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First U.S.-owned hotel opens in Cuba

By Kelly Cohen
Published June 30, 2016 7:55pm ET
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First U.S.-owned hotel opens in Cuba
The opening of the Four Points in Sheraton, previously the Gaviota 5th Avenue Hotel, opened Tuesday in Havana, signaling another next step toward normalized relations between the U.S. and Cuba. (Image courtesy screenshot)

The first United States-owned hotel opened in Cuba this week, the first one on the island since the 1959 revolution.

The opening of the Four Points in Sheraton, previously the Gaviota 5th Avenue Hotel, opened Tuesday in Havana, signaling another next step toward normalized relations between the U.S. and Cuba.

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