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Green Globe Launches Sustainable Travel Site

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Green Globe Launches Sustainable Travel Site

(Dive Travel Business News - April 26, 2012) --  - Green Globe Certification recently launched its new sustainable travel website, www.greenglobe.travel . The site provides sustainable hotels, cruise ships, meeting facilities, tour operators, and attractions in the world’s most exciting travel locations. Businesses are displayed in alphabetical order with description, pictures, location and map, contact information, and links to booking. Users can also search by property name, country, or category. All properties are Green Globe members that are already certified or in the process of being certified for their sustainability achievements. read more »

DEMA Vision 2020 continues at The Scuba Show, Long Beach CA

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DEMA Vision 2020 continues at The Scuba Show, Long Beach CA

(Dive Travel Business News - April 25, 2012) -- In 2011, DEMA and industry professionals from around the world came together to brainstorm about the future of the diving industry.  From these brainstorming sessions, key action items were determined as outlined below. 

Now, in 2012, DEMA is now asking for the industry's ideas on how we can implement these items:

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Divers Alert Network: Live Chats with Experts on FaceBook

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Divers Alert Network: Live Chats with Experts on FaceBook

(Dive Travel Business News - April 26, 2012) -- On April 11, 2012, Divers Alert Network® (DAN®) debuted a new way for scuba divers to engage with dive safety experts though live chats on Facebook. The first chat was an unqualified success as divers gathered to discuss the triggers of diving fatalities with DAN President Dan Orr.

“It was great,” said Orr. “From the first comment, it was a very lively experience with divers joining in from as far away as the U.K. It was a fantastic way for divers to communicate with DAN and engage with each other in real time on topics directly relevant to dive safety.”

Unlike formal presentations, the hour-long sessions are exactly what the name implies: real-time chats that allow the exchange of questions, thoughts, ideas and opinions between divers and experts at DAN. Some topics are chosen by DAN, but already several have been added to the schedule based on participant feedback and requests.

Upcoming chats include: read more »

Northwest Dive & Travel Expo 2012 Co-Hosts Dive Industry Business Seminar & Luncheon.

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Northwest Dive & Travel Expo 2012 Co-Hosts Dive Industry Business Seminar & Lunc

(Dive Travel Business News - April 17, 2012) -- The Dive Industry Association and Dive News Network will co-host a Luncheon and Dive Industry Business Seminar in Tacoma, Washington, USA,  at the 5th Annual Northwest Dive & Travel Expo. The industry event will be held at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center on Friday April 20 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm. 

 

This year's topic focuses on "Communicating a Shared Vision."  Keynote Speakers Sabrina Parsons, CEO of Palo Alto Software, the worldwide leaders in business & marketing plan software, and Dana Pethia, Regional Development Director of Constant Contact, the worldwide leaders in email marketing who will show participants how to create a business vision for the future and how to communicate that vision to suppliers and customers.  read more »

DEMA Presents Board of Directors and Committee Chairs for 2012

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DEMA Board of Directors Election Results 2012

(Dive Travel Business News - March 23, 2012) -- The latest DEMA Board of Directors Election has brought two newly elected members to the Board..  Darcy Kieran of Total Diving in category A4 and Jenny Collister of Reef & Rainforest Worldwide Adventure Travel in category A5 join existing Board Members for 2012. Relected Board Members include Stephen Ashmore of Tabata USA (TUSA) in category A1, Jeff Nadler of PADI in category A2 and William Cline, Cline Group Advertising in category A3.

Other board members currently continuing their term on the DEMA Board of Directors are:

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Women Divers Hall of Fame Announces Honorees for 2012

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Women Divers Hall of Fame Announces Honorees for 2012

(Dive Travel Business News - February 1, 2012) -- An international non-profit professional honor society dedicated to recognizing the outstanding contributions of women divers, the Women Divers Hall of Fame™ (WDHOF) has announced the WDHOF Class of 2012.  The five new members will be celebrated at the Beneath the Sea Dive & Travel Show at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey March 23 - 25, 2012. 

The honorees are: read more »

Diving Legend Neal Watson Re-elected President of the Bahamas Diving Association.

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Diving Legend Neal Watson Re-elected President of the Bahamas Diving Association

THE BAHAMAS—JANUARY 24, 2012— Dive legend and businessman Neal Watson has been re-elected for another two-year term as President of the Bahamas Diving Association.

Stuart Cove, owner of Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas in Nassau and Stuart Cove’s Tiger Beach Safaris on Grand Bahama Island, was re-elected vice president.

Watson and celebrated marine artist, scientist and conservationist Dr. Guy Harvey joined forces last year to open Neal Watson’s Dive Bimini at the Bimini Big Game Club in Alice Town. read more »

SSI Showcases Swim-Snorkel-Scuba Business Model at DEMA Show 2011

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SSI Models New Business Model at DEMA Show 2011

(Dive Travel Business News - December 1, 2011) -- Scuba Schools International (SSI), the premier education and business support company came to DEMA to reinforce and build on its new business model for the recreational sport diving industry – Swim, Snorkel, Scuba.  SSI advises the industry on some of its strategies for success here:

Swim, Snorkel, Scuba Model – The idea of a swim, snorkel, scuba model is keeping customers involved for life. Start them out young in swim, brand them to your business and the love of water, graduate them to Snorkel or Scuba Rangers, then to Freediving or Open Water Diver, Specialties and Xtended Range diving. Check into the new standards and exciting changes that Mike Ange has brought to SSI TXR and how this well-rounded range of products can extend the time customers stay in diving. read more »

Dive Industry Association Celebrates 10 Years Serving Dive Professionals

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Dive Industry Association Celebrates 10 Years Serving Dive Professionals

(Dive Travel Business News - January 6, 2012) -- Founded in 2001, the Dive Industry Association recently celebrated 10 years as a Marketing and Trade Association dedicated to "Building a Better Industry, One Member at a Time." 

More than 294 Dive Businesses and Individuals have joined this association to help promote their businesses and grow the diving industry.

DIA's goals are to unite the Industry to a common purpose of sustainable growth for the industry, promote Professional Development within its Membership, generate maximum marketing exposure and increase business opportunities for its Members. 

While many businesses may be members of one or more associations*, DIA is another networking collaboration that's proving its ability to put Members in front of qualified people and opportunities.  Dive trade who are interested in expanding their market reach and fine-tuning their businesses should seriously consider joining DIA: read more »

DEMA SHOW 2011 Encourages New Directions for Dive Industry

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(Dive Travel Business News - November 17, 2011) -- More than 9,000 pre-qualified diving professionals registered for DEMA Show 2011, which was held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL from November 2nd to 5th.  DEMA Show 2011 encouraged attendees to find new direction by providing hundreds of exhibits, products, services, educational sessions and more. Opening day commenced at 10:00 am on November 2nd with more than 6,400 opening day attendees, including buyers, travel buyers, instructors and other diving professionals from all over the world.  read more »