ETECSA, Cuba´s national telecom company, chooses Cuba Travel Network to provide internet bookings for it´s portal www.cubasi.com

Agreement signed and implemented to provide hotel internet booking technology for the portal www.cubasi.com owned by ETECSA, Cuba´s national telecom company.

Havana –February 24, 2003 - Cuba Travel Network (CTN) announces the signing and implementation of an exclusive agreement to provide hotel internet booking technology for the portal www.cubasi.com owned by ETECSA, Cuba´s national telecom company.

Through CTN, ETECSA is offering real-time availability and instant booking confirmations in 16 different languages for over 100 hotels across Cuba. These key features for internet distribution are to date practically non-existent in Cuba and will position ETECSA as one of Cuba's key internet distributors.

Eddie Lubbers, president of Cuba Travel Network, comments "We are delighted to have ETECSA as one of our affiliate partners and we strongly believe the deal will be mutually beneficial: we are plugged into ETECSA's wide network and ETECSA's visitors have the added consumer benefit of being able to book hotel's on-line in real-time, which is very unusual in Cuba."

Landmark properties such as the Hotel Nacional de Cuba and the historic Hotel Santa Isabel in Old Havana can now be booked online. Through the Cubasi website also travel agents and tour operators can access their negotiated rates and benefit from instant booking confirmations.

The agreement with ETECSA further strengthens the position of CTN as market leader in on-line hotel reservations for Cuba.

Visit ETECSA´s 's website at: www.cubasi.com

About Cuba Travel Network (CTN)

CTN was established to meet the growing demand for internet distribution and booking technologies by Cuban travel companies. Our team has pioneered online travel with companies that today have become leaders in their field. (lastminute.com, hotels.com) These contacts and know-how are combined with our passion for Cuban travel product and our goal to promote it as widely as possible on the internet.

As the agent for Cuba for Fastbooking, a French provider of hotel booking technology, provides internet booking technology operates the online distribution network that connects hotels to leisure travelers through a broad range of Web-based partners, including portals, travel and destination Web sites, convention and visitor bureaus, tourism authorities, online city guides, call centers and travel agents. For hotels, CTN offers an efficient, low-cost means for marketing and selling accommodations online. CTN was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Havana, Cuba.

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For further enquiries, contact: Eddie Lubbers, eddie@cubatravelnetwork.com or call: (+537) 2040288