Shows & Events

(Dive Travel Business News - April 23, 2012) -- The first Utila Dive Festival, to be held August 18-25, 2012, is a week-long schedule of events above and below the water with diving, dancing, dining and discovering the tiny diving Mecca of Utila, one of The Bay Islands located in the Western Caribbean just South of Belize.

Underwater highlights include themed daily dives, and specialized diving activities held throughout the week including a photography competition, advanced buoyancy workshops, reef ecology and whale shark talks, tec and sidemount try dives including closed circuit rebreathers. Topside, there are social events, opening and closing beach parties,  Taste of Utila food fair, and prize giveaways. read more »

(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 »

(Dive Travel Business News - March 28, 2012) -- Just a few days away, the first Great Fiji Shark Count  will be launched. Throughout the month of April 2012,  and again in November, sharks, rays and turtles will be identified and counted over all the regions of Fiji.

Event organizers hope that tourists, school children, scientists and all people with an interest in the marine environment will take to the reefs with us to search for the Sharks of Fiji!  Easy to do, the Count itself can be done during a normal fishing, SCUBA diving or snorkel trip with a local operator or guide. Participants can do a single count, or take part as many times as they like during that month, and can cover different reefs. read more »