The Expedia group, the world’s largest online travel agency, announced Tuesday its expansion to the Cuban market that will allow Cuban hoteliers to sell inventory through global Expedia group sites as well as allow travelers to book hotels in the island destination.
Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line and Pearl Seas Cruises are all offering cruise-ship packages to Cuba — and giving ordinary Americans the chance to visit an island denied to them for half a century.
Popular Inc. announced Tuesday that it is the second financial institution in the United States and the first in Puerto Rico to enable their credit cards for use in Cuba.
AT&T announced Monday it has reached agreements for Cuba roaming and direct interconnection with Empresa De Telecomunicaciones De Cuba, to begin at a date yet to be determined.
The United States has “moved beyond” the debate over whether it’s time to improve relations with Cuba.
Later this year, for the first time in more than half a century, American tourists will be able to hop on a jet from any major U.S. airport and fly directly to Havana.
Caterpillar Inc. announced Wednesday it has selected Puerto Rico-based Rimco to be the Cat equipment dealer for Cuba. Currently, Rimco serves as the Cat dealer for Puerto Rico and the Eastern Caribbean.
Online travel site CheapCaribbean.com announced Wednesday it will begin offering eight-day tours to Cuba in early 2016 jointly with Cuba Travel Services, a U.S.-based operator that charters flights from Miami to the neighboring island nation.
Microjuris.com, the Inter-American Bar Association and the National Organization of Collective Law of Cuba are joining forces to host the “Cuba: Investment, Trade and Financial Guarantees/Forging New Economic Opportunities in the Caribbean” conference Nov. 4-5 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center.
On Sept. 30, a mostly empty Boeing 747 lifted off from Baltimore-Washington International Airport bound for Havana — ushering in the first regularly scheduled air service between the U.S. and Cuban capitals since the two nations broke diplomatic ties more than half a century earlier.
Now that the United States and Cuba have restored diplomatic ties after a 54-year hiatus, a new report suggests that Havana’s next step should be pursuing membership in the World Bank, the IMF and other international financial institutions (IFIs) such as the Inter-American Development Bank.
At precisely 10 this morning, the Cuban flag will flutter for the first time in more than half a century over its stately old mission on Sixteenth Street — marking the opening of Washington’s newest embassy in years.
The Corporation for the Supervision and Insurance of Puerto Rico Cooperatives, known as COSSEC in Spanish, is moving forward in striking up talks with Cuban counterparts, to ultimately set off diplomatic relations between both islands, and other Caribbean jurisdictions.
WASHINGTON — First, the good news: if you’re a U.S. citizen who’s already licensed to travel to Cuba, you may now come back to the United States with $400 worth of Cuban goods, including $100 in duty-free rum and cigars.
The White House’s announcement Wednesday of charting a “new course” in its relations with Cuba drew immediate response from decision- and opinion-makers in Puerto Rico, which agreed for the most part that pulling the neighboring island country out of its isolated state will present challenges and opportunities in years to come.
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