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Aggressor and Dancer Fleets Team Up for Dive the World Club.

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Aggressor and Dancer Fleets Team Up for Dive the World Club.

(Dive Travel Business News - April 5, 2012) -- Aggressor Fleet and Dancer Fleet have teamed up to offer guests a generous travel reward program with more options with their Dive The World Club. As part of their diver loyalty program, benefits include:

  • Advance notice on upcoming new trips and specials
  • 25% off scheduled Dive the World Club weeks
  • 10% discount for onboard services; rental gear, nitrox, boutique and more
  • Discounts on multiple charters taken within a calendar year on either fleet:
  • Save $100 on 2nd trip within 12 months whether the guest traveled with Aggressor Fleet or Dancer Fleet
  • Save $200 on a 3rd trip within 12 months whether the guest traveled with  Aggressor Fleet or Dancer Fleet
  • Complete the Fleet travel survey after the trip and enter into the Fleet's annual free trip drawing

Aggressor Fleet and Dancer Fleet now offer the same 'Money Saving Specials'. No matter which fleet the guest travel with, they are eligible for the following discounts: read more »

Aggressor Lauches First Ever Wellness Cruise.

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Aggressor Lauches First Ever Wellness Cruise.

(Dive Travel Business News - April 3, 2012) -- Dr. Craig Cook, Medical Editor for Sport Diver Magazine, will be host of a health oriented “Wellness Cruise” aboard the Turks & Caicos Aggressor II October 6 - 13, 2012.  Dr. Cook will be presenting short, fun and informative preventative health education that has the most impact on a diver’s health.  Sessions each day will include diving medicine, along with diving “pearls of wisdom” and techniques that will have guests on their way to a healthier diving lifestyle.

During the week-long dive cruise, participants will learn the secrets of healthy living that can keep them diving well into their 80’s.  They'll receive tips on extending their bottom time through health awareness, while exploring the pristine walls surrounding the Turks and Caicos Islands including Providenciales, West Caicos and French Caye.  read more »

New Theory Floats on 100th Anniversary of Titanic Sinking.

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New Theory Floats on 100th Anniversary of Titanic Sinking.

(Dive Travel Business News - March 30, 2012) -- A once-in-a-lifetime lunar event may be the underlying cause of the sinking of the Titanic. The iceberg that sank the Titanic was sent on its deadly path by the closest approach of the moon to the Earth in 1,400 years.

According to astronomers, an super-high tide on January 12, 1912 maximized the Moon’s tide-raising forces on Earth’s oceans, setting loose a deadly fleet of icebergs, three months before Titanic sank on April 14, 1912 with the loss of approximately 1,500 lives. read more »

Sunset House now a dual PADI / International Yacht Training Facility.

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Sunset House now a dual PADI / International Yacht Training Facility.

(Dive Travel Business News - March 30, 2012) -- Sunset House, Grand Cayman’s Hotel for Divers, by Divers, has become one of the first dual International Yacht Training (IYT)/Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) Training Centers in the world. International Yacht Training is a fully approved training company by the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) amongst others. This allows Sunset Divers (Sunset House’s elite Dive Center) not only to train dive professionals as Diveboat captains, but are authorized to train and certify non-dive related candidates, IYT/MCA nautical qualifications through their new IYT instructors Robert Hopwood and Peter Foster-Smith .

All Sunset Divers’ captains have been certified as PADI/IYT Diveboat Coxswains. Sunset Divers has become one of the first dive operators to certify to the new, high standard to training and certification for Diveboat operators.

The program:
• PADI/IYT Diveboat Mate – qualified Diveboat crew and captain in training read more »

Aggressor Family Weeks 2012

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Aggressor Family Weeks 2012

(Dive Travel Business News - February 26, 2012) -- Aggressor Fleet has announced its Family Week charter schedule for Summer 2012.  This year's four family week charter destinations include Utila, Honduras, Belize, Cayman and Turks & Caicos.  These fun filled weeks are hosted by world-renowned artist, Rogest or Aggressor & Dancer Fleet President and founder of Ocean’s For Youth, Wayne Hasson.   read more »

Dive Buddy Weeks with Dancer Fleet in 2012

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Dive Buddy Weeks with Dancer Fleet in 2012

(Dive Travel Business - January 31, 2012) -- Diving is meant to be shared. To encourage positive Buddy relationships the Dancer Fleet is continuing its “Dive Buddy Week” promotions in 2012 on select Dancer Fleet departures. When one diver is booked on a dive buddy week at regular price, his or her dive buddy travels for ½ off the regular cruise price. Single divers booked during Dive Buddy Week receive a 25% per person discount.

The Dive Buddy Week Schedule for 2012 includes Komodo Island, Cocos Island, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Fiji, Bahamas and Belize.  Yachts and cruise start dates are as follows:

Komodo Dancer (Komodo): 12-MAR-2012, 05-JUN-2012
Wind Dancer (Cocos Island): 31-MAR-2012,  08-Dec-2012
Star Dancer ((Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea): 19-JUN-2012, 28-AUG-2012
Tropic Dancer (Palau):  08-JULY-2012, 23-SEPT-2012
Island Dancer (Fiji): 11-AUG-2012, 06-OCT-2012
Carib Dancer (Bahamas): 18-AUG-2012, 03-NOV-2012
Sun Dancer II (Belize): 08-SEPT-2012, 13-OCT-2012   read more »

Costa Concordia Capsizes in Europe's Largest Marine Park

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Costa Concordia Runs Aground, Keels Over on Italy's West Coast.

(Dive Travel Business News - January 16, 2012) -- Scores of Italian cave-rescue divers from the coast guard, navy and firefighting service are racing against time to find survivors in the debris-filled partially sunken Costa Concordia since it ran aground on rocks off Italy's west coast. Divers are searching the miles of submerged corridors and more than 1000 cabins for 25 passengers and 4 crew members still unaccounted for after 3200 passengers and 1000 crew were rescued from the hull-torn ship off the coast of Isola del Giglio. The waters off Giglio, popular with scuba divers and snorkelers, form part of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park - a marine protected area for dolphins, porpoises and whales. read more »

DivEncounters "Alliance" Debuts at DEMA Show 2011

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Founder Peter Hughes Launches Luxury Live-aboard Partnership

(Dive Travel Business News - Nov 10, 2011) -- Founded in 2011 by dive industry veteran Peter A. Hughes, the DivEncounters Alliance debuted at the trade-only DEMA Show 2011 in Orlando Florida, November 2-5. The DiveEncounters Alliance is a worldwide partnership of like-minded independent luxury live-aboard operators who are located in the world's most highly sought after dive destinations.

With 40 years in the recreational dive industry, and the past 25 years spent building his former live-aboard company, Peter Hughes Diving, Inc. Peter Hughes left the Dancer Fleet in 2010.  Retaining his luxury live-aboard Galapagos Sky, Hughes created the DivEncounters alliance with longstanding and highly experienced individual operators with vessels that include: the M/V Orion (Maldives), the Undersea Hunter Group (with boats in Cocos Island Costa Rica and Malpelo, Columbia), M S/V Waow (Indonesia) and the M/V Solmar V (Socorro Islands and Guadelupe Island, Mexico). read more »

Dancer Fleet introduces New Carib Diver at DEMA 2011

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Bahamas New Carib Dancer added to Dancer Fleet in May 2012

(Dive Travel Business News - November 2, 2011) -- At the first day of the DEMA Show 2011, worldwide liveaboard company Dancer Fleet, has announced its latest dive yacht: The 100-foot custom luxury Carib Dancer will launch her maiden voyage May 12, 2012, allowing 14 divers to explore the best of the Bahamas each week out of Nassau each week.

The main cruise itinerary will visit areas such as the Exuma islands and the Exuma Land and Sea Park, the island of Eluthera, and Little San Salvador. The itinerary and exact islands visited will vary each week as the captain’s mandate is to provide guests the best possible diving based on the current conditions at that time. The islands are visually stunning and there are numerous opportunities to go ashore and snorkeling for non-divers.

Introductory prices for the all inclusive 7 night cruise starts at $1695 per person for the quad occupancy cabin and $1895 for the deluxe cabins. Airport transfers, accommodations, diving up to 5 dives a day, meals, snacks, beverages – including alcohol – are all included. read more »

Explorer Ventures Ready for DEMA 2011 with Liveaboard Deals

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Explorer Ventures Ready for DEMA 2011 with Liveaboard Deals

(Dive Travel Business News - September 10, 2011) -- Ready for DEMA 2011, Explorer Ventures is offering specials that dive shops and wholesalers can book now through the end of DEMA Show 2011.  DEMA Specials must be booked and deposited by Nov 5, 2011 in order for the special to apply.

Also available for a limited time only, all Agents who book half-boat charters (50% of the boat capacity) or full boat charters receive free Nitrox and applies to all Explorer Venture destinations. On full-boat charters, Explorer Ventures is offering a free FAM trip on any vessel for the group representative. These incentives can be combined with Explorer Ventures standard group incentive policies such as: 1 free berth for 5 paid (max 2 per charter; alternative group paymentn plans; off peak charter specials with increased commissions and double the free berths; easy group reduction policies. read more »