Hotel Telégrafo (English: Telegraph Hotel) is a historic hotel in Havana, Cuba. The Telégrafo is owned by the international hotel chain, Axel Hotels.
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| Alternative names | Telégrafo Axel Hotel La Habana |
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| Location | Havana, La Habana Province,  Cuba |
| Coordinates | 23°8′16.6″N 82°21′33.92″W / 23.137944°N 82.3594222°W |
| Opened | 1888 |
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| www.axelhotels.com | |
Early history
editThe Grand Hotel Telégrafo opened in 1860.[1] It was reestablished in 1888 on Paseo del Prado, near the National Capitol of Cuba, facing Parque Central in Havana, Cuba.[2]
In 1892, it was managed by Gonzalez & Giralt, Proprietors. In 1893, the Souvenir of the Grand Hotel Telégrafo was published by J.C. Prince.[3] Other Hotel Telegrafo locations existed in Sagua la Grande and Camajuaní.[4]
The 1902 International Sanitary Congress took place at the Hotel Telégrafo.[5]
In 1905, Guillermo Del Toro was the hotel's proprietor. The hotel hired interpreters as guides covering Havana, Marianao, and Matanzas for American visitors. The Café Helados de Paris (English: Paris Ice Cream Café) specializing in ice cream was connected to the hotel.[6]
By 1915, the old Hotel Telégrafo building was demolished, and a completely new one was constructed.[7] After new management and ownership took over in 1915, an expert chef directed the cuisine at Hotel Telégrafo.[8]
The hotel, a favorite in the late 19th century, was adversely affected by the Cuban Revolution of 1959. It was reconstructed in 2001 and reopened the following year.[9][10]
After being acquired by the Spanish hotel chain Axel Hotels, it was renamed Telégrafo Axel Hotel La Habana. The former Telégrafo reopened in 2022 as the first state-run LBGTIQ+-friendly hotel.[11]
External links
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Media related to Hotel Telégrafo at Wikimedia Commons
References
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- ^ Cuba Illustrated: With the Biography and Portrait of Christopher Columbus, Containing Also General Information Relating to Havana, Matanzas, Cienfuegos, and the Island of Cuba ... Together with an Anglo-Spanish Vocabulary. (1894). United States: Napoleon Thompson.
- ^ Souvenir of the Grand Hotel Telegrafo, Havana, Cuba. (1893). Cuba: Gonzalez & Giralt.
- ^ Special Agents Series. (1919). United States: U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ Public Health Reports. (1902). United States: The Service..
- ^ Standard Guide to Cuba. (1905). United States: Foster & Reynolds.
- ^ Alfonso, M. F., Valero Martínez, T. (1915). Cuba Before the World: A Comprehensive and Descriptive Account of the Republic of Cuba from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. United States: Souvenir guide of Cuba Company.
- ^ Times of Cuba. (1915). Cuba: Times of Cuba.
- ^ Moon Handbooks: Cuba. (2004). United States: Avalon Travel Pub..
- ^ Griffith, C. (2010). Havana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage. United Kingdom: WW Norton.
- ^ Planet, L. (2024). Lonely Planet Pocket Havana. Ireland: Lonely Planet.