FITCuba May 1-5, 2023 Havana
FITCuba website is here https://www.fitcuba.net/
Click on Acreditacion to register.
Manual for exhibitors is here https://www.fitcuba.net/pdf-exhibitors-manual
Current program
1ro de mayo: 19:00 horas: Recibimiento en el Recinto Ferial a los invitados del Ministerio de Turismo. (Por invitación).
2 de mayo: 10:00-17:00 horas: Jornada de Presentaciones: ✓ Presentación “La Habana: Cultura y Patrimonio” ✓ Presentación Patrimonio y Sostenibilidad ✓ Presentación Cartera de Oportunidades del Turismo de Negocios e Inversión Extranjera ✓ Presentación Grupo Gaviota. “Patrimonio y Cultura” ✓ Presentación de la Agencia de Viajes ECOTUR, lanzamiento del TURNAT 2024. ✓ Lanzamiento de la Nueva Campaña en los 30 años de Iberostar en Cuba. ✓ Campaña “Cuba Única” por la Agencia de Comunicación DISSET.
Full program here https://www.fitcuba.net/pdf-programs (may be incomplete)
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Cuba’s next tourism fair draws the attention of markets
April 6, 2023
CDT12:12 (GMT) -0400
Published by: Alina Ramos Martin
Havana, Apr 6 (Prensa Latina) The upcoming 41st International Tourism Fair (FITCuba 2023-May) is already drawing the attention of travel markets with significant strength, based on the recovery tasks of the sector in this island.
This is reflected on the websites of the main hotel chains operating in Cuba and by tour operators and travel agents who bring vacationers to the island.
By holding the Fair, the island’s authorities seek to reinforce the presence of the country’s travel industry in the main markets.
That’s why the 2nd and 5th of May meetings in Havana will be a very special moment, this time dedicated to culture and heritage as significant elements.
ith Havana as the venue and cultural heritage as the center of attention, the Fair should have a good turnout following the line of the gradual recovery of the country’s tourist activity that in January had an upturn despite the complexities that persists, as pointed out in a message from the Gaviota Group.
Precisely, this is the most representative company of the recreational activity in Cuba and therefore it is expected to have strong proposals and presence in the May event.
The last Havana FITCuba meeting, in 2019 (before the Covid-19 pandemic), registered a record of more than 7,500 tourism industry professionals from 53 countries.
Therefore, comparatively (in 2022 it took place again in Varadero), it is expected that this time it will attract an abundant representation of international tourism businessmen, in their various specialties.
In Varadero last year, the fair gathered 6,000 participants from 54 countries, with 17 hotel chains, 38 airlines and 254 tour operators and travel agencies.
For the Cuban capital, one of the great urban treasures of the Caribbean, Gaviota has been working for years to expand its reception capacities and reinforcement of a hotel product to honor the so-called Wonder City.
The Group has 3,500 rooms in Havana, nearly a thousand of them in the Historic Center, a World Heritage Site, where the Habaguanex Hotels are concentrated, in an environment of colonial squares, small palaces, cobblestone streets, craft stalls, theaters, art galleries, museums,the Hotel Marqués de Cárdenas de Montehermoso, located in the Plaza de las Palomas and, above all, the comings and goings of its people.
FitCuba 2023 will focus precisely on the island’s enormous heritage, culture and patrimonial resources, with proposals for new products, excursions and specialized circuits, in an additional effort to promote and diversify the destination.
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https://www.plenglish.com/news/2023/04/06/cubas-next-tourism-fair-draws-the-attention-of-markets/
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Cubasol Group prepares broad representation at FitCuba 2023
- April 13, 2023
- CDT10:53 (GMT) -0400
According to the vice-president of that entity, Liubersy Pérez, the actions include a broad program of improvements and the restoration of all the units of the Palmares company in Havana, for a better preparation of its product for the fair.
We are focused on rescuing emblematic restaurants such as La Torre, El Floridita, La Bodeguita del Medio, among others, the director said, adding that the aim is to return to the original menus of those places, to the dishes that made them famous.
They are also working on the recovery of the city’s nightlife after the Covid-19 pandemic, in which the reopening of renowned places such as the Gato Tuerto restaurant-bar and the Alibar highlights.
Pérez also commented on the improvements in the network of stores of the Caracol group, as well as the launching of new products by Marlin, a company devoted to nautical activities.
Camino Paraiso is one of the novelties that FitCuba 2023 will bring, a route that will connect Havana with Cayo Jutía, in Pinar del Río (west), a natural resort of singular beauty, Marlin’s commercial director, Daybelis Pérez, pointed out.
Nautical options, such as diving initiation course and diving courses adapted for people with limited mobility, in addition to the relaunching of the Tarara program, are also among the proposals that will be offered at the beginning of May.
The Turarte agency, meanwhile, will be in charge of all the event’s entertainment.
There will be a large presence of the Cubasol group, said its vice-president, who added that all the proposals will be available on the fair’s website in the next few days.
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16 feb. 2023
International Tourism Fair, FITCuba 2023.
With Havana as the venue and cultural heritage as the center of attention, the Cuba 2023 International Tourism Fair, scheduled for May 1-5*, should have a good turnout following the line of gradual recovery of the country's tourist activity that in January it had a rebound despite the complexities that persist.
The last Havana call for FITCuba, in 2019, the event recorded a record of more than 7,500 professionals from the tourism industry, from 53 countries; and it is expected that this time it will attract a large representation of the international tourism business community, in its various specialties. In Varadero, last year, the fair brought together six thousand participants from 54 countries, with 17 hotel chains, 38 airlines and 254 tour operators and travel agencies.
In the Cuban capital, one of the great urban treasures of the Caribbean and the most prominent city in our country in terms of culture and history, Gaviota has worked for years on expanding its reception capacities and consolidating a cult hotel product. to the Wonder City, providing it with new spaces and values.
The Group has 3,500 rooms in operation in Havana, close to a thousand, by the way, in the Historic Center, a World Heritage Site, where the beautiful Habaguanex Hotels are concentrated, in an environment of colonial squares, nineteenth-century mansions, streets of cobblestones, craft stalls, theater halls, art galleries, beautiful museums and, above all, the comings and goings of its hospitable and cheerful neighborhood.
FitCuba 2023 will place an accent precisely on this enormous heritage, the culture and heritage resources of our country, with proposals for new products, excursions and specialized circuits, in an additional effort to promote and diversify the destination, recognized worldwide for its depth. of his artistic work, the richness of his history and the creative projection of his people.
With this particular approach, work is being done, for example, on the design of entertainment proposals in our hotels, while Gaviota Tours reinforces the preparation of its guides and has conceived its catalogs of optional activities and tours through territories, seeking precisely to promote the promotion and contact of visitors with local culture and traditions, topics of patrimonial, historical or geographical interest; along with relevant identity or cultural issues, which is the focus of a significant number of the agency's excursions.
For more information about FITCUBA 2023 see www.fitcuba.com
https://www.gaviota-grupo.com/news/154
* Original article said May 2-5. The FITCuba web site says May 1-5
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