By Dana Niland Cuba Journal Contributor Carnival Cruise Line will offer 17 new sailings to Cuba aboard Carnival Sensation in 2019. The five-day Cuba voyages will be the line’s first to operate round-trip from Miami, and will feature a day-long call in Havana as well as stops at ports including Grand Turk, Grand Cayman, Nassau, … Read more
By Alexander Britell The mere act of opening it is a ceremony. It comes in a wooden box, its name inscribed on the side. You slide out the wooden cover, peel away the wax paper and retrieve one of the most legendary cigars in the pantheon of Habanos: the Montecristo A. This isn’t a cigar … Read more
By Dana Niland Cuba Journal Contributor Regent Seven Seas Cruises is adding Cuba calls to six itineraries in the line’s 2018-19 Caribbean season. Travelers can visit Havana on select itineraries aboard Seven Seas Mariner, Seven Seas Voyager and Seven Seas Navigator, which depart Miami from October 2018 through March 2019. Guests on these voyages can … Read more
Launching a Cuba travel business in 2016 was not a unique concept, but the idea behind Jessi Calzado-Esponda’s dream to expose Americans to Cuba’s culture led to a growing business and a list of celebrity clients. The idea for a Cuba travel business, Cuba Inspires, came after then-president Barack Obama announced an easing of relations … Read more
The Cuban government has announced plans to apply for the first Global Geopark in Viñales, Cuba. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates Global Geoparks according to established criteria. Viñales, the main tourism site of the Western province of Pinar del Rio, was previously declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. … Read more
According to Xinhua, China National Tobacco Corporation and Cuba’s cigar maker Habanos S.A. signed a letter of intent at the end of July to increase Cuba’s cigar exports to China. China National Tobacco Corporation General Manager Ling Chengxing and co-presidents of Habanos S.A., Inocente Nunez and Luis Sanchez-Harguindey, signed the document in Havana. According to … Read more
It appears the new White House Chief of Staff may have some ideas about Cuba that contradict President Trump’s policy towards the island nation. U.S. President Donald Trump’s choice for White House chief of staff, retired Marine General John Kelly, was one of the military’s longest-serving commanders before Trump named him secretary for the Department … Read more
Compared to the Dominican Republic’s cigar exports, Cuba lags behind in terms of volume and value. But with Cuba excluded from the U.S. market, the largest single cigar market in the world, Cuba’s prospects appear bright bespite being restrained by politics. RELATED: Tasting the Rare Partagas Saloman This year, Vice President Jose Ramon Machado has … Read more
Cuba’s increasingly crucial tourism sector grew by 23.2 percent in the first half of 2017, according to new data from Cuba Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero. That represented a total of 2.7 million tourists compared to the first six months of 2016, driven unsurprisingly by a surge in U.S. tourism. Indeed, the U.S. market grew by … Read more
In May 2016, Carnival Corp’s 704-passenger Adonia left port at about 4:24pm local time, bound for Havana. The ship visited the ports of Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba along the way. It was the first cruise ship to journey from the U.S. to Cuba in more than 50 years. Here Is A Licensed, Legal Tour … Read more
