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Cuba's first 'five star' hotel opens

Luxury
TTG Staff
8 June 2017

Kempinski has opened the Gran Hotel Manzana in Havana, claiming it as the first five-star luxury hotel in Cuba, writes Alexandra Marill.

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The 246-room hotel is located in Old Havana, a Unesco World Heritage site also now classified as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.

“Our property will not only be the first of its kind in this market, but we believe it sets a new standard for the entire Caribbean," said general manager Xavier Destribats. “We have been very strategic about the expansion of our brand and we are convinced that this is the right time and the right market for Kempinski in the Americas.”

Kempinski Gran Hotel Manzana was built on top of the historically popular site of Manzana de Gomez. Constructed in 1890, the site now contains the first European-style shopping arcade in Cuba.