A United States District Court in Miami annulled the verdict that ordered Expedia to pay $ 29.85 million for alleged violations of the Helms-Burton lawin relation to activities related to properties in Cuba.
The decision, issued after months of litigation, leaves without effect the ruling of April 18, 2025, said the site Cubatrade.
On that date, a jury determined that Expedia and its subsidiaries Hotels.com GP, LLC, Hotels.com LP and Orbitz, LLC had incurred “traffic” with property confiscated on the island, which would contravene Title III of the Cuban Democratic Freedom and Democratic Solidarity Law of 1996.
In its resolution, the court recognized the work of the parties and stressed that these types of decisions should not be made “lightly”.
At the same time, he stressed that the simple fact that companies stopped making reservations in the questioned hotels fulfilled the spirit of the legislation approved by Congress in 1996 and activated in 2019 by the Trump administration.
The plaintiffs accused Expedia of marketing accommodations in a tourist complex Raised on land that, according to his claim, the Cuban government confiscated without compensation.
He Title III of the Helms-Burton Law It allows US citizens and companies to demand in federal cuts those who benefit from expropriated properties by the Cuban government.
Although The Court left compensation without effectHe stressed that the process served to warn companies about the consequences of operating with assets subject to this type of claims.
