Expedia fined $300,000 for Cuba travel deals which breached sanctions

Travel giant Expedia has been fined more than $300,000 for selling travel packages to Cuba - including to Cuban nationals - that breached US sanctions.

In news that will reverberate around the global travel industry, the Seattle-based firm agreed to pay $325,406 for providing travel to Cuba, or to Cuban nationals, in breach of laws that have been in place since 1963.

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