Sunwing Launching New Cruises from Cuba, Jamaica

By: - September 3rd, 2015

Expansion in the Caribbean

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Canadian travel firm Sunwing is offering new all inclusive cruises from both Havana and Montego Bay, the company announced.

The all-inclusive packges will be on board the MSC Opera beginning in December.

The packages include meals, port transfers and roundtrip flights with Sunwing Airlines out of Toronto, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay and Montreal.

From Dec. 22 through April 5, 2016, Sunwing Vacations will offer all-inclusive Cuba and Caribbean packages on MSC Opera with Tuesday departures from Toronto to Havana.

The seven-night cruises will all on Havana, Montego Bay, Georgetown and Cozumel.

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