Marriott-Starwood Is a Winner and European Hotels Are Losers Under New U.S. Cuba Travel Rules
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Officials have let U.S. hotel companies off the hook when making changes to U.S. Cuba travel policy. European and Caribbean companies, however, will likely feel the effect of new restrictions.
New regulations from the U.S. government on travel to Cuba and business arrangements will become effective on Thursday, limiting the ability of travelers to take certain flights and stay at particular hotels with ties to the Cuban government and military.
Travelers will no longer be authorized for individual or educational people-to-people travel without taking the trip with an approved U.S. organization, in a shift from the previous policy.
"OFAC is requiring that (1) all people-to-people nonacademic
