Land-Based Facilities Articles

(Dive Travel Business News - July 15, 2010) -- "Dive in Style" is a classy coffee table book and helpful source of luxury travel information for dive travelers who won't put up with combat style accommodations anymore.

In its second edition, "Dive In Style" provides an indepth look at 26 of the world's best dive destinations from the USA to the Seychelles, Australia to Egypt, with 22 upscale resorts and 4 live-aboards featured.

The goal of "Dive In Style" was to accommodate the needs of the entire traveling party - not just the diver's needs - so the resorts presented in the book are not dedicated dive resorts. Author Tim Simond includes full-service hotels that offer good dining, relaxing spas, excursions, snorkeling and other facilities that make the resort unique: Anyone will enjoy a vacation at one of this properties without taking a giant stride from a dive boat. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - June 4, 2010) -- Flamingo Hotel is offering solo vacationers an incentive to travel this year by offering specially discounted rates with no single supplement. Through December 17, 2010, solo travelers can take advantage of a 30-percent discount on all nightly room rates. Courtyard rooms are now only $60 per night based on single occupancy, Superior rooms only $71 per night based on single occupancy. These rates include breakfast and all applicable taxes. A two-night minimum stay is required.

Scuba divers traveling solo can get a five-night/three-dive day package for $537 per person single occupancy in a Courtyard room or $593 per diver single occupancy in a Superior room. These package rates include breakfast each morning plus three days of two-tank boat diving with lunch, round trip transfers to the dive boats and all taxes. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - May 10, 2010) -- Discover Red Sea diving with Learning Through Travel's Discover Dahab Dive Expedition. A small town situated on the southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula, approximately 80 km (50 miles) northeast of Sharm el-Sheikh,  Dahab is considered to be one of Egypt's most treasured diving destinations. Many reefs are immediately adjacent to Dahab's waterfront hotels and the nearby Blue Hole and Canyon are internationally famous dive spots.

Discover Dahab Dive Expedition package includes international airfare NYC-JFK to Cairo; domestic flights in Egypt; 7 nights accommodations at Dahab Hilton or similar; 5 days of diving-10  guided dives (boat and shore); Half day sightseeing in Cairo and Pyramids and Sphinx; 8 breakfasts and 5 lunches and transfers within Egypt and porterage of 1 piece of luggage. 10 Days/8 Nights $3,125.00 pp (Valid May 1-19, August 20-December 12, 2010)/ $3,525.00  (Valid May 20-August 19, 2010). read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - May 10, 2010) -- Discover the undiscovered with Learning Through Travel's Explore El Quseir Expedition to the southern Red Sea.  El Quseir is a truly unique unspoilt resort town on the mid-southern coastline of mainland Egypt, approximately 140km south of Hurghada. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - April 23, 2010) -- On April 15, Ithaa, the world’s first all-glass undersea restaurant at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island celebrated its fifth anniversary. And to celebrate, the resort is offering guests the chance to spend the night underwater by turning the restaurant into an exclusive suite for two, complete with private champagne dinner and breakfast in bed.

Sitting five meters (approximately 15 feet) below the waves of the Indian Ocean, surrounded by a coral reef and encased in clear glass, the restaurant has hosted over 43,800 diners, 151 under-sea “Renewal of Love” ceremonies and been witness to the consumption of over 14,235 bottles of the “house wine” champagne since opening.

Diners at Ithaa Undersea Restaurant experience a set-menu composed of 23 different dishes over four courses; from reef fish with grape, almond and saffron reduction to Maldivian banana and chilli mascarpone cream with refreshing crushed basil. A three-course lunchtime menu is also offered. Dinner is priced from $320 per person and lunch $195 per person. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - March 25, 2010) -- South Africa has so much to offer divers with shark diving, wreck diving, coral reefs, and even spear fishing.  But you don't want to just dive in South Africa when topside adventures also await.

A very comfortable Cape Farmhouse structure based in Albertinia near the world acclaimed Garden Route, Guineafowl Guest Resort offers a perfect rendezvous point for experiencing the best dive sites and topside attractions in the immediate area of the Eastern /Western Cape Province. read more »

WHERE: Santorini, Greece
WHO: Aegean Divers   WWW.aegeandivers.com
WHAT: Thai Massage & Diving Programs  Price: €920.00
This program includes a 1.5 hour session of thai massage on the first day, followed by a course on thai massage specifically for divers. The course lasts 5 days (days 2-6) and will be taking place early in the morning followed by 2 dives per day. On the last day (day 7) there will be a course revision with more practice. This Thai massage course will be focused on breathing, healing the body and relaxing for divers.

Diving expeditions take place primarily in the south and west part of the island, where you can find the mansel reef, the isle of Thirasia with its great wall diving, a wreck at 30-33 m as well as a beautiful area with underwater caves. There are many more diving sites to surprise you with when you come and dive with us. read more »

(TravelPulse.com - Oct 19, 2009) - The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism’s “Cent-sational” Promotion is now available for travel through Dec. 15, 2009, in time for travelers in search of a Thanksgiving escape. The “Cent-sational” Promotion features 25-cent room nights at participating hotels in the USVI in celebration of the newly minted (and first) U.S. quarter commemorating the Territory. The package must be booked by Nov. 2 through BookIt.com.

The hotels now participating in this deal include Bolongo Bay Beach Resort, Carambola Beach Resort & Spa, Club St. Croix, Hibiscus Beach Resort, Hotel Caravelle, Marriott Frenchman’s Reef & Morning Star Beach Resort, Point Pleasant Resort, Secret Harbour Beach Resort, Sapphire Beach Resort, Sapphire Village, The Palms at Pelican Cove, Windward Passage, and Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort & Spa. The promotion commemorates the first minting of a U.S. Virgin Islands’ United States quarter, introduced into circulation early this month. read more »

(April 20, 2008 - New York Times) — People are getting serious about sensible environmental practices in the lodging industry. Hoteliers, customers and suppliers are talking energetically about how to achieve better environmental practices without resorting to the logical conclusion: urging people to avoid travel altogether.

The industry is coming to realize that significant and practical changes can be made, with effort and thought, that go beyond eco-palaver lectures that are easy to put on placards or in press releases but meaningless outside of marketing.

“There was this pseudo-eco move: ‘We don’t change your sheets or wash your towels because we’re going to save the planet.’ Almost everybody was doing that to save money. It had absolutely nothing to do with the planet,” said Steve Pinetti, the senior vice president for marketing at Kimpton Hotels, a San Francisco-based company that operates 43 luxury boutique hotels nationally. read more »