Carbonera Golf Club courses to be designed by British Jacklin

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Carbonera Club near the beach resort town of Varadero is one of four golf course community projects to be announced soon. Former British pro Tony Jacklin agreed to design the golf course at the planned Carbonera Club, Esencia Group announced in a press release. The London-based developers, which formed a joined venture with state company Grupo Palmares, are in the final stages of negotiations with the Cuban government over construction of a golf course community with homes for sale to foreigners. Read More

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Insight Cuba announces a Havana International Jazz Festival tour next December

<p style="text-align: justify;">PR Newswire. NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Oct. 4, 2011. The world-renowned Havana International Jazz Festival, originally organized by master jazz musicians including Chucho Valdes, and sponsored by the Instituto Cubano de la Musica, will run December 15-18. A lively celebration of music and culture, the festival began as a loosely organized event in 1978 when Bobby Carcasses and other jazz musicians played an outdoor show at Casa de la Cultura in Havana. Insight Cuba offers a musical program which is in fact music to the ears, it's a Six-Day Inclusive Program Features All-Access Pass to Concerts, Events and People-to-People Encounters Read More

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12th International Wine Festival to be held in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.10.03. 18:10:30. radiorebelde.icrt.cu.Havana, Cuba.- Producers, distributors, sellers, sommeliers, enologists and representatives from wineries from Argentina, Chile, Spain, Mexico, France and Italy have confirmed their participation in the three-day event to be hosted by the Hotel Nacional. The 12th International Wine Festival starts on Wednesday October 5 in Havana giving wine experts a new opportunity to learn about the latest world trends and the best products from the field commercialized in the Cuban market. Read More

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Cuba's Tourism is Better known in Japan nowadays

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Estela McCollin. Tokyo, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) After two promotional events in Tokyo, Cuba's tourism is known better today in that Asian nation. This has been part of the incentives to improve the flow of travellers towards the Caribbean Archipelago. The attractions of Cuba's tourism industry were presented to more than 117,000 specialists and visitors at the Fair of Japan's Association of Travel Agents (JATA) from September 27-30. Read More

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Cuba's charms now with Authentic Cuba Tourist Caravan in Portugal

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Heidy Morin Rueda.Madrid, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina)Authentic Cuba, is an international initiative of the Ministry of Tourism (Mintur) of the Caribbean nation to show its attractive recreational industry, It began last Monday until next October 6. Authentic Cuba tourist caravan travels to Portugal, after its auspicious presentations in five Spanish cities (Bilbao, Pamplona, Zaragoza, Madrid and Salamanca), where it showed Cuba´s novelties for the winter season 2011-2012. Read More

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Western province of Pinar del Río offers beauty to visitors

<p style="text-align: justify;">VINALES, Cuba — Waterfalls, mountains and the handsomest farmer in Cuba. Those are the top three sights in the western province Pinar del Rio, where nature provides a lush setting for peaceful moments. Natural beauty, tranquility in Cuba's Pinar del Rio province. In August, travel writer Ellen Creager toured with the first Americans to visit Cuba legally under a new program. This week: Pinar del Rio province. Last week: Havana. Read More

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Havana Club International offers new beverages for Tourists visiting the island

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.30 - 18:46:08 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Havana, Cuba.-Jameson was the beverage chosen this time for a practice session of cocktail preparation and an expert-guided tasting in which the Irish whiskey was compared with Scotch Johnnie Walter Red Label. Havana Club International has already offered training sessions on cocktails with white rums, and on all Havana Club rums. Read More

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Narrated travel film right within a road trip from Havana to Santiago de Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Program on Cuba kicks off Kiwanis travelogue season on Oct. 4. Thursday, September 29, 2011, 10:45 AM. Deborah Storey, The Huntsville Times. HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The Kiwanis Club of Huntsville kicks off its new travelogue season on Oct. 4 with a program on Cuba. "A Road Trip from Havana to Santiago de Cuba" is the first narrated travel film in the 2011-2012 season. Read More

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Cuba's vintage cars are a window to the past

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba's old cars have been the attraction for many Americans who have come to the island nation to admire the well preserved cars that still go through cities in Cuba. Now the island&nbsp; has legalized the sale and purchase of automobiles for ordinary citizens. New rules also say Cubans who leave the island can transfer ownership of their car to a relative or sell it outright. Read More

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North American Company Bloomspot sells fantastics trips to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Anne Sorock. Bloomspot is known for offering unique (in this case, dubiously legal) trips, and prides itself on the cache of its luxury-level products. A testimonial on its website describes the bloomspot difference: “We prefer working with bloomspot because they emphasize a high-end experience and target a very fitting clientele. It’s not the average discount seeking customer but rather those interested in trying a new luxurious experience with a small incentive….” –Carolyn Thalin, Le Cirque, New York, NY Read More

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