The priority of Islazul chain in Sancti Spíritus province is to sensitize the visitor to the spiritual and built heritage along with the natural surrounding of the region. Islazul, set up in 1996, is aimed at offering other services outside the hotel to the international tourism and thus improve the national one with the earnings collected. The chain has 5 hotels with a total of 200 rooms and 12 establishments which comprise the abovementioned out-of-hotel services. "Islazul chain," stated Eusebio Espinosa, general director of the Islazul Division in Sancti Spíritus, "expects to end the year 2000 with near 300 rooms, through a program of investment and maintenance sponsored by the very chain, the Ministry of Tourism and the local government".

To attain this goal, the staff is being upgraded and the chain is working to improve the facilities. Islazul has a proper distribution in the province with five hotels scattered in the city, the surroundings and the outskirts. San José de los Lagos, mainly dedicated to health tourism, is located in the Yaguajay municipality on the north area of the province. Plaza and La Ronda hotels are located in the hearts of the cities respectively. Los Laureles village is close to the latter and Zaza Hotel is situated some 5 km on the south, in a hunting lodge and near a fishing ground.

División Islazul Sancti Spíritus Carlos Rolof SN, e/ Raimundo y Reparto 26 de Julio. Telf.: (53) (041) 2 2562/2 772 Agencia de Ventas Islazul Máximo gómez No. 15 e/ San Fernando y Calderón. Telf.: (53) (041) 2 6390 fax: (53) (041) 2 2562. Hotel Zaza Ctra. Central, Finca San José km 5 1/2 Telf.: (53) (041) 2 8512/2 7015 fax: (53) (041) 2 8359 Hotel Plaza Independencia No. 1, Norte. Telf.: (53) (041) 2 7102 Villa Los Laureles Ctra. Central km. 383 Telf: (53) (041) 2 3913/ 2 7345 Hotel La Ronda José Martí No. 239. Trinidad. Telf. Fax: (53) (041) 9 2248