English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
14ymedio, Madrid, 1 August 2023 — The drop in the price per room in Cuba in the first half of this year has caused a decrease in the profits that the Meliá hotel obtained in the first half of 2023. Although it is the main international hotel manager on the island and earned 46.1 million … Continue reading “Lowered Room Rates Weigh on the Bottom Line of Melia Hotels in Cuba”
14ymedio, Madrid, 7 December 2021 — The Spanish hotel company Meliá has signed an agreement with the Cuban Medical Services Marketing Company to include health “products” in its hotels. In this case, it is not a question of an offer of highly trained specialists in medicine, as Cuba Marketing Company always presumes, but of alternative treatments … Continue reading “Cuban Medical Services Marketing Company Signs an Alliance with Melia Hotels”
14ymedio, Havana, 12 January 2016 – The Cuban division of Melia Hotels International opened a recruitment process in Spain this Tuesday, that will run until 5 February. The Spanish company is looking for some twenty professionals in cuisine and hospitality for its facilities in Cuba. Candidates with at least two years experience can apply for … Continue reading “Melia Hotels In Seeks Staff For Its Cuban Hotels In Spain / 14ymedio”
The Spanish firm will manage two new facilities on the Island, in Ciego de Ávila and Matanzas 14ymedio, Havana, 16 May 2024 — The poor results of tourism in Cuba do not seem to deter foreign hotel companies that do business with Havana. Despite the drop in its profits on the Island in recent years, … Continue reading “Melia Creates an Import Company to Ensure the ‘High Standard’ of Its Cuban Hotels”
The Spanish firm will manage two new facilities on the Island, in Ciego de Ávila and Matanzas 14ymedio, Havana, 16 May 2024 — The poor results of tourism in Cuba do not seem to deter foreign hotel companies that do business with Havana. Despite the drop in its profits on the Island in recent years, … Continue reading “Melia Creates an Import Company to Ensure the ‘High Standard’ of Its Cuban Hotels”
14ymedio, Havana, 6 March 2021 — The Spanish chain Meliá stopped managing three of its 35 hotels in Cuba in the last months of 2020. According to its latest economic report, the decision is due to the “scarce commercial opportunities” of the tourist centers and “the operational problems faced over the last few years. ” The … Continue reading “Melia Abandons the Management of 3 of Its 35 Hotels in Cuba”
14ymedio, Havana, 11 September 2020 — The Spanish hotel company Meliá is planning to launch a new type of accommodation for teleworking, at its hotels in Cuba. The project will be aimed primarily at Canadian customers, the main source market for tourists, according to a company spokesperson speaking to the Spanish newspaper ABC. “The idea is … Continue reading “Melia Plans to Offer Telework Packages at its Hotels in Cuba”
14ymedio, Havana, July 10, 2020 – The court of Palma (Baleares),which is in charge of the Sánchez Hill family case against the Melía group over the exploitation in Cuba of two hotels, has rejected three petitions from the company, according to Vozpópuli, which revealed on Friday the contents of the resolution approved on July 6. … Continue reading “Melia Suffers a Reverse in a Spanish Court Over Its Hotels in Cuba”
EFE/14ymedio, Havana, 11 October 2017 — The Spanish group Meliá announced Wednesday that it will reopen eleven hotels in Cuba beginning on October 15, two of them in the resort of Varadero and the rest in the keys of the center-north of the island, areas devastated by Hurricane Irma. “Meliá Cuba announces the reopening of … Continue reading “Meliá Reopens Hotels In Varadero Northern Cuban Keys After Hurricane Irma”
Spanish hoteliers fear that blackouts and supply shortages will continue into 2025, which “will hamper tourism activity.” 14ymedio, Havana/Madrid, March 3, 2025 — Havana’s Iberostar Selection Hotel, located in the controversial 42-story, 155-meter-tall Tower K, is now taking reservations. During last night’s citywide blackout, the building on downtown 23rd Street was a beacon of light … Continue reading “Melía’s Cuban Earnings Fall; Iberostar Worries about Tower K’s Bad Image”
In January, during the high season, the establishment had an occupancy rate of less than 15%. 14ymedio, Julio César Contreras, Cienfuegos, 4 February 2025 — In the midst of the darkness that fell on Cienfuegos this Sunday, where the blackout lasted more than 20 hours, a bright building stood out at dusk. “I have only managed … Continue reading ““At the Meliá San Carlos Hotel in Cienfuegos, a Week Can Go By Without a Single Tourist Showing Up””
Foreign tourists are cancelling their reservations due to the energy crisis, and private hostel owners are feeling the impact 14ymedio, Natalia López Moya, Havana, 22 October 2024 — Lucía’s hostel in Viñales, Pinar del Río, had not received a single customer for weeks. Her desperation was appeased when two Spaniards rented a room in her … Continue reading “Large Hotels Waste Electricity While Private Hostels Remain Without Customers”
The regime’s proposal to buy from farmers did not prosper due to the shortage of products 14ymedio, Havana, July 24, 2024 — The Cuban Government’s inability to meet the demand for the most basic products also affects its trading partners. The large hotel companies installed on the Island have had to import, for years, part … Continue reading “Given the Low Quality of Food in Cuba, the Spanish Hotel Company Meliá Will Import Its Products”
The spill has also caused damage to crayfish, crabs, fish and waterfowl in the area. 14ymedio, Havana, May 25, 2024 — Meliá Trinidad Peninsula, the hotel colossus that accounted for 60% of the construction budget for 2023 in Sancti Spíritus, has caused a significant deterioration of the province’s mangroves in just six months of activity. … Continue reading “Waste from a Meliá Hotel Contaminates the Beaches and Mangroves of Trinidad, Cuba”
14ymedio, Havana, December 7, 2023 — The Spanish advisor Francisco Albertí, who has been the financial guru for almost all the large hotel groups in Spain, this Thursday asked the Cuban authorities to allow the companies, “especially Meliá, to be great actors and advisors of the Cuban Government in the tourist recovery,” suggesting, even, that … Continue reading “An Advisor to the Large Spanish Hotels Asks Cuba To ‘Be More Open’ to Privatization”
