JetBlue has officially launched its expanded charter service between New York and Havana, Cuba. The carrier is now operating a second weekly roundtrip charter flight in partnership with Cuba Travel Services. The new flights, which operate on Tuesdays, become JetBlue’s sixth weekly roundtrip charter route between the US and Cuba. “More people are exploring the … Read more
Growth in the number of charter flights to Cuba is showing no signs of slowing down. Another carrier has added flights to the island, this time Choice Aire out of Southwest Florida International Airport. The carrier recently launched service from Fort Myers to Havana, Cuba, with flights operating on Mondays and Fridays. The Monday and Friday flights … Read more
By the Cuba Journal staff The Memories Miramar Havana hotel has added a new specialty restaurant, parent company Sunwing Vacations announced. The NeXo restaurant features an “exciting fusion menu,” according to the company. More significantly, the restaurant is the brainchild of Michelin-star Chef Jesus del Cerro, one of the first of a number of culinary … Read more
Maybe it’s the six-piece band in the lobby at twilight. Or the extensive selection of Cuban rums. Or what just might be the best omelette in Havana. Here, at a hotel in the leafy Havana suburb of Miramar, you can find just about everything you want, all within an easy drive of the Old City. This … Read more
By Alexander Britell HAVANA — If you’re wondering where the background is, you won’t find it. Because it’s you. The jazz singer’s voice is muted by the mic, slowly rising with the bass and the keyboard. She is looking at the small crowd, but not singing for them. She is just singing. Because in Havana, … Read more
By Alexander Britell HAVANA — It’s the most famous hotel in Havana: the Nacional, the one where Frank and Mickey and Ernest used to stay from time to time. Now, like much of Cuba’s hotel product, it’s a paean to another time, tour groups mingling with ghosts. And while the Hotel Nacional has some of … Read more
By the Cuba Journal staff United States Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker arrived in Cuba on Monday for a high-level visit. Pritzker is just the second US Cabinet official to visit Cuba in more than a half century, following US Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent visit. On Tuesday, Pritzker was set to co-chair a … Read more
By the Cuba Journal staff Fathom, Carnival Corporation’s new “social impact” cruise brand, has announced it will visit three Cuban ports of call — Havana, Cienfuegos, and Santiago de Cuba — when it begins operations next year. The company has also unveiled the seven-day itinerary travelers will experience during their Cuban “cultural immersion.” In June 2015, Fathom … Read more
By the Cuba Journal staff Air France is ramping up its service from Paris to Havana, the carrier announced this week. The expansion will mean up to three additional flights between Charles de Gaulle and Jose Marti airports beginning this summer. From late March to mid-May, Air France will operate 10 weekly flights between Paris … Read more
More flights to Cuba By the Cuba Journal staff JetBlue continues to add more charter flights to Cuba. The New York City-based carrier announced Monday that it had expanded its partnership with Cuba Travel Services, with plans to launch a second nonstop flight between New York and Havana. The expansion comes after the US further … Read more
