Benefits of membership

• Privately network with others that share your interests in Cuba. 

• Buy, sell and trade Cuba related domains. 

• Buy and sell advertising space and discover cross promotional opportunities.

• The Cuba Chamber of Commerce Newsletter will keep you up to date on member site developments, news and members-only special offers and discounts.

• All member sites will be listed in the appropriate Havana Journal directory.

• Join our weekly chat session.

• Each member site will get an outbound link and full site description. 

• Private members-only forum to post questions, suggestions, warning, alerts, services offered, etc.

• Virtual tradeshow in development

Government Affairs - We will keep you posted on changes in the Cuban government and the US government with regards to Cuba and US/Cuba trade. 

Link to HJ business, cubatrader and cubanews. 

Networking - Click here to find a Cuba related meetup near you. 

Visitors and Information Center - When allowed by law, we will set up an office in Cuba and distribute your promotional print materials. 

Member directory - We are working on a member networking guide so you'll be able to find other members who share your business interests. 

Prospecting - Ask us about direct mail and email lists containing your target audience. 

Information exchange and networking:

• Post private questions for members eyes' only

• Request information, contacts and skills

• Post classifieds ads

• writers wanted, skills offered, wanted to buy, domains for sale and more

• Business Referrals and New Business Contacts

• Free Chamber Website link

• Cuba and Cuba/US trade news

Mission Statement

To facilitate a working environment fostering community and commerce while respecting the culture and heritage of the Cuban people, the sovereignty of the country of Cuba and the business interests of Cuba Chamber of Commerce members. 

Cost and Obligation

1. Annual fee is $99

2. Websites must be approved. At this time there are no restrictions on websites so long as they are predominantly Cuba related. 

3. Owners must be verified. All members' addresses and phone numbers will be verified before approval to encourage trust among membership. This way we know all members are not hiding their identity. 

4. Members are obligated to respect the mission statement of the Cuba Chamber of Commerce.

5. Member websites are required to feature our exclusive Cuba logo (featured below) indicating their membership somewhere on their home page. This does not apply to parked domains or undeveloped websites. 

So, if you see this Cuba logo on a website, the website has been approved and the owner has been verified. If you see this logo on a site and you are do not think the site is a member, visit our Member Domains List (COMING SOON) to locate the domain name. If it is not listed, please contact us about it.

Features

Categories

• Business

• Culture

• Politics

• Travel

• Individual/Personal

• Non-profit/Humanitarian

• Cuban American

Link: Apply for an invitation. COMING SOON

Link: Developed web sites sorted by category COMING SOON

• Business

• Culture

• Politics

• Travel

• Non-profit

Cuba Select Awards

We intend to have members vote for their choices for our "Cuba Select" website awards in early 2008 for the following categories:

• best developed site (based on quantity and quality of content)
• best site design (judged on originality and visual appeal)
• best commerce site
• best non-profit site
• most influential site
• Person of the year

 
Regarding our virtual tradeshow

We are working on organizing virtual tradeshow featuring businesses, organizations, travel agencies and individuals that would like to meet with others who share their interests in Cuba. 

We are trying to secure a Founding Sponsor that will provide us with the resources to make this virtual tradeshow a reality. 

We are also talking with several potential key note speakers as well as other parties that will host a variety of learning tracks. 

Our idea is to build a professional web conferencing platform that will look and feel like a real tradeshow without having everyone meet in one physical location. Think video meets chat meets blogging meets remote learning. Oh yeah, throw in some good old fashion networking too. 

Our first tradeshow will be a one day event. Check back for updates or contact us if you want to be a Founding Sponsor or if you have expertise that would benefit our group of people interested in Cuba business, culture, politics and travel related issues. 

If you have recommendations for the best web conferencing software that includes live video streams, let us know since we are actively researching the best format for this online event. 

Related Websites and Information

AssociatedCities.com - Owner network of city .com web sites

Havana.biz - Business site for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors and corporations

Be sure to read the Business Section at the Havana Journal

Check out the travel log from the publisher of the Havana Journal. He talks about his business trip to Cuba in 2004. 

Read our Cuba Business Forum and post questions and/or provide answers to our community

CubaDomainMarket.com

Private Cuba Chamber of Commerce business forum - for members only

Cuba.VC for Cuba related business over $1million in value

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