The first view that tourist who set out Santiago de Cuba observe from the small window of the plane is the green mountains surrounded by the white foam waters of the coast.

For both those who have already visited this city there is always a chance toshake hands with a friend that is waiting, punctual and polite, willing to meet all the demands and desires for an unforgettablesaty.This friend also at Santiago is CUBANACAN, a hotel chain with about thousand inhabitants. CUBANACAN hotels offer a distinct and genuine products for its high comfort, exquisite service, professional level and experience. This enterprise also counts on VIAJES FANTASTICO travel agency which is the leading organization for this kind of services of this tourist resort. CUBANACAN has its own transportation company by the name of VERACUBA. Large and middle-size buses, light vehicles and OK taxis. Tiendas UNIVERSO is a store chain which also belongs to CUBANACAN. Santiago de Cuba is a city with a culinary tradition. Out of this tradition, PALMARES restaurants were set up. It is also a CUBANACAN company with facilities aimed at pleasing the most demanding taste and preserving the prestige of Cuban culinary art. Business dinners, or those meals offered to special guests, family lunch or dinner, sale of ALONDRA ice creams, tailored-made services and other offers can be found in its wide range of restaurants. Zun Zun is the smallest bird in the world and the name of one of the most prestigius restaurants in Cuba for its intimate ambiance, elegance and good taste. Another distinguished site is El Morro Restaurant. Just some kilometers away, the Chinese restaurant Kiam Sand offers local and Chinese food. El Cayo Restaurant is in the key and offers seafood.

CARIBBEAN RHYTHM This fragment of the city's cultural history is reproduced day after day in a luxurious show, full of color and grandeur, which has turned into the most fascinanting show in the Caribbean and that can be enjoyed under the stars at the Santiago Tropicana night club. This facility which belongs to CARISHOW, a CUBANACAN enterprise.Those who arrive at Santiago de Cuba can not stop asking how carnival spell is in this city. In recent years, CUBANACAN has managed to reserve some room in this traditional big fiesta. And CUBANACAN area should be present with all its companies, showing a wide range of products. If we have to define CUBANACAN's performance in Santiago de Cuba, then we should state that it is one of the most comprehensive one, "We have the conditions," Ostorio Fong Neyra, the delegate from the CUBANACAN Group in Santiago points out "to achieve higher level in the tourist service and to satisfy our customers."

CUBANACAN has set up a new company by the name of CUBASOL andencompasses a multipurpose design regarding recreation, withfacilities such as Baconao Park which offers the dolphins' fantastic show. Baconao National Park declared as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO, has all the charm of an adventure. It is Fiesta Guajira complex, the first CUBANACAN tourist resort which welcome the visitors. Another CUBANACAN's facility located in the Baconao National Park is Carisol Los Corales Hotel. Casa de Rolando is located near the site, a place where you can taste Creole lunch and dinner. If the visitor wants to receive more surprise then he should be on board El PELICANO, right in the very heart of the pond. However, the most attractive area of the Baconao Pond is still to be built: the indigenous Tamno Village. In a place known as La Meseta Fili River mouth is found. Here is the EL Saltón (Big Jump) Hotel from SERVIMED Company, another CUBANACAN company. This is also a way of figthing stress. Arelys Oliva Hierrezuelo, the manager of the facility, states that the hotel renders a specialized service for both mountain and city ecotourisms. The main attraction of the tourist resort of Santiago de Cuba is the city, and the beaches, of course. Over 15% of the CUBANACAN Hotel Group facilities are located in sunny, sandy and sea areas as Carisol-Los Corales hotels located in the Baconao National Park. There are other beaches as Francis and Siboney.

OTHER SERVICES The following are also CUBANACAN enterprises: ITH is a responsible for the supply of tourist resorts, equipped with a transportation pool and warehouses. SERVISA y CMOM enders service to CUBANACAN.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES "CUBANACAN is in a good position to propose businesses as that of promoting the typical food from Santiago elaborated at PALMARES restaurants abroad, "the same is true with Tropicana show whose performances have been welcomed." CUBANACAN's delegate to Santiago has also explained that cruiser season begins , "I think that in the future Santiago will be an obliged destination for its location in the Caribbean by air and sea". SUPER CLUB firm is doing the necessary arrangements to start this June a flight covering Peru, Bolivia and Santiago de Cuba.

GROWING AND GROWING The construction of a 4-star-plus hotel is about to start in the heart of the city between the populated streets of Enramadas and Aguilera. Near the two frequented hotels of Las Americas and Santiago de Cuba, another 250-room hotel is being built with CUBANACAN’s capital. Along the beach, the Group will continue growing with theconstruction of bungalows in the area between Carisol and LosCorrales hotels.For beach tourism there is a new option, an accomodation of several days at Santiago de Cuba Hotel with attractive visits either in the city or in the mountains.