American art professor Gwendolyn Shaw spearheaded the Penn in Havana summer program for undergraduate students after visiting Cuba with a group of Penn alumni. Her trip inspired her to take students, the first group of whom traveled to Havana as part of an official Penn summer abroad program last May.
The Cancun Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is pleased to announce that UK visitor numbers to Cancun increased by 8 percent for the period January to October 2015 compared to the same the period in 2014.
A total of 30 Caribbean islands were included in the survey, which analyses the average cost of the cheapest available double room in hotels and resorts with at least a 3-star rating.
With three new hotels, a water park and an 18-hole golf course, among other projects, Cuba’s famous beach resort of Varadero is gearing up to welcome more tourists this year.
Iran officials have signed two agreements with Airbus covering new aircraft orders and a comprehensive civil aviation co-operation package.
Cuba is looking for investors to help stimulate an unprecedented tourism boom after the country improved ties with the United States.