Made in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Margarita Alarcon.Posted: 04/27/11 01:36 PM ET. Mother's Day is a few weeks away and Havana is all geared up for the merchandizing aspect of the day.In the past, due to scarcities, the embargo and the obvious lack of private incentive, the second Sunday in May was celebrated in a very simple and homey fashion: mothers throughout the island would receive lovely cards in the mail and families would gather for a lunch celebrating the day.For a few years now, things have changed. Read More

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Tourism fair to highlight Mexico, multi-destination programs

<p style="text-align: justify;">The 2011 edition of the International Tourism Fair in Havana will focus on Mexico and multi-destination tourism, the tourism ministry said in a press release.During this FITCuba congress, May 2-7 at the Morro-Cabaña fortress in Havana, Mexico will will highlight the nearby attractions of Yucatán and the 10 historical routes program.Mexico is the seventh-largest source market for tourism to Cuba, with 67,000 visitors last year. Cuba welcomed 2.5 million foreign visitors last year, 4.2 percent more than in 2009. Read More

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Cuba's cigar industry: Smoked out

<p style="text-align: justify;">Apr 28th 2011 | HAVANA | What price a Cohiba? ONE of the reforms approved at this month’s Congress of Cuba’s ruling Communist Party was a change in the treatment of the country’s 3,000 or so state-owned enterprises. Their management will enjoy more autonomy, but they will be subjected to thorough audits. The cigar industry was nationalised shortly after the 1959 revolution. But it was only in the late 1980s that Cuba took control of distribution, informing foreign retailers that it would supply only one distributor per region, in return for a 50% stake in the business. Read More

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Over 2.84 million light bulbs distributed to Jamaicans

<p style="text-align: justify;">JIS. Thursday, April 28, 2011. THE initial phase of the Cuba-Jamaica Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) Distribution Project, commonly called the Cuban Light Bulb programme, is now complete.The energy efficiency project is intended to help Jamaicans lower their light bills, and the country to reduce energy demand. Read More

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Cheap Holidays Operator Packyourbags.com Adds New Iberostar Hotels

<p style="text-align: justify;">LONDON, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- (RPRN) Packyourbags.com, the UK's leading cheap holidays specialist features Iberostar's newest hotels in the popular destinations of Spain, Greece and Cuba.In an effort to reinforce its presence in some of the world's most popular holiday destinations and continue the hotel chain's steady growth, Iberostar have an impressive 2011 schedule during which they will be opening seven new hotels. Read More

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