Top stories coming out of Hola Sun's product launch event in Toronto

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HOT new resorts, announcements, and salsa!

Written by: Serean Bechara

We had the chance to go to Hola Sun’s Agent Appreciation Event & Product Launch in Toronto on September 13, 2019. There were incredible suppliers present, tons of prizes given away, fiery salsa dancers, and more!

What are the HOT new properties to look out for?

One of the suppliers happened to be Be Live Hotels that was represented by their lovely BDM, Francisco Gamez! He talked about Be Live Hotels taking over Cuba with 5 resorts in Varadero, 2 resorts in Havana, and a brand new new resort in Cayo Santa Maria!

Be Live Collection Cayo Santa Maria just opened on September 1, 2019. This 5-star resort is all-inclusive with a whopping 846 spacious rooms! Check out more information here.

What else is new? Just the 20th Open Golf Tournament at Be Live Adults Only Los Cactus Resort on October 29, 2019! This tournament will be held in Varadero and all customers staying at the resort will have the opportunity to enjoy it.

Interested? Contact guestrelations@hotellocactus.tur.cu

Who was also at the Le Treport Wedding & Convention Centre? The Bradley family! It’s always a pleasure to see Brenda Bradley representing Paradisus, and her daughter Tabatha Bradley, BDM of Iberostar Hotels & Resorts for Ontario.

Brenda was spilling the tea on the fact that Paradisus Varadero will be reopening on November 30, 2019!

In her words, “We gutted each and every room of this resort!”

The hottest tea she spilt? “Sol Cayo Santa Maria is under renovations and will be opening next year as Sol Beach Club.”

The name isn’t official quite yet, but it looks like the former Sol Cayo Santa Maria is going in a whole new direction!

HOT CONSUMER DEAL AT PARADISUS CUBA RESORTS

If you book stays of four nights or more, they will give you discount vouchers that you can spend on a room upgrade, massages and treatments at the Yhi Spa, off-menu drinks, specialist dinners and other services that vary from hotel to hotel.

See more details here!

Tabatha Bradley let us in on how Iberostar Hotels, known for their amazing gastronomy, is leading the way for sustainable and eco tourism.

Tabatha says, “usually in a company, these kinds of things start from the ground-level and move up, but not at Iberostar. It came from the CEO, and right after that, everyone was on board.”

She continued to explain that Iberostar Hotels is doing more than just getting rid of plastic (which they have already removed completely from 5+ resorts).

One of the incredible endeavours they have undertaken is the preservation of coral species that are endangered. But why tell you when they can? Iberostar Hotels is incredible at educating travellers on the importance on responsible tourism, check it out here.

Jacqueline from Valentine Hotels has one more new resort to announce!

“We found another paradise in Cuba for you,” she said.

What paradise? The all-new Valentine Cayo Cruz opening November 1, 2019!

Hola Sun had exciting news and prizes for travel agents

Over 10+ employees (pictured below) came out from the Hola Sun Holidays office in Richmond Hill to spend time with their treasured travel agents on Friday night.

Some prizes they gave out included huge gift baskets, (very much needed) umbrellas, and 11 all-inclusive vacations courtesy of Hola Sun’s travel partners at the event (with Hola Sun providing air transportation).

One of the most incredible news we heard was that there will be a new Sol Varadero Beach that is offering something incredibly different than the usual all-inclusive resort. These will be new private houses that will have anywhere between 1 - 5 beds. This will be ideal for groups, students, and couples.

PS: Look out for news of these new resorts - Cayo Guillermo Resort Kempinski Cuba (luxury resort) - and Santa Lucia Planta Real (coming soon).

What makes Hola Sun different?

Something that we all know (but just keeps getting better!) is that Hola Sun Holidays wants to make sure they have everything covered for your clients. This includes unique experiences like yoga, trekking, and discos included in their stay.

Now they’re upgrading their previous free excursions at select locations to…

4 activities to be included in your client’s packages!

That’s right! Your clients will receive a list of activities available depending on location and they can choose any 4 that they want (subject to availability)!

We mentioned that there were a lot of Hola Sun employees present on September 13, and of course Hugo Rocha was seen all over the venue.

Most of you probably know Hugo as the incredibly dedicated and passionate Sales Manager of Hola Sun Holidays. Now? He’s been announced at the brand new General Manager the company! Congratulations Hugo, you deserve it!

What was missing?

After speaking to some of you lovely travel agents (shout out to Salma Yusufalu and Eva Mares from Skybird Travel who took the time to speak with me!) I realized that some of you have either been to Varadero and Havana or Cayo Coco and Cayo Santa Maria.

Some of you have done both, but in the wake of the 500th anniversary of the city of Havana, this is your chance to experience one of the most incredible cities in the Caribbean!

With that in mind, please check out Hola Sun’s 500th Anniversary of Havana FAM for this November because it’s coming up quick and you can still get in!

PS: I’ll be there and I’m excited to meet you all, we’re going to have an amazing time! insert salsa dancer emoji here