1996 Travel News ArchiveTravel

New Club Med in Cuba

Club Med plans to open in Cuba, according to the Paris newspaper Le Monde. The vacation center will be sited near Varadero, some 140 kilometers from La Havana and a have capacity for 600 beds, and a growth potential of up to 900 rooms. The investors are Cubans. The club is scheduled to open by winter 1996. Club Med operates a successful, family-oriented club in Punta Cana, and others catering to adult tourists in Haiti and the Turks and Caicos Islands.