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Melia Is Congratulated for Its Respect for the Environment in an Area of Cuba Destroyed by Tourism

14ymedio, Madrid, September 26, 2023 — The Spanish hotel company Meliá received favorable attention from the official Cuban press on Monday. Reproducing a statement from the company itself on the occasion of the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, on September 16, the Prensa Latina agency highlighted that “several of the facilities” … Continue reading “Melia Is Congratulated for Its Respect for the Environment in an Area of Cuba Destroyed by Tourism”

The Spanish Melia Opens a Luxury Hotel in the Building of the Extinct Petroleum Union in Havana

14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 6 July 2023 — A room costs between 295 and 383 euros a night this month at the new INNSiDE Habana Catedral hotel, inaugurated last Saturday by the Spanish group Meliá in Old Havana. If the traveler prefers the “Townhouse Suite,” with 560 square feet, king size bed and view … Continue reading “The Spanish Melia Opens a Luxury Hotel in the Building of the Extinct Petroleum Union in Havana”

The Spanish Hotel Melia Company Continues To Bet on Cuba Despite the Bad Tourism Data

14ymedio, Havana, 6 May 2023 — With the opening of four new facilities in Havana and Holguín, the Spanish hotel company Meliá aspires to regain its prominence on the Island. During the International Tourism Fair (FitCuba) held this week in the Morro-Cabaña complex of the capital, the executive vice president of the Cuban division of … Continue reading “The Spanish Hotel Melia Company Continues To Bet on Cuba Despite the Bad Tourism Data”

The Hotel Company Melia Achieves Another Success in its Lawsuit for the Use of Confiscated Land in Cuba

14ymedio, Madrid, 2 February 2023 — The Spanish court that in May 2021 issued the provisional dismissal of the lawsuit against the hotelier Meliá filed by the Sánchez-Hill family, for the exploitation of its land in Cuba confiscated by the Cuban government, has dismissed the case for the second time. The head of the Court … Continue reading “The Hotel Company Melia Achieves Another Success in its Lawsuit for the Use of Confiscated Land in Cuba”

Tourists to Cuba Prefer Foreign Hotels or Government-Run Operations

14ymedio, Marcelo Hernández, Havana, 17 February 2020 — “Non-stop to Varadero!” a taxi driver happily shouts outside the José Martí International Airport in Havana after getting two customers who have just landed on the island. The tourists, who are visiting Cuba for the first time, have a reservation at an all-inclusive resort hotel run by … Continue reading “Tourists to Cuba Prefer Foreign Hotels or Government-Run Operations”

Melia Group Faces Demand for 150 Million Dollars Compensation for Cuban Revolution Expropriations

14ymedio, Havana, 17 February 2020 — Andrés Rivero Mestre, the lawyer who defends several of the families that claiming compensation for the expropriation of their assets by the Cuban Government after the Revolution in the 1960s, calculates that the Meliá Mallorcan hotel chain should pay his clients more than 150 million dollars, as he has … Continue reading “Melia Group Faces Demand for 150 Million Dollars Compensation for Cuban Revolution Expropriations”

Trivago Removes Several Cuban Hotels From Its Search Engine, Including the Havana Libre

14ymedio, Havana, November 9, 2019 — The German company Trivago has removed several hotels that operate in Cuba from its search engine, after the United States activated Title III of the Helms-Burton Law. Trivago was sued some months ago for “trafficking in stolen property” on the Island. Among the accommodations affected by this decision are … Continue reading “Trivago Removes Several Cuban Hotels From Its Search Engine, Including the Havana Libre”

A Cuban Family Sues Melia for 10 Million Euros

14ymedio, Havana, 12 June 2019 — The descendants of businessman Rafael Lucas Sanchez Hill on June 3 filed a lawsuit against the Spanish hotel group Melia, under Title III of the Helms-Burton law, the suspension of which was ended in May by the Donald Trump administration. The Sanchez Hills, who live in the United States, … Continue reading “A Cuban Family Sues Melia for 10 Million Euros”

"We are not afraid of what might happen to us", says Melia Vice President

14ymedio, Havana May 13th 2019 — The Executive Vice President of Melia Hotels International, Gabriel Escarrer, has dismissed “external pressures” and announced the strengthening of the hotel chain’s presence in Cuba, in an interview on Cubavision, picked up by Hosteltur. The entrepreneur has rejected the Trump administration’s policy toward Cuba following the activation of Titles III and IV … Continue reading “"We are not afraid of what might happen to us", says Melia Vice President”

Iberostar and Melia Prepare Their Defenses in Face of the Hardening of the Embargo

14ymedio, Madrid, March 25, 2019 — Iberostar and Meliá, the two big Spanish hotel companies with major investments in Cuba, are preparing themselves in face of possible claims after the Trump administration partially activated Title III of the Helms-Burton Law. According to the Spanish economic newspaper Cinco Días, the hotel companies had already contracted the services of … Continue reading “Iberostar and Melia Prepare Their Defenses in Face of the Hardening of the Embargo”

Cuba Establishes an Electronic Visa to Try to Revitalize Tourism that is Not Recovering

• In the first trimester of the year, only a quarter of the international travelers expected for 2024 arrived, far from the 32% needed to meet projections. • The United States has denied 300,000 electronic visas to European citizens for having visited Cuba before. 14ymedio, Madrid, 3 May 2024 — Prime Minister Manuel Marrero announced … Continue reading “Cuba Establishes an Electronic Visa to Try to Revitalize Tourism that is Not Recovering”

Tourism in Cuba is Still Depressed and is Saved Thanks to Canadians

14ymedio, Madrid, April 25, 2023 — At the gates of the Cuban Tourism Fair (FitCuba), which will start on May 1 with the presence, among others, of about 400 travel agents at a convention organized by the Spanish DIT Gestión, the data of the sector reflect a very deficient first quarter. As of March, 926,732 … Continue reading “Tourism in Cuba is Still Depressed and is Saved Thanks to Canadians”

Axel Inaugurates First LGBTQ+ Hotel in Havana

14ymedio, Madrid, 1 March 2022 — Axel Hotels is opening its first LGBTQ+ hotel in Cuba this Tuesday, the Telégrafo Axel Hotel La Habana, as confirmed by the company. Its inauguration was initially scheduled for the end of 2020, but the pandemic has been delaying the operation. In mid-2021, the possibility of opening the establishment was mentioned … Continue reading “Axel Inaugurates First LGBTQ+ Hotel in Havana”

Luxury and Excess in Socialist Cuba / 14ymedio, Marta Requeiro

14ymedio, Marta Requeiro, Miami, 26 February 2017 – I don’t know how my mother managed always to know a little more about my friends and their customs, and even those of the neighbors, because her limited time did not allow her to gossip; but she continually warned me that things are not always as they … Continue reading “Luxury and Excess in Socialist Cuba / 14ymedio, Marta Requeiro”

Cuban Customers: Collateral Damage In The Tourism Boom / 14ymedio, Luz Escobar

14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 16 February 2017 – In the photo the couple smiles with one glass of beer in hand, all they were able to obtain after waiting in a long line at a Varadero resort. Nine years after the government allowed Cubans to enter hotels in Cuba (a right previously denied them in what … Continue reading “Cuban Customers: Collateral Damage In The Tourism Boom / 14ymedio, Luz Escobar”