Before former President Barack Obama launched detente with Cuba in December 2014, most Americans without family ties to Cuba traveled to the island on expensive guided tours dedicated to full-time ...
The Trump administration clamped down on US tourist visits to Cuba Tuesday, aiming to cut the flow of dollars to a country Washington accuses of helping prop up Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Cuba's once‑strong tourism industry -- long one of the island's biggest economic pillars -- is now facing a serious downturn.
When US President Barack Obama stepped off Air Force One onto Cuban soil in 2016, he was one of around four million visitors to the island that year. A record high at the time, Cuba's visitor numbers ...
Hotel Torre K-23 looms above Havana. Owned by the Spanish Iberostar Group, it’s Cuba’s tallest building; a totem to the island’s tourist industry. Nonetheless, most hotel rooms on the island sit empty ...
View of Iberostar Selection La Habana, known as Torre K, in Havana, Cuba. GAESA , the military-run conglomerate, spent $200 million to build the the controversial skyscraper amid a severe economic ...
A 25-story hotel rising in Havana’s Vedado district nears completion, built by foreign contractors as Cuba’s tourism sector struggles under sanctions and low occupancy. The towering project highlights ...