Luxury hotels arrive in Cuba despite fears Trump may hurt tourism boom

[Judi Lynn]

miércoles 7 de junio de 2017 07:00 GYT
By Sarah Marsh

HAVANA, June 7 (Reuters) - Towering cranes dot the Havana skyline as communist-run Cuba races to build luxury hotels, amid indignation among some residents and concern that U.S. President Donald Trump might reverse a detente that fueled the tourist boom.

Swiss-based Kempinski Hotels SA will inaugurate its Gran Hotel Manzana in the heart of the capital on Wednesday, billing it as Cuba's first true luxury hotel.

The five-star property, managed by Kempinski but owned by the Cuban government, occupies the top floors of a renovated Belle Epoque shopping mall filled with glitzy Gucci and Montblanc stores.

Farther down the iconic Paseo de Prado boulevard toward the Caribbean Sea, workers are developing two other sites into luxury hotels to be operated respectively by Spain's Iberostar and France's Accor SA, the largest hotel group in Europe.

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[elehhhhna]

1. The luxury hotels are there, they cater to Europeans South Americans and Canadians

Sheesh