A Cuban girl takes a selfie in front of a window of a luxury store at the Manzana de Gomez Kempinski five-star hotel in Havana, Cuba, Monday, May 8, 2017. The Manzana de Gomez Kempinski bills itself as Cuba’s first real five-star hotel, and the brand-name shops around it appear designed to reinforce that. Most of the country doesn’t have the money.”L’Occitane, Lacoste, Mont Blanc and the Cuban military’s business wing did not return requests for comment. The Manzana de Gomez Kempinski bills itself as Cuba’s first real five-star hotel, and the brand-name shops around it appear designed to reinforce that. The hotel is earning positive early reviews but many tourists say they find the luxury mall alongside it to be repulsive.

Source: Washington Post May 09, 2017 04:07 UTC