Meliá Hotels, the leading foreign hotel company in Cuba, and Airbnb, the U.S.-based room rental platform, are seemingly in the same business.
Yet details of each company's performance in Cuba illustrate how different they are in terms of impact on travelers - with implication for the future of the travel and tourism industry everywhere.
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