Who Actually Runs Cuba's Luxury Hotels Now? Luxury hotels in Cuba: The big foreign hotel operators have left Cuba. Melia stopped managing its Cuban hotels on 24 July 2026, Iberostar the same day, Canada's Blue Diamond on 30 May. The buildings stayed open under the Cuban state companies that own them, and at least nine have already been renamed. India's MGM Muthu is still there. On 28 July, workers...