Abercrombie & Kent (A&K) has suspended plans to offer holidays to Cuba following concerns over its relationship with the Foundation for Caribbean Studies.

The luxury travel tour company had affiliated itself to the Cuba-based Foundation in an attempt to open the ‘people-to-people’ requirement needed to offer trips to the island.

However, the state department raised concerns the Foundation had been in business for only 11 days when it aligned itself with A&K.

The travel requirement allows for trips to Cuba where Americans engage Cuban people directly and “support their desire to freely determine their country’s future”.

The initiative – part of president Obama’s lifting of certain travel restrictions to Cuba – forbids simple tourism.
The 13 tours to Cuba A&K had organised had all been sold out.

Regardless of A&K’s decision many churches, universities and cultural institutions have continued to off travel to Cuba since January 28th when the people-to-people policy was reinstated.

City.Mobi

Also in the Caribbean today, City.Mobi is celebrating the success of its new guide to Havana.

City.Mobi offers the most comprehensive mobile travel guides available, with over 800 cities in 200 countries listed. Each is developed by the City.Mobi team to combine into a single global travel directory.

However, each city retains its own mobile identity via a dedicated domain. Already on offer are Brussels.Mobi, Paris.Mobi, Sanfrancisco.Mobi and Sydney.Mobi.

Havana.Mobi is the latest in this illustrious line up, offering click to call functionality – which means no scribbling down telephone numbers.

Most entries are also linked to websites where users can quickly access more detailed information if needed.

Other key features include information on accommodation, restaurants, attractions, entertainment, nightlife, shopping, and transport.

City.Mobi guides include user reviews and traveller utilities such as a translation guide, currency converter, news and local weather guide.