Cuba’s Hero City is making arrangements to celebrate in July 500 years since it was founded by Diego Velázquez de Cuellar. Caguayo Foundation for Applied and Monumental Arts stands among the cultural institutions that are organizing actions to celebrate such an important development.
Iberostar Hotels & Resorts has opened a new property in Madrid, Iberostar Las Letras Gran Via. This is the Spanish hospitality brand’s first hotel in Madrid, located in the central area of Gran Via. The hotel originally opened in 1917, but it was recently restored. It now uses natural light to highlight the hotel’s facilities, which include 103 rooms, a lounge and more.
Longtime industry veteran Enrique Calderon has assumed the top spot at Grupo Posadas, where, as director general and CEO, he will be charged with overseeing the company’s hotel management business.
After the Development of the project Marie Pampoen Beach was officially announced in December 2014 through the unveiling of the billboard describing the project, finally the most important step has taken place. This step is the signing of the management and implementation contract.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced new data showing that aviation and aviation-related tourism contributes some $5.9 billion to Panama’s economy, an amount equal to 12.6% of the country’s GDP.
UNWTO announce that Carol Bellamy, former Executive Director of UNICEF (1995-2005), is the new chair of the UNWTO World Tourism Network on Child Protection. Ms. Bellamy starts her tenure at the Network’s 30th meeting in connection with ITB Berlin in March 2015.