Havanatur S.A. updates its online sales site The digital platform of the Havanatur S.A. International Group of Tour Operators and Travel Agencies has a new design and incorporates tools to facilitate booking tourist services in Cuba, the company announced through its official social media channels. The new version of the site—available at www.havanatur.cu—introduces significant improvements to the user experience with a more comprehensive, faster, and more intuitive interface, and a responsive design that allows booking from any device. Among the key new features are the ability to make reservations in incognito mode, as well as the addition of a shopping cart that allows multiple payments for services in a single transaction. Customers registered on the previous version must renew their registration to access the new features. Payment methods remain the same: Cuban pesos (CUP) through the Transfermóvil and Enzona platforms. On the site, users can book accommodations, transfers, tours, and other [...]

A virtual FITCuba 2026: Showcasing the resilience of Cuban tourism By: Rachell Cowan Canino Amid the energy and air connectivity challenges facing Cuba, FITCuba 2026 is reinventing itself. This was confirmed by Lessner Gómez, marketing director of the Ministry of Tourism, in an exclusive interview with Travel Trade Caribbean (TTC), which will be published in our special edition of the magazine and of which we have already shared some details. "We are going to show the world that tourism is not dead, that Cuba is still alive," Gómez stated. The fair will be held from May 7 to 9 in a hybrid format: two fully virtual professional days (May 7 and 8) through the platform www.fitcuba.net, and one in-person day open to the public on Sunday, May 9, at Josone Park in Varadero. The decision, the official explained, is a response to the intensification of the US blockade in the energy [...]

Punta Perdiz: the kind blue where the Caribbean dives in peace By: Rachell Cowan Canino/ Photos: Abel Rojas Barallobre Arriving at Punta Perdiz, a corner of the southern coast of Matanzas, is to encounter a landscape worthy of the word beauty, a place where national and foreign visitors agree on the dominant harmony and admiration for the enchanting blue of the Caribbean Sea waters. It is nestled in the heart of the Ciénaga de Zapata, the largest wetland in the insular Caribbean and a biodiversity sanctuary that holds three important management categories: Biosphere Reserve, Ramsar Site, and National Park. Unlike other diving destinations that require long boat trips, here the underwater paradise literally begins from the shore. Punta Perdiz is one of the eleven environmentally certified diving spots in the Ciénaga, and it is home to one of the best-preserved seabeds in the country, with a large coral reserve, seagrass beds [...]