Kanantik Reef & Jungle Resort in Belize is pleased to announce being selected to the exclusive T-Club, a joint travel initiative created by Hotelplan Italia/Turisanda.

SOUTH STANN CREEK, Belize – Nov. 21, 2005 – Kanantik Reef & Jungle Resort (http://www.kanantik.com) is pleased to announce being selected by the Hotelplan Italia/Turisanda group as one of seven top-rated resorts from around the world for inclusion in a new travel initiative called the T-Club. T-Club resorts will be marketed with a new logo and brand created by Turisanda. Members of the exclusive T-Club consist of all-inclusive resorts from around the world representing the destinations Mauritius, Maldive, Antilles, Kenya, Egypt, Morocco, and Belize. Hotelplan Italia/Turisanda has invested 22 million euros for the creation and promotion of the T-Club and will distribute marketing material to all the Italian travel agencies and tour operators. Inclusion in the T-Club will also allow Kanantik to be cross-promoted by the parent Hotelplan group throughout Europe.

Kanantik Reef & Jungle Resort was the only resort in Belize and in Central America to be selected to this premier travel group. “We are pleased for the recognition of excellence that being selected to the T-Club offers us”, said Kanantik co-owner Francesco Moscatelli. “Membership in the T-Club will continue to broaden the reach of Kanantik among discerning European travelers seeking upscale luxury resort destinations.”

“It is an honor to have been selected as the top resort in Belize and one of the top resorts in the world”, said managing director and co-owner, Roberto Fabbri. “Kanantik offers its guests a one-of-a-kind blend of luxury and seclusion, and we believe the uniqueness and quality of Kanantik allowed for this selection.”

With write ups in the ‘Wall Street Journal’, ‘Architectural Digest’, ‘Travel and Leisure’, and more recently in ‘Outside Traveler’ and ‘American Way’, Kanantik is quickly becoming a premier destination for adventure seekers and honeymooners alike and now ranks among the best of the belize resorts. Kanantik combines a full range of activities with the sense of style and care that only a luxury eco-sensitive resort can offer. Guests rate Kanantik highly for its all-inclusive comfort, convenience and privacy, as well as its daily guided tours and activities in its per person price. For 2005, Kanantik has introduced additional vacation packages in addition to its all-inclusive rate. For more information or for reservations, please call (Toll free) 1-877-759-8834, or visit the website at http://www.kanantik.com.


About Kanantik Reef & Jungle Resort

Kanantik Reef & Jungle Resort (http://www.kanantik.com ) has become one of the premier all inclusive resorts in Belize. Kanantik sits on the largest privately owned acreage on the ocean for any of the Belizean resorts and consists of 25 separate, individual air-conditioned cabanas, each indulgently spacious and luxurious. Kanantik is the only all-inclusive eco-sensitive resort in Belize designed to showplace both the emerald waters of the Caribbean and the pristine exotic Belizean forest in one truly picturesque setting. Guests can walk from their secluded cabaña early in the morning along 1,300 feet of unspoiled private beach or into our 300 acres of forest for birdwatching. Daily scuba diving or snorkeling on the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere is offered at Kanantik and includes state-of-the-art scuba gear and a 42-foot Newton dive boat. Kanantik Reef & Jungle Resort also has its own private airstrip, serviced by local airline Tropic Air.

About the HotelPlan Group

Hotelplan (http://www.hotelplan.ch) is an international travel organization with branch offices all over Europe and is comprised of smaller region specific tour operators such as Hotelplan Italia and Turisanda. The HotelPlan-group is based in Zurich Switzerland with approx. 80,000 employees and is one of the top ten largest groups of tour operators in all of Europe.

Contact:

Roberto Fabbri
Email: kanantik@kanantik.com
Tel: 1-877-759-8834

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