Apple Vacations (a major US tour operator) begins selling Cuba tours. The services are under the program People-To-People. Charter air is handled by Cuba Travel Services, a Cuba-licensed operator that charters flights from Miami on American Airlines and Sun Country Airlines. ...
The Cuban consumer landscape is still relatively undeveloped, but conditions are steadily improving. As the government continues to liberalize segments of the economy, the US eases restrictions on trade and travel, and incomes increase among Cuban citizens, the opportunity for consumer companies will gr...
1898: US President McKinley offers to buy Cuba for $300 million just before the US invaded. The US sends the battleship USS Maine to Havana during the Second War of Independence on a “friendly visit” and to protect American citizens - and its corporate interests - in Cuba. The captain...
International visitors, many of them Canadian, certainly love cheap vacations and the charm of a place where time seems to have stood still, a country free of malls and McDonald’s, where 1950s cars still cruise and Internet access is sparse and roads are still potholed. But the reality ...