In 1892, it was managed by Gonzalez & Giralt, Proprietors. In 1893, the Souvenir of the Grand Hotel Telégrafo was published by J.C. Prince.[3] Other Hotel Telegrafo locations existed in Sagua la Grande and Camajuaní.[4]
In 1905, Guillermo Del Toro was the hotel's proprietor. The hotel hired interpreters as guides covering Havana, Marianao, and Matanzas for American visitors. The Café Helados de Paris (English: Paris Ice Cream Café) specializing in ice cream was connected to the hotel.[6]
By 1915, the old Hotel Telégrafo building was demolished, and a completely new one was constructed.[7] After new management and ownership took over in 1915, an expert chef directed the cuisine at Hotel Telégrafo.[8]
The hotel, a favorite in the late 19th century, was adversely affected by the Cuban Revolution of 1959. It was reconstructed in 2001 and reopened the following year.[9][10]
After being acquired by the Spanish hotel chainAxel Hotels, it was renamed Telégrafo Axel Hotel La Habana. The former Telégrafo reopened in 2022 as the first state-run LBGTIQ+-friendly hotel.[11]
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^Cuba Illustrated: With the Biography and Portrait of Christopher Columbus, Containing Also General Information Relating to Havana, Matanzas, Cienfuegos, and the Island of Cuba ... Together with an Anglo-Spanish Vocabulary. (1894). United States: Napoleon Thompson.
^Souvenir of the Grand Hotel Telegrafo, Havana, Cuba. (1893). Cuba: Gonzalez & Giralt.
^Special Agents Series. (1919). United States: U.S. Government Printing Office.
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^Standard Guide to Cuba. (1905). United States: Foster & Reynolds.
^Alfonso, M. F., Valero Martínez, T. (1915). Cuba Before the World: A Comprehensive and Descriptive Account of the Republic of Cuba from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. United States: Souvenir guide of Cuba Company.
