cuban tourism
Klobuchar Calls on Departments of Treasury and Commerce to Allow American Hotels to Operate in Cuba
March 8, 2016
Since launching in Cuba in 2015, Airbnb has accumulated more than 2,000 listings for travelers to rent but U.S. hotel chains cannot operate in Cuba due to Treasury and Commerce Department regulations; additionally, hotel operators from Spain and the U.K. are already negotiating deals to build hotels in Cuba In a letter to Secretaries Lew and Pritzker, Klobuchar, the Chair of the Senate Travel and Tourism Caucus, urged the Treasury and Commerce Department to amend regulations to authorize U.S. investment in the Cuban hotel industry WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar called on the Departments of Treasury and Commerce today ...
Cuba Offers Great Opportunities and Great Obstacles, Says New Report
The Center for Hospitality Research | August 6, 2015
Ithaca, NY, August 5, 2015 - Although the U.S. embargo remains in effect, the resumption of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba opens the possibility of a vast expansion of the island's hospitality and tourism businesses. At the same time, Cuba remains an opaque nation tightly run by its central government. Those contradictions are explored in a new report from the Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) at Cornell University, "Cuba's Future Hospitality and Tourism Business: Opportunities and Obstacles." Posted on the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration website, the report is available from the CHR at no charge. W...
Cuba: The Caribbean’s Wake-up Call
Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association | July 1, 2015
Caribbean Governments and Private Sector Cannot Afford To Be Complacent THE CARIBBEAN (July 1, 2015) - For far too long the Caribbean has taken tourism for granted according to a white paper issued by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) entitled Cuba: The Great Disruption for the Good of the Caribbean. The paper states that the country that many regard as the least capitalistic in the region is about to teach its neighbor governments, capitalists and free market adherents a lesson. The white paper stresses that through the years, the Governments of the Caribbean have shown a preference for revenues from commodities and ag...
