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In what is likely a breach of Australian guidelines for advertising and marketing towards children, Facebook denied and then apologized for revelations about its marketing plans to sell advertising to vulnerable youths who “need a confidence boost.” The Australian obtained internal documents from the social media giant which reportedly show how Facebook can exploit the … Read more
Google has announced a new digital resource to help Cubans access digital health information. According to the internet giant, it wants to deliver reliable, quality health information directly to Google Search. Google search results will show information on more than 900 health conditions commonly sought in several Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, Colombia, … Read more
U.S.-Cuba collaboration around music continues to grow. The Chicago Harp Quartet (CHQ) will be spending a weeklong residency from May 29-June 4 in Cuba. The island nation, a country of 11 million people, today has only one harp teacher and only four pedal harps, and those are in disrepair. It’s not every day that the … Read more
There is no other major destination in the world with visibility on 500% growth in travel and tourism other than Cuba. A recent IMF working paper, “Revisiting the Potential Impact to the Rest of the Caribbean from Opening US-Cuba Tourism”, suggests, “the apprehension of the Caribbean tourism industry towards a change in US travel policy … Read more
It appears the weaker hands in the airline industry have given way to the major carriers’ long term plans for flying to Cuba. United Airlines today filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for authority to increase from Saturday-only to daily nonstop service between its hub at Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport … Read more
Airbnb and Hearst have been developing a print travel magazine concept for a year, and on May 23rd the first issue will hit the stands with Havana as the feature. Airbnbmag is part guidebook and part travel magazine. According to reports, it is targeted to adventurous travelers, rather than luxury-focused editorial common with other travel … Read more
Today, Meliá Hotels announced an important expansion plan in Cuba. The Spanish hotel company’s plans include new hotels in three regional cities with historic significance and colonial origins. Trinidad and Camagüey (two of the first seven villages built in Cuba between 1511 and 1515) and the French, neoclassical city of Cienfuegos, the Pearl of the … Read more
Last weekend, the Classical Havana music event occurred in various venues around Havana. Here’s what the Cuba Journal captured from this amazing collaboration. There were five concerts and musicians from ten countries. RELATED: Cuba Travel Guide
Cuba is what the travel industry would love to be if it could. This is because adventure travel is the sweetest spot of the $2.5 trillion global travel industry, and Cuba’s natural and human qualities together make it the most interesting place in the world in terms of visibility for growth in this niche. According … Read more
Amid Havana’s majestic decay and the amazing urban vistas made beautiful by a total lack of commercial advertising, there is one potential shock that could render you a rootless wanderer – lack of adequate Internet. Cuba has the lowest Internet penetration in the Western Hemisphere, and while the government has been more generous recently in … Read more
