{"id":198949,"date":"2019-05-18T15:19:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T19:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=198949"},"modified":"2019-05-18T15:19:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T19:19:04","slug":"havanas-future-hotels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/economy\/cuban-economy\/havanas-future-hotels\/","title":{"rendered":"Havana\u2019s future hotels"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few months before celebrating its 500th anniversary, Havana is strongly committed to international tourism. In the midst of the recovery of the recent tornado and the uncertain economic situation Cuba is experiencing, the construction of new hotels and the restoration of others, until recently in ruins, continues.<\/span><\/p>\n

Only this year, the Havana authorities are envisaging the opening of a dozen, to raise the number of rooms to more than 12,500, just over half in four- and five-star facilities. A few days ago, during the FitCuba 2019 International Tourism Fair, two of them opened: Palacio Cueto, in Old Havana, and Vedado Azul, in Vedado.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the state plans go further and include the rehabilitation of others such as the Deauville, the Lincoln, the Sevilla, and the Neptuno-Trit\u00f3n, and the revival of extra-hotel services that include restaurants, marinas, centers and golf courses, in an ambitious plan that will go on throughout the next years.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>most recent business portfolio<\/span><\/a> for foreign investment is even proposing plots currently occupied by buildings or public spaces, such as the intersections of the well-known 23 and B, L\u00ednea and Paseo, and Boyeros and 19 de mayo streets. The intention, <\/span>according<\/span><\/a> to Xonia Beltr\u00e1n, delegate of the Ministry of Tourism in the capital, is to make Havana “a different destination” and surpass the 2,850,000 tourists who visited it in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

The constructive movement is noticeable in the city. Both in the historic center and in the more modern areas of Miramar and El Vedado, it is not difficult to find closed sites and fences with signs about the works that are being built or planned to be built. Cranes, trucks and workers complete the landscape in the most advanced cases.<\/span><\/p>\n

OnCuba brings you closer to six of the most important projects currently being worked on.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hotel Prado y Malec\u00f3n<\/strong><\/p>\n

The next jewel in the crown. After the opening of the Gran Hotel Manzana Kempinski and the Iberostar Grand Packard, the Prado y Malec\u00f3n will round off the trident of five-star-plus hotels in the vicinity of Havana\u2019s Paseo del Prado.<\/span><\/p>\n

The French chain Accor and the Cuban group Gaviota assumed the project, executed by the Cuban Almest real estate company and whose opening is scheduled for the coming months. With 250 rooms, 10 floors and a wide-ranging commercial mall on the ground floor, it will offer a privileged view of the Havana coastline and its colonial fortifications on both sides of the bay.<\/span><\/p>\n

Conceived to provide exclusive services and maximum comfort accommodations, the Prado y Malec\u00f3n already stands out in its surroundings due to its fa\u00e7ade with large windows and its lookout point in the shape of a ship’s bow. To counteract its proximity to the sea, it is built with materials resistant to the saline environment and strong winds and its parking space will have a hermetic gate that will prevent the entry of water in case of sea penetrations.<\/span><\/p>\n