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Second U.S.-Cuba Travel Summit Scheduled in Cancun
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In 2003 I attended the first (and so far, only) U.S.-Cuba Travel Summit, in Cancun, Mexico. At the end of the summit, the Cuban Ministry of Tourism flew a small group into Cuba, where we met with Fidel Castro.
After a six year hiatus, Alamar Associates has scheduled a second U.S.-Cuba Travel Summit in association with the National Tour Association and sponsored by The United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA). The summit, to be held at the Gran Melia Cancun Hotel in Cancun, Mexico, March 24-26, will bring together representatives of the U.S. and Cuban travel sectors, including executives of major U.S. airline cruise lines, hotel groups, and tour operators plus more than 20 Cuban Ministry of Tourism officials and other travel specialists from Havana.
Senator Byron Dorgan, sponsor of S.428: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act, has been invited to make the keynote address on Friday, March 25.
"As sponsor of the Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act to allow all Americans to visit Cuba, I wish the participants the very best when they come together in Cancun at the U.S.-Cuba Travel Summit," said Bryon. "This meeting between U.S. travel executives and their Cuban counterparts is a valuable first step for American companies and organizations to learn how things will work when Cuba is open to American tourism."
You can bet I'll be there.
For more information, visit U.S.-Cuba Travel Summit
For further information about travel in Cuba, buy Moon Cuba.
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