DiCaprio to open eco-hotel

Hollywood hunk Leonardo DiCaprio is planning to open an eco-hotel after buying an island off the Belize coast.

The Titanic star, 30, has purchased the 104 acre Blackadore Caye in the Caribbean sea, which is only a 25 minute boat ride away from the Central American country's top-class diving site of the Belize Barrier Reef.

DiCaprio will work with the team from the nearby Cayo Espanto island to develop an airstrip, infrastructure and top quality accommodation.

A friend says: "It is the perfect project for Leonardo. He wants to make money out of the island without destroying the environment.

"The energy sources will be renewable and the island will be self-sustaining as much as possible.

"He is drawing up plans which respect the wildlife and surrounding waters."