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In 'Historic Moment,' Cuba Opens First U.S.-Operated Hotel

June 28, 2016

Reuters
Photo Credit: Carlos Barrios/Reuters

A large "Four Points by Sheraton" sign has gone up outside the Havana hotel that this week becomes the first in Cuba to operate under a U.S. brand since the 1959 revolution.

The military-owned Gaviota 5th Avenue Hotel, close to the Caribbean seafront, is one of two hotels that Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide agreed to manage in a multimillion-dollar deal with Cuba in March.

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