Online Home Rental Site Begins Listing Cuban Properties

Online home-rental marketplace Airbnb now offers properties in Cuba, the company said Thursday as it looks to capitalize on an expected travel boom resulting from the normalizing of relations between the United States and the communist-run nation. President Barack Obama has loosened some Cold War-era travel restrictions, allowing Americans to visit the Caribbean island for a range of reasons, such as family visits or education. U.S. lawmakers have proposed further easing to permit...

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