Accor seals a deal to open a luxury hotel in Cuba, the 518-room Pullman Cayo Coco, near the Caribbean island?s international airport.
Accor, which has been operating in Cuba for nearly 20 years, already manages two mid-scale Mercure hotels there, the 178-room Mercure Sevilla Havana in Habana Vieja and the 385-room Mercure Playa de Oro in the Varadero beach resort.
Under the deal signed with long-time partner state company Gran Caribe, Accor will operate the new Pullman hotel under a management contract.
The hotel will open in November.
Accor said it is working on another project with Cuban tourism group Gaviota to build the 218-room Sofitel So La Habana in La Havana.
More than three million tourists visited the island last year, generating over US$2.7 billion worth of revenues, according to Cuba Tourism Ministry