009, happened thanks to the persevera...

Cuba News Agency News posted on 3/8/2010 10:33:21 AM

Cuba to demand policies of medical insurance to travelers

Havana, Cuba, March 7, - Starting from May, Cuba will demand policies of medical insurance to enter to the country, a measure that includes travelers, foreigners with temporary residence in Cuba and Cuban that live outside of the island, informed on Saturday the Official Gazette. According to the agreement of the Council of Secretaries, published by the digital place www.gacetaoficial.cu, they ar...

Reuters News posted on 3/8/2010 10:33:21 AM

"Julieta", a cigar for women

Havana, Cuba, March 4, - Cuban cigars that half century ago accentuated the manliness of the guerrilla youths Fidel Castro and Ernesto Che Guevara, has received a strong impact like "men's thing" when showing up "Julieta", a delicate and aromatic cigar for woman's lips. Of clear color, fine and short, only 13 millimeters of diameter and 120 of long, Julieta, according to its makers, is to "be enj...

AFP News News posted on 3/5/2010 10:34:25 AM

Deluxe escapes to Cuba with Sol Melia

Havana, Cuba, March 4, - Solmeliacuba.com is promoting an offer to enjoy deluxe escapes in Paradisus Resorts, Ultra All Inclusive hotels that are using for the first time its areas of Real Service. With the Real Service of their Paradisus Resorts, the Spanish chain Sol Melia is contributing an additional value to its clients and a new sense to choose Cuba as holiday destination. This offer repre...

Expreso News News posted on 3/5/2010 10:34:25 AM

Surprising archaeological discovery in Villa Clara

Havana, Cuba, March 3, - The discovery, for the first time, of refined axes show some presence or the farming ceramists' influence among the aboriginal Cuban ones that inhabited in the north center of Cuba, specifically in current Villa Clara. Raul Villavicencio, archaeologist of the Center of Study and Environmental Services of that county, said to the press that the localization of these tools ...

Radio Rebelde News posted on 3/5/2010 10:34:25 AM

Cuban tourist region shows its ecological tourism offer

Granma, Cuba, March 4, - The tourism of the Cuban south oriental county of Granma finds in the new formulas of the ecological, sustainable tourism and of biodiversity, an option to confront the future of the holiday sector. "Cuba concentrates a very interesting mixture of environment, magnificent and well taken care beaches, nature tourism. In Cuba there are waterfalls, there is also history sinc...

La Demajagua Newspaper News posted on 3/5/2010 10:34:25 AM

Cuban holiday industry performing well

Havana, Cuba, March 3, - Rafael Barreiro, American of Cuban origin and expert of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said that until today, Cuban tourism goes very well in spite of the economic global crisis that strikes other Caribbean nations and predicted a substantial increment of travelers to Cuba in the event of being suppressed the current restrictions to American citizens. The expert e...

Notimex News posted on 3/4/2010 2:59:44 PM

Nature tourism in Villa Clara

Villa Clara, Cuba, March 2, - Visiting caves and waterfalls, next to the enjoyment of a large diversity of flora and fauna, figure among the offers of the nature tourism in the mountains of Guamuhaya and the inter-mountain lake Hanabanilla, of Villa Clara. Jesus Diaz-Canel, director of the National Office of Tourist Information (INFOTUR) in the county, said to AIN that during the high season of t...

Cuba News Agency News posted on 3/4/2010 2:59:44 PM

Cuban record party "Cubadisco 2010" will be dedicated to rural music

Havana, Cuba. March 3, - The Cuban party of the Record industry, "Cubadisco2010" in its XIV edition that will take place in this capital from the 15 to May 23, will be dedicated to the rural music. Ciro Benemelis, president of its organizing committee, remarked to the press that the event will give tribute to outstanding figures of the improvised song and the "decima" (Cuban typical rural song) p...

Juventud Rebelde Newspaper News posted on 3/4/2010 2:59:44 PM

Tourist infrastructure to be improved in Cuban county

Granma, Cuba, March 2, - The fulfillment of a wide program of investments during 2010, will benefit the tourist infrastructure of the Cuban county of Granma, in the oriental area of the island. In accordance with information given by authorities of the Cuban holiday's sector, remodeling works have been foreseen in the hotel complex Club Amigo Marea del Portillo, integrated by the facilities Faral...

DT Cuba News News posted on 3/3/2010 5:17:13 PM

A Cuban place to enjoy nature

Ciego de Avila, Cuba, March 2, - "La G?ra" is one of the emblematic places of the Jardines del Rey (King's Garden) holiday destination, in the North coast of the Cuban central county of Ciego de Avila That place, located 12 kilometers away from the hotel area of Cayo Coco , intends to enjoy travelers by its pure air coming from a natural atmosphere very well conserved, calmed, safety and ideal to...

Latin Press News News posted on 3/3/2010 5:17:13 PM

More than 250 thousand travelers arrived to Cuba in January

Havana, Cuba, March 2, - Last January, Cuba received 254 thousand 845 foreign travelers what means a decrease of 4, 9 percent regarding same month of 2009. According to information given by the National Office of Statistical, that result represents 13 thousand 270 less holidaymakers in comparison with similar stage of last year. However, this figure means an increment of 2, 6 percent compared wi...

DT Cuba News News posted on 3/3/2010 5:17:13 PM

Hotel Nacional de Cuba to celebrate its 80 anniversary

Havana, Cuba, March 1,- The Hotel Nacional de Cuba commemorates this year the anniversary 80 of its foundation with the recognition of being considered as an outstanding symbol of the cultural patrimony of the Cuban capital and its sustained excellence of its services. The hotel classified in the survey of World Travel Group 2009 as Hotel Leader of the Cuban tourism, distinction that shared in th...

Granma Newspaper News posted on 3/2/2010 10:14:25 AM

Cuban dancing company calls international encounter

Havana, Cuba, March 1,- The Company Danza Teatro Retazos (Dances Theater Pieces) and the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana summon to the XV edition of the International Encounter of Dance in Urban Landscapes Old Havana: City in Movement 2010 that will be carried out from April 7 to 11. City in Movement is an enriching event that allows motivating exchanges of ideas and artistic experi...

Cuba News Agency News posted on 3/2/2010 10:14:25 AM

An auction in Cuba of exclusive cigars overcomes one million dollars

Havana, Cuba, February 28, - An auction of exclusive Cuban cigars closed the XII International Festival of the Cigar collecting more than a million dollars. The total figure reached by the six lots taken out to finishes off after a gala dinner last Friday night, in which some 1.800 travelers from 70 countries participated, was of 850.000 Euros (1, 1 million dollars), informed the Cuban news agen...

Hoy Digital News posted on 3/1/2010 3:48:49 PM

New European airline to open flight to Havana

Bucharest, Romania, February 28,- Based airline in this city, Blue Air low-cost air carrier will open this May weekly flights to Bangkok (Thailand) and Havana (Cuba), its first destinations outside Europe, Blue Air General Manager Adrian Ionascu reports. According to its general manager, "Blue Air has concluded a partnership with Italian Distal Group carrier consortium, which includes Blue Panor...

Financiarul News posted on 3/1/2010 3:48:49 PM

A hotel for journey tourism inaugurated 40 years ago

Havana, Cuba, February 28, - An enjoyable stop for travelers on roundtrips programs constitutes the arrival at the hotel Los Caneyes, located in the Cuban central county of Villa Clara, thanks to their tourist service. The hotel has been designed as a village of old aboriginal that inhabited the island, and it accumulates more than four decades of work in the important activity of the Cuban holi...

DT Cuba News News posted on 3/1/2010 3:48:49 PM