CubaPLUS Magazine

Authorities from the Cubanacan hotel group are seeking to boost contemplative diving in Cuba's shores by designing attractive circuits including water sports, a source from the sector said.

Venezuela and Cuba are currently strengthening their economic ties in the framework of the International Tourism Fair in Venezuela (FITVEN), Cuban Deputy Tourism Minister Mayra Alvarez told Prensa Latina.

Every award, every achievement that Septeto Santiaguero (SS) gets is also for this city,'' the group''s director, Fernando Dewar, said after returning from the United States, where they won their second Latin Grammy Award of the five consecutive nominations.

The 23rd Ordinary Assembly of the Latin American Civil Aviation Commission (CLAC) opened at the Melia Cohiba Hotel in Havana and will be held for three days to examine current issues in the sector.

The Septeto Santiaguero, from Cuba, and the Dominican José Alberto ''el Canario'' today hold the Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album, category in which the Cuban was also nominated Omara Portuondo.

Some 200 classic cars, known popularly as “almendrones” will deck Havana streets and avenues in a contest never before organized, when such an amount of those vehicles gather along the seaside avenue of “malecón”.

The 15th edition of the Art and Fashion Week opens on Thursday with the premiere of the Pais En Construccion collection, at the Cuban Arts building of the National Museum of Fine Art.

Havana Club Internacional S.A. called to participate in the Digital Photography contest ''Havana 7 is your feeling'', on occasion of the 500th anniversary of the founding of Havana.

Cuba prepares to host the 15th International Congress on Sugar and Diversification of Cane By-products 2019, from June 24 thru 28, announced an official source. The Business Director of the Cuban Research Institute of Sugar Cane Derivatives (Icidca), Barbara Rodriguez, told the media that the event -organized by that center- will analyze the most advanced technologies in that field.

The 31st edition of the Friends of Partagás meeting, one of the great smoke festivals that takes place in Cuba every year, will gather cigar aficionados from November 12 to 16, the organizers announced.

The fourth edition of Fashion Week in Havana is coming soon, November 20 thru 24, with the participation of 72 Cuban designers and several foreign ones, on this occasion, with a special connotation, as it will be dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the foundation of the Cuban capital, to be marked next year.

The 16th Pan-American Nursing Research Colloquium opens in Havana on Tuesday with the assistance of delegates from 21 countries with the aim of socializing the work to improve the quality of care.

Spanish dancers Maria Juncal and Alfonso Losa aspire to offer on Tuesday a unique flamenco show in Cuba on the closing day of the 26th International Ballet Festival of Havana Alicia Alonso.

The ''Cuban Night'' entertained the participants in the 39th edition of the 2018 World Travel Market International Tourism Fair, the largest event of its kind in Europe. With the presence of Cuban Minister of Tourism Manuel Marrero and the Cuban ambassador to the United Kingdom, Teresita Vicente, the evening was inaugurated by the Tourism Office in the United Kingdom for the delegation of the Caribbean nation and other participants in the Fair, which is taking place until Wednesday at its usual venue, diplomatic sources confirmed on Tuesday.

The36th edition of the Havana International Trade Fair 2018 closed successfully on November 2 after opening on October 29 in the fairgrounds of ExpoCuba in the Cuban capital, with the presence of over three thousand exhibitors of some 65 countries.

Havanais full of old cars of different models and brands, among them Ford, Chevrolet, Plymouth, Cadillac and even Russian Ladas, some of which are more than 100 years old and what a better celebration of five centuries of the Cuban capital than with a rally of those vintage cars.

Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, visited the stand of Taina Group (Canada) in the 36th edition of the Havana International Trade Fair (FIHAV) 2018, which closed its doors after five days of activity.

The 36th edition of the Havana International Trade Fair, FIHAV 2018, is celebrating the 500th anniversary of the foundation of the Cuban capital next year with several activities.

The renowned brand of Cuban rum Havana Club presented a varied portfolio of new products during the 36th International Havana Fair, being held in the Expocuba fair grounds of the Cuban capital.

Cuban Minister of Tourism, Manuel Marrero Cruz, considered the soon to begin high season of tourism of the Island will be favorable regarding the Canadian market, he asserted after his recent visit to the North American country.