article_snippet.sent: More than 1,000 Cuban properties are listed on the popular home-rental website
article_snippet.sent: – private rooms are available for as little as $12 (£8) a night – and the bulk of – private rooms are located in the capital of HavanaHavana.
article_snippet.sent: More than 1,000 Cuban properties are listed on Airbnb, with 40 per cent located in the capital of Havana Havana .
article_snippet.sent: Forty per cent of Airbnb’s listings in Cuba are in Havana, while the rest are mostly located in tourist hotspots along the coast.
article_snippet.sent: Property owners are welcoming the opportunity to make some extra cash in a country with a sluggish state-run economy, and Property owners hope it will help to spur a revival on Cuba as Property owners compete with hotels for business.
article_snippet.sent: Israel Rivero, who owns pre-war flat in Havana Havana and will charge $30 (£20) a night on Airbnb, told AP:
article_snippet.sent: ’ Collin Laverty, owner of tour operator Cuba Educational Travel, said property owners have already been investing central air conditioning, improved water pressure and other amenities in order to be able to charge more than $25 (£16) a night for basic service.
article_snippet.sent: ’ Collin Laverty, owner of tour operator Cuba Educational Travel said: ‘You're starting to see places that can compete with three- and four-star hotels.
article_snippet.sent: Tourists leave a privately-owned home with rooms for rent in Havana .
highlights_snippet.sent: More than 1,000 properties are listed in Cuba on the home-rental website .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Forty per cent of the listings are located in the capital of Havana .
  