American already flies to Cuba and has been flying there from the U.S. since 1991, although only through charters on American Airlines planes. It flies an average of 22 charter flights a week to the island from Miami and Tampa. Its planes will be used in the launch of another charter flight from Los Angeles before the year is over.
The Fathom brand is Carnival’s newest brand concentrating on “social impact” cruises. If it gets the Cuban OK, it would become the first U.S.-based cruise ship operator to sail to the island since the trade embargo was put in place. Plans call for it to sail from Miami to Cuba every other week beginning in May.
Willanny Darias Martinez is a talented young pianist who got her big stage break in her native Cuba at an age when most girls dream of becoming princesses and go to bed with fairytales. She studied piano all the way from elementary education to high school, winning a bevy of awards in both national and international contests along the way.
Paco Torreblanca, who recently visited Cuba to attend the First International Gastronomic Seminar in Santiago de Cuba, is penciled in as one of the best confectioners in the world. Mr. Torreblanca is an Honorary Doctor on Food Technology from the Technical College of Valencia, and on Fine Arts at the Miguel Hernandez de Elche University. He’s an extraordinary human being, humble in his greatness, who thinks family comes first in life.
During one of the sessions of DATE 2015, recently held in the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean News Digital sat down with the host country’s deputy minister of Tourism, Radhames Martinez, who shared his views on the upcoming step his beautiful nation is to take in a bid to further enhance its successful travel industry.
Mrs. Lara has vast experience in the travel industry as she worked for Meliá Hotels International, where she occupied different executive positions at corporate level, America, for over a decade. Afterwards, this specialist was the Sales Vice president of Be Live Hotels for America. During our conversation, Mrs. Lara commented on AMResorts’ plans in the Dominican Republic and admitted ALG’s interest in Cuba.