With a gala night at the Covarrubias Hall of Havana’s National Theater, the Excelencias Group held Thursday the seventh edition of the Excelencias Cuba Awards, a fair recognition to personalities, institutions and entities that year after year have contributed to the development of the island nation in a number of fields.
Every year, the Excelencias Awards pay tribute to boldface names and remarkable institutions in a bid to foster excellence in several sectors, all of them related to travel, tourism, culture, education, gastronomy, the arts and society.
The keynote speech of the night was delivered by Jose Carlos de Santiago, president and editor-in-chief of the Excelencias Group, who thanked the audience in attendance and extended his gratitude to each and every one who helps the Excelencias Group achieve its goals.
Mr. De Santiago spoke candidly about how the immense honor of being in Cuba in the course of these twenty years.
The cultural show featured performers Polito Ibáñez, Haydée Milanés, Cucurucho Valdés, Vocal Renacer, the Havana Grand Theater Symphonic Orchestra, Habana Compás Dance, soprano Mariela Cobos and tenor Andrés Sánchez.
Since their foundation in 2011, the Excelencias Cuba Awards have panned out to be a benchmark for those people and institutions that do their job with their sight set on nonstop growth and improvement.
THE 2017 EXCELENCIAS CUBA AWARDS
DR.JORGE GONZALEZ
FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PRACTICE AND TEACHING OF MEDICINE AND ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE RECOVERY OF THE REMAINS OF ERNESTO CHEGUEVARA IN BOLIVIA BACK IN 1997
DR.ROBERTO ÁLVAREZ FUMERO
FOR HIS INCREDIBLE AND SUSTAINED WORK FOR SIX YEARS AT THE SERVICE OF THE CUBAN MATERNAL-CHILDREN PROGRAM
DR.GUILLERMO LÁZARO PRADO GONZÁLEZ
FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO CUBAN MEDICINE THROUGH HIS PERSONAL STUDIES ONNATURAL AND TRADITIONAL MEDICINEAND THEIR APPLICATION
ALCIDES SAGARRA
FOR AN ENTIRE LIFE DEDICATED TO THE TRAINING OF BOXING CHAMPIONS, AWARDED AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AS THE BEST COACH OF THE 20TH CENTURY
HENRY REEVE MEDICAL BRIGADE
FOR OVER A DECADE OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE BEFORE NATURAL DISASTERS AND SERIOUS EPIDEMICS
EXCELENCIAS TURISTICAS AWARDS
HOTELES E CAMAGÜEY
FROM GRUPO HOTELERO CUBANACAN S.A. FOR ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE CONSERVATION AND PROMOTION OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE CULTURE OF CAMAGUEY
ARTEHOTEL STREET 2
FOR BEING AN ENTITY OF PROMOTION AND SUPPORT TO ART AND CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE
EXCELENCIAS GOURMET AWARDS
HABANOS S.A.
FOR BEING A FAITHFUL ADVOCATE OF THE TRADITIONS ANDCULTURE OF CUBA, TAKING ALL OVER THE WORLD THE TASTE OF A UNIQUE AND PEERLESS PRODUCT: THE HABANO
JUAN BAUTISTA GONZÁLEZ ESCALONA
FOR HIS EFFECTIVE WORK OF DIRECTION IN THE RESCUE AND PROMOTION OF THE CUBAN RUM AT AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
MASTERS CUBAN RUM MAKERS
FOR PRESERVING THE CULTUREAND TRADITION IN THE MANUFACTUREOF CUBAN LIGHT RUM
ARTE POR EXCELENCIAS AWARDS
CARILDA OLIVER LABRA
FOR HER EXTRAORDINARY POETIC WORK AND FOR BEING A FORERUNNER IN THE DEFENSE OF WOMEN THROUGH LITERATURE
OMARA PORTUONDO
FOR BEING ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING VOICES OF CUBAN MUSIC OF ALL TIME, WITH OVER SIX DECADES OF WORK IN DEFENSE OF CULTURE
HAILA MARÍA MOMPIÉ
FOR HER ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE CULTURAL PROJECT "SONANDO EN CUBA" AND HER CONTRIBUTION TO THECONTEMPORARYCUBAN MUSICAL SCENE
ALEXIS VÁZQUEZ
FOR AN TIRE LIFE DEDICATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF JAZZ IN CUBA AND CUBAN CULTURE AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
EDESIO ALEJANDRO
FOR HIS BROAD AND IMPORTANT DISCOGRAPHY AND ARTISTIC PRODUCTION, RECOGNIZED ATNATIONAL ANDINTERNATIONALLEVEL
FABRICA DE ARTE CUBANO
FOR BEING A NEW PROJECT IN CUBA THAT PROMOTES THE DOING OF YOUNGARTISTSAND CONSTITUTES A RECREATIONAL SPACE BY THE HAND OF ALL CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS
“LA COLMENITA” CHILDREN’S THEATER COMPANY
FOR PASSING ON HUMAN VALUES TO VARIOUS GENERATIONS OF CHILDREN THROUGH ART
LIZT ALFONSO
FOR THE WORK OF A LIFETIME AND HER NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF DANCE IN CUBA
EXCELENCIAS DEL MOTOR AWARD
MILTON DÍAZ CANTER
FOR HIS SPECIAL SUPPORT AND PROMOTION TO MOTOR SPORTS IN CUBA
CARIBBEAN NEWS DIGITAL SPECIAL AWARD
MINISTRY OF TOURISM OF CUBA
FOR BREAKING THE RECORD OF TOURIST ARRIVALS ON THE ISLAND NATION FOR A FOURTH YEAR RUNNING, AMID THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY HURRICANE IRMA IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
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