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June 2023

• The Selectum Family Resort Cayo Santa Maria becomes The One Gallery Hotel.

March 2023

• Opening of the Selectum Family Resort Cayo Santa Maria, a brand new all-inclusive resort on the island of Cayo Las Brujas (a few kilometers west of Cayo Santa Maria). This beachfront resort is located on the gorgeous beach called Playa Salina, next to the Grand Sirenis Cayo Santa Maria resort. It will be managed by the Turkish hotel chain Selectum Hotels & Resorts.

January 27, 2023

• Hotel Casa del Mar (formerly Swandor Palace Lagunas del Este and Ocean Casa del mar) wil now be managed by the Spanish chain Roc Hoteles and becomes the Roc Casa del Mar.

December 2022

• The Be Live Collection Cayo Santa Maria is now managed by the MGM Muthu Hotels under the name Gran Muthu Cayo Santa Maria.

November 2022

• The Ocean Casa del Mar is no longer be managed by the H10 hotel group. In the meantime, this Gaviota property will be named Casa del Mar Cayo Santa Maria.

November 1, 2022

• Reopening of hotel Sol Cayo Santa Maria, completely renovated and now a Adult-Only resort (16+).

March 2022

• The reopening of hotel Sol Cayo Santa Maria has been postponed until July 1, 2022.

February 2022

• The Sol Cayo Santa Maria hotel has been completely renovated and its reopening is scheduled for April 1, 2022. It will then become an adult-only resort (16+).

December 10, 2020

• Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel announced the elimination of their dual currency system (CUC and CUP) as of January 1, 2021. In other words, the definitive removal of the CUC (Cuban convertible peso) in favor of the CUP (Cuban peso) which will have a single exchange rate of 24 CUP for 1 US dollar.

November 1, 2020

• The Labranda Cayo Santa Maria (formerly known as: Lagunas del Este I / Warwick Cayo Santa Maria) becomes the Roc Lagunas del Mar.

April 2020

• The Ocean Casa del Mar will no longer be managed by the H10 hotel group. This Gaviota property, called Lagunas del Este II, will be managed by Swandor Hotels & Resorts under the name: Swandor Palace Lagunas del Este.

March 2020

• All hotels were closed in mid-March for an indefinite period due to the pandemic caused by the Covid-19 virus.


These are the recent news about the Cayos de Villa Clara.

Click the following link for a detailed chronology of tourism development in the Cayos de Villa Clara (Cayo Santa Maria, Cayo Ensenachos, Cayo Las Brujas); from 1989 until today.

We have been following the tourist development of the Cayos De Villa Clara since 2001.

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