Barceló’s general director in Cuba also expressed that his company is a large Spanish hotel chain that arrived in the largest of the Caribbean islands through the Spanish Grubarges group, to which it belongs, together with several Spanish firms.

With a view to the upcoming opening in Varadero of a hotel, Grubarges and the local Gran Caribe company recently signed a management contract for the new five-star establishment that will be named Solymar-Barceló and will work under the all-inclusive system.

Juan Antonio Montes announced in Havana that his company already has a joint association, called Lima, with the Cubanacán corporate group for the development of two hotels, one at Cayo Coco and another at Holguín’s Guardalavaca beach.

Regarding the contract signed with Gran Caribe for the tourist installation at Varadero, he said that this is the beginning of the relationship, which they also aim to negotiate with the Gaviota S.A. group to reach more than 5,000 rooms in Cuba by the end of five years.

The Spanish executive affirmed that if the plans come through, Grubarges will become the second foreign hotel company with the largest presence in Cuba after Sol Meliá, also from Spain.

Gran Caribe, Cuba’s most important hotel chain, owns the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, tourism’s flagship installation in the largest of the Caribbean islands.

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