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• Two million visitors
December 27,
2004
RAFAEL FREYRE, Holguín.—For the first time Cuba has exceeded the total of two million foreign visitors in one year, according to Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, speaking at a special event in the Playa Pesquera
Hotel in this province’s tourist complex.
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Swiss company inaugurates a website for sending
money to Cuba
December 24,
2004
THE Swiss AWS Technologies Company (http://www.aws-transaction.com)
has opened a website for sending money to Cuba which,
among its competitive advantages offers greater
rapidity and efficiency in the service.
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New Paris-Cayo Coco direct flight
December 21,
2004
CIEGO DE AVILA, CUBA (AIN). –The French capital and
the tourist destination of Jardines del Rey, part of
the central Cuban province of Ciego de Avila are now
connected by a direct flight Paris-Cayo Coco.
A Boeing 747, operated by the
Crosair Company, is offering this commercial flight
once a week.
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HAVANA FILM FESTIVAL
What will the jury say?
December 9,
2004
JURY’S decisions almost
always provoke controversy. This is also true for
film festivals. However, their opinions are taken
into account in terms of seeing a film or dismissing
it. Some of the movies in competition at the 26th
Festival of New Latin American Cinema have won
prizes in other events and are therefore a focus of
attention.
•
CUBAN MATURE BARREL PROOF RUM
Arrives on the market with a Gold Medal
December 8,
2004
THE new Cuban mature barrel proof rum, from the Havana Club label, has been officially launched in Havana. Attended by the national and foreign press, its tasting at the Museum of Rum served as a celebration for the gold medal it won in Chicago, USA.
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Tourists advised to avoid using U.S.
dollars in Cuba
October 28,
2004
TOURISM Minister
Manuel Marrero has recommended that tourists
intending to visit Cuba from November 8 onward
should avoid using U.S. dollars and, instead, bring
other convertible currencies.
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485TH ANNIVERSARY OF
HAVANA
The Italian influence
October
1,
2004
OF course, the first Italian who visited us was the
Genoese-born Admiral of the ocean Christopher
Columbus from October 21-27, 1492.
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No visitors hurt
September
16,
2004
THE entire tourism industry has been reactivated
following the extremely dangerous Hurricane Ivan,
and the close to 5,000 visitors who were evacuated
to places of safety have resumed their vacations
with no reports of injury or damage, reported Manuel
Marrero, the minister for the industry.
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Summer
tourist high season closes
September
6,
2004
CUBA has closed its
high season for tourism with an increase in the
average rate of visitors, in the main arriving from
Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy, the
central source countries for the island.
485TH ANNIVERSARY OF HAVANA
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A meeting
point for different nationalities
August
12,
2004
DURING the first three decades of the
16th century, with the conquest of the rich
territories of the so-called Viceroyalty of New
Spain (Mexico), Viceroyalty of Peru and New Granada
(Colombia), Havana was transformed into the center
of Spanish trade thanks to its strategic position in
the Americas and a major route of maritime
communication.
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From rumba to
Swan Lake
June
8,
2004
The young prince Siegfried celebrates his birthday
with a party in the palace gardens. Nobility and
village people alike turn out to congratulate
him¼The queen presents her son with a beautiful bow
and set of arrows and reminds him he is now at the
age to be wed. Five beautiful princesses are to be
introduced to him during the dance, and he must
choose one of them as a wife; news that Siegfried
reluctantly accepts.
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54TH ERNEST HEMINGWAY INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
U.S. prevents its fishing enthusiasts
from
participating
June
1,
2004
DESPITE the U.S. government’s fierce, unjust
opposition and blockade, one of the most important
sporting events of the Cuban calendar – the Ernest
Hemingway International Game Fishing Tournament – is
set to take place from June 3-6, involving 17 boats
with friends from six different countries competing.
•
Cuba reaches
the first one million tourists in 2004
May
31,
2004
WITH particular
satisfaction, our country has received one million
visitors up until May 30 this year. In 2002 this
total was achieved on July 29 and in 2003 on June
29. These results make it possible that the two-million
figure could be reached by the end of the year for
the first time in the island’s history of tourism.
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Cuba’s Hotel Nacional – the best in
the world
May
21,
2004
CUBA’S
Hotel Nacional, declared a World Heritage site by
UNESCO and considered emblematic of Cuban hotels,
has been declared Best Hotel in the World by
participants in the 4th Survey by elmundoviajes.com
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24TH Cuban Tourism Convention
inaugurated
May
4,
2004
THE
24th Cuban Tourism Convention began its activities
with a simple opening ceremony led by Minister of
Tourism Manuel Marrero, and with an emphasis on
cultural options for vacationers.
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2004
Tourism Convention Dedicated to Jardines del Rey
April
29,
2004
Havana.- The 24th Tourism Convention,
to be held in the beach resort of Varadero, will be
dedicated to Jardines del Rey.
According
to sources from the organizing committee, the new
offers and facilities of Jardines del Rey (Gardens
of the King), located in eastern Ciego de Avila
province, will be presented at the Varadero
convention.
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More
tourists go to Jardines del Rey
March 22,
2004
Cuban destination of Jardines del Rey is operating
with over 95% of their accommodation capacities
covered said Luis Báez, Tourism Ministry commercial
executive in that destination.
•
Meliá Cayo
Coco Hotel celebrates its
first
wedding under the sea
March 22,
2004
The Canadians Claude Rocheleau and Benoit Levesquer
were the first clients of the Melia Cayo Coco hotel
to have an underwater wedding.
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Sol Meliá
consolidates its position in Cuba
March 18,
2004
Sol Meliá,
Spain`s leading hotel company, is sticking to its
expansion projects in major tourist circuits of Cuba
where it`s currently running 22 facilities with as
many as 40,000 rooms in all, sources close to the
company`s front office indicated.
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Tourists
Flowed to Cuba in Record Numbers in January
January
6,
2003
Havana, Mar 5 (PL) Cuba has recorded a 12.4 per cent
increase in visitor arrivals for January this year,
as compared to the same period in 2003. A total of
214, 242 tourists visited the island in January,
surpassing the number of arrivals in the same month
last year by 23,573.
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1.9 million visitors in 2003
January
6,
2003
CUBA received a just over 1.9 million visitors from
abroad in 2003, a 12% growth on the previous year’s
total. Tourism, the number one industry within the
Cuban economy, was badly hit as a result of the
terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York and
the Pentagon in Washington.
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HAVANA HAVENS
Karaoke, Malecón chicken and enjoyment in the Cabaña
December
30,
2003
THE
Habaguanex S.A. company is currently promoting a
special offer for New Year’s Eve at one of its
bar-restaurants.
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New "Havana Loco"
cocktail
December
29,
2003
ON sale from this December in
Havana is the new cocktail by the Cuban-French joint
venture, Havana Club International – Pernod Ricard,
named the "Havana Loco" (Crazy Havana).
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More than one million dollars per year would be
generated by Cuban-U.S. tourism
October 20,
2003
CUBA is ready for U.S. tourism if
the ban on travel from that country to the island
were to be lifted immediately, affirmed the Cuban
authorities in the first encounter with 40 tour and
cruise operators and representatives from U.S.
travel agencies that took place in Cancún and
Havana.
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Cancún
conference on US-Cuba travel
October 16,
2003
THE Mexican resort of Cancún
is the venue for the Conference on Travel between
the United States and Cuba.
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38%
annual rise in flights from U.S.
October 29,
2003
BERTO Pérez, managing director of Cuban company
Havanatur, announced that there has been a steady
rise in the number of flights from the United States
– a rate of 38% per year since 1999 – and at the
same time, over the last five years this company has
seen a 61% rise in the number of U.S. clients.
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Chinese
tourists will soon be visiting the island
September 29,
2003
CHINA will very
shortly be sending tourists to Cuba and for this, a
five star hotel is to be built in Havana’s Hemingway
Marina, announced Wan Zhiguan, People’s Republic of
China ambassador to the island.
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U.S.
entrepreneurs ratify meeting with Cuban
authorities
September
12,
2003
WASHINGTON.—
Despite the economic embargo (blockade) on Cuba,
U.S. businesspeople affirmed yesterday, September
11 that they are to have a meeting with the
island’s authorities in order to boost tourism,
a potential billion-dollar market.
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Bello
Caribe: like coming home
June
18, 2003
THE Bello Caribe hotel is an elegant place and a
welcome respite after a long journey, according to
its marketing information. It recently received the
National Vanguard award for having reached and
maintained important commercial results, excellent
care for guests and top quality services.
• Around
the clock service
June
17, 2003
INSIDE Sala A on the second floor of Terminal 3 at
José Martí International Airport, Cubana
Aviation has inaugurated a new office for
reservations, sales and other services with
specialized attention to all passengers, and a
24-hour service seven days a week.
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An enviable
destination
June
13, 2003
HAVANA is 483 years old. Almost
nothing for a city if we compare it with ancient
Rome, Athens...or any of the initial settlements
founded by the Spanish shortly after they arrived in
the "pearl of the Caribbean."
• HAVANA
HAVENS
Chateau
Miramar, ideal for businespersons
June
9, 2003
ON the northern
coast of the Cuban capital, the CUBANACAN S.A.
four-star Chateau Miramar hotel has been reopened
with businesspersons in mind, although not
exclusively.
• Cuba:
record number of tourists in the first quarter
May
8, 2003
CUBA recorded 770,000 visitors during the first
quarter of 2003; a record total representing a 19%
increase on the same period last year, reported
Radio Rebelde.
• Tourism
Convention
April
23, 2003
THE 2003 Tourism Convention takes place from May
5-8 at the beautiful Varadero beach resort, 135
kilometers northeast of the Cuban capital with the
attendance of representatives from 43 countries
worldwide.
• Renaissance
of Havana’s Park View Hotel
March
18, 2003
THE
Park View Hotel, situated in Old Havana’s
historic center, has recouped the commercial
success and international prestige it won in the
1930s-1960s. After various restoration work, staff
recently celebrated the hotel’s first year back
in business.
• Accommodation
with Islazul
March
18, 2003
TO mention the Pernik, El Bosque or El Mirador de
Mayabe, is to speak of quality hotels in the city
of Holguín.
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