Lula Lounge, Canada's premier venue for live latin music, presents Cubadisco SalsaTour 2005 - the Ultimate Cuban Salsa Experience - an 8 day voyage to Havana, Cuba to experience the greatest salsa bands in the world. This is no week at Varadero listening to Guantanamera for the 100th time--this will be a week of the real Cuba.

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, at the centre of all the action.

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, Las Angeles de la Habana, the list goes on and on – and this year will be no exception! All the best groups … play all week long!

Cubadisco SalsaTour 2005 has been organized by Total Caribbean ExperienceS.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 dont mind missing some sleep- -the Cubadisco SalsaTour 2005 is for you."

Lula Lounge has presented some of the very best in Cuban music - Issac Delgado, Haila, Adalberto Alvarez, HavanaSax, Mayra Caridad Valdez and Beatriz Marquez- to Canadian audiences. Now it's time to take these audiences straight to the source - to downtown Havana for Cubadisco SalsaTour2005 - the Ultimate Cuban Salsa Experience!

The Cubadisco SalsaTour 2005 package is sold exclusively through Merit Travel Group. Contact Denise Hernandez at +1 905 890 7779 extension 2256 or deniseh@merit.ca