FIRST RIDER GROUP TO TRAVEL AND STUDY IN CUBA

1:30 P.M. - Reception at airport Jose Marti, Havana, by Cuban bilingual guide who will be with the group during the entire stay, and a representative of our Cuban partners.

Transfer-in, welcoming cocktail and lunch on roof garden restaurant at Ambos Mundos, with view of Old Havana.

Check-in at hotel Ambos Mundos
General walking orientation tour of Old Havana.
Dinner at El Patio restaurant in Old Havana

9 A.M. - Full day city tour of Miramar, Modern and old Havana, including a cigar factory.

Lunch in Mercurio Restaurant in Old Havana.

Full tour of Old Havana, conversation with the City Historian on the relationship of the restoration of old Havana to the tourism business.

6 P.M. - Visit to Cabana/Morro, a fortress over-looking Havana, theme of colonial history. Dinner at 12 Apostoles Restaurant.

9 P.M. Cannon shot ceremony.

9 A.M. - Conference by the Ministry of Foreign Trade (MINCEX) at Hotel Habana Libre. Cuba's trade with the world and in his context American-Cuban trade: current situation and prospects for the future.

1 P.M. - Lunch at Habana Libre Hotel restaurant Polinesio with the representative of MINCEX in order to carry on informal discussion.

3 P.M. - Joint venture - the case study of Sol Melia Spanish hotel chain with Cuban counter part in Habana Libre.

Walking tour of down-town business center, Vedado.

Dinner El Conejito.

8:30 A.M. - CUJAE University dealing with Business Administration. Conference by Professor Fernando Portuondo Pichardo. Conference on Business Administration Studies in Cuba and the Economy in Cuba.

Followed by a free-welling discussion on the Cuban economy, present and future.

Informal talk with Cuban students in business administration.

Visit to computer classes at the CUJAE University.

1:30 P.M. - Lunch. El Ajibe

3 P.M. - Visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX). Talk on USA - Cuba relations followed by a question and answer period.

5:30 P.M. - Return to the hotel

7 P.M. - Walk to dinner with guide at El Oriente café in old Havana.

8:30 AM. - Two Conferences in Hotel Ambos Mundos.

A) 8:30.A.M. - Lecture in English by Dr. Jesus Pastor Garcia Brigos:
    Solving practical economic problems in contemporary Cuba.

    His lecture will be based on four cases in which he was directly involved:

    a) The problem of low production efficiency, worker absenteeism and stability at the Hershey Sugar Plant, 2000.

    b) The 1993/1994 crisis following the dismemberment of the USSR and the rupture of relations with Cuba. How to confront the economic crisis on the national level. 1993/1994

    c) The problem of competition and efficiency in state-run enterprises, 2001

    d) The transformation in part of Agricultural State farms to cooperatives and a small private decentralized rural sector, 1993.

    The presentation will be followed by an open question and answer period.

    10:30 A.M. - Coffee break

B) 10:45 A.M. - Lecture by Dr. Luis Barreiro Pousa, one of Cuba`s foremost experts on marketing.

Lecture, main Topic and sub themes:
Socialism and Marketing.
Marketing in Cuba, trend or necessity?
Marketing and the process of improving enterprises.
Cuba: Principles and experience in marketing for industry, services and society.
Limitations of marketing in Cuba.

1 P.M. - Lunch with both Cuban lecturers in order to continue the informal chat.

7: 30 P.M. - Baseball game

9 A.M. - Visit and chat at Cuban law collective: Organización nacional de bufetes colectivos.

Lunch

2 P.M. - Meet with lawyers and law students: Chat on law system with Union de Juristas de Cuba.

5 P.M. - Return to hotel

8:00 A.M. - Departure for Trinidad.

Noon - Arrival at Hotel Ancon Gran Caribe. All included hotel on Ancon Beach.

Check-in at hotel.

7 P.M. - Dinner.

7:30 P.M. - Visit Trinidad by night, followed by Casa de la Trova, Cuban traditional music.

Description of hotel Horizontes Costasur:
131 air-conditioned rooms with private bathroom, satellite TV. A restaurant with buffet service and one specialized in Italian specialties. Four bars, a nightclub, swimming pool, medical assistance, shop, games room, safety deposit box, currency exchange, rental of aquatic bicycles and snorkeling equipment, kayaking and tourism office.

9.A.M. - Visit Trinidad, tour of Trinidad and the nearby FNTA sugar plant.

2 P.M. - Lunch in hotel

Exchange with local people.

8: 30 A.M. - Return to Havana via Cienfuegos. City Tour of Cienfuegos with lunch at Casa de la Valle.

4 P.M. - check in at hotel Ambos Mundos.

Exchange with local people.

A.M. - Exchange with local people.

EduToursToCuba.com can organize for any University a similar or the same study trip as the one we do for Rider University. Both the lectures and the field trips can be adapted according to the subject matter, interests and length of stay. We can also offer other hotels as accommodations. The price of the study trip varies as to the length of stay, hotel, field trips, conferences and the city from which the university group will be flying.