For Immediate Release -- The Official Cubadisco SalsaTour 2005

Lula Lounge -- Canada's premier venue for live latin music -- presents Cubadisco SalsaTour 2005

Lula Lounge and Total Caribbean Experience invite you to a reception/ press conference to announce the inaugural Cubadisco SALSA TOUR 2005.

The reception takes place Friday April 8th from 7-8:00 pm at Lula Lounge, hosted by Billy Bryans. The reception will be followed by a salsa dance class with Ana Machado and a performance by Toronto's hottest new Cuban group Cafe Cubano. Please rsvp to: bbryans@sympatico.ca

Every year Cubadisco showcases the top Cuban salsa and timba bands -– Adalberto Alvarez, Paulito FG, Manolito Y Su Trabuco, Pupy Pedroso y Los Que Son Son, Los Van Van, La Charanga Habanera, Azucar Negra, Yumuri, Michel Maza, and Las Angeles de la Habana. This year will be no exception.

Cubadisco SalsaTour 2005 has been organized by Total Caribbean Experience S.A. -- Cuban land package and custom group travel specialists. This Cuban-based company is well known for their Havana Jazz Festival and Cuban dance workshop tours. The tour will be hosted by dj Billy Bryans whose knowledge of Cuban salsa and timba is unsurpassed. Says Bryans "In Havana music is like oxygen -- especially at Cubadisco time. Besides the shows we are seeing together, there's tons of other jazz, son and rumba concerts and showcases all over the city all day and all night. If you like live latin music and you don't mind missing some sleep, the Cubadisco SalsaTour 2005 is for you."

Leaving Toronto on May 21 and returning on May 29, the Cubadisco SalsaTour 2005 package includes prepaid entry for four nights at famed clubs Cafe Cantante and Casa de la Musica with no line-ups, preferred seating and ground transportation to the pre-booked salsa concerts. Guests will stay at the four star Riviera Hotel in Vedado, the epicentre of the action.

Lula Lounge presents the very best in Cuban music to the Canadian audience including performers Issac Delgado, Haila, Adalberto Alvarez, HavanaSax, Mayra Caridad Valdez and Beatriz Marquez. Cubadisco SalsaTour2005 takes you straight to the source -- downtown Havana Cuba -- for a 9-day voyage to experience the greatest salsa bands in the world.

The Cubadisco SalsaTour 2005 package is sold exclusively through Merit Travel Group. Contact Denise Hernandez at 905 890 7779 x 2256 or deniseh@merit.ca

For interviews and media information contact Billy Bryans, 416-588-2446, bbryans@sympatico.ca

For tour information contact Richard Budzinski, richard@altcuba.com