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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 »

New Media Channels for Aggressor and Dancer Fleets

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New Media Channels for Aggressor and Dancer Fleets
(Dive Travel Business News -- September 18, 2011) -- Aggressor Fleet and Dancer Fleet have launched two new online media channels: Aggressor.TV and Dancer Fleet.TV  deliver instant access to streaming high definition footage on all eighteen yachts and destinations. The media sites offer two to six minute videos that are available to view every day through links to each yacht and destination. Dedicated streaming media servers provide the ability to add new footage on a regular basis giving viewers the latest action from each of the two Fleets' destinations.
 
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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 »

Aggressor Fleet & Dancer Fleet Release New Cruise News in time for DEMA Show 2011

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Next edition of Liveaboard Fleets' Cruise News in time for DEMA 2011

(Dive Travel Business News - September 29, 2011) -- Aggressor Fleet and Dancer Fleet have released the latest edition of Cruise News, a unique magazine and joint destination guide that offers readers a chance to dive into the world’s premier LiveAboard experience without ever getting wet. The magazine’s colorful 108 pages are filled with dazzling topside and underwater photos shot by the world’s greatest photo pros, like Stephen Frink, Michele Westmorland, Geri Murphy and others. There are articles cover interesting issues like an update on Shark Savers shark conservation program, juvenile frogfish found along the Kona reefs, tasty recipes from our onboard chefs and DAN safety data on LiveAboard diving, just to name a few.

In addition the catalog shares stories from past guests, photo essays, information on special charters, celebrity weeks, and money saving specials are highlighted so that divers can easily join the “LiveAboard Lifestyle” and plan their next adventure. read more »

Seychelles Diving & Snorkeling Adventures Scheduled in 2012

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Seychelles Diving & Snorkeling Adventures Scheduled in 2012

(Dive Travel Business News - June 6, 2011) -- In January 2012, Zegrahm Expeditions will operate two diving- and snorkeling-focused voyages to the Seychelles aboard the 110-passenger Clipper Odyssey. Throughout their Ultimate Seychelles and Classic Seychelles journeys, divers and snorkelers will encounter over 150 coral species and some 850 species of rainbow-hued fish, as well as manta rays, spinner dolphins, hawksbill and green turtles, and hundreds of giant clams. Highlights on both itineraries include:

Aldabra Atoll - The world's second largest atoll is a World Heritage Site comprised of four major islands separated by channels. Enjoy an exhilarating drift-snorkel through a narrow pass into a lagoon populated by turtles and eagle rays, plus glimpse the giant Indian Ocean tortoises - estimated at over 100,000 - who roam wild on shore.

Astove Atoll - Along the atoll's vertical reef wall, divers and snorkelers will delight in the crystal clear waters populated by turtles, clouds of tropical fish, and colorful corals. read more »

Explorer Ventures Offers Buddy Weeks

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Explorer Ventures Offers Buddy Weeks

(Dive Travel Business News - May 24, 2011) -- For a limited time, Explorer Ventures is offering Buddy Bonus weeks.  One diver pays full price and the buddy gets half off. Buddy Bonus weeks are available in the Northeastern Caribbean and the Turks & Caicos. More Summer Specials are also available in the Maldives, Galapagos, Turks & Caicos and Northeastern Caribbean.

BUDDY WEEKS:

July 23-30, Northeastern Caribbean: Caribbean Explorer II departing St. Kitts
Aug 27-Sept 3, Northeastern Caribbean: Caribbean Explorer II departing St. Maarten
Sept 17-24, Turks & Caicos: Turks & Caicos Explorer II
Oct 15-22, Turks & Caicos: Turks & Caicos Explorer II

MORE SUMMER SPECIALS: read more »

"StormCheck" Live-aboard Guarantee During Hurricane Season.

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"StormCheck" Live-aboard Guarantee During Hurricane Season

(Dive Travel Business News - May 1, 2011) -- Aggressor Fleet and Dancer Fleet expect passengers to have a safe and fun dive vacation as they leave their worries at home. However, a named meteorological disturbance can make the seas rough and adversely affect valuable dive time. This is why Aggressor Fleet and Dancer Fleet have developed "StormCheck". read more »

Worldwide Dive & Sail Expands its Fleet of Classic Luxury Sailing Yachts

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New S/Y Maldives Siren expands Worldwide Dive & Sail Fleet to 5 sailing vessels

(DiveTravelBusinessNews - November 14, 2010) -- Worldwide Dive and Sail, live-aboard company that has become known for its luxury dive and sail itineraries around Southeast Asia, now has 5 vessels taking guests to the best dive sites in Thailand, Burma, India, Philippines, Indonesia, and its newest destination - the Maldives.

Since 2003,  Worldwide Dive and Sail has been expanding its fleet and destinations portfolio to include a wide range of destinations. The S/Y Siren plies the diving waters off Thailand, Burma and India including:  the Similan and Surin Islands of Phuket; Burma Banks and Mergui Archipelago and; India's Andaman Islands. The S/Y Philippines Siren offers four different itineraries around the Philippines including: South Visayas; Southern Leyte; Boracay and area and; Tubbataha Marine Park.  The S/Y Mandarin Siren travels to Northern Sulawesi and Raja Ampat (North and South). The S/Y Indo Siren conducts several journeys including: Komodo National Park; Komodo to Flores, Flores to Raja Ampat, Raja Ampat and Raja Ampat to Ambon. read more »

Rebranding Now Underway at Peter Hughes Diving

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Peter Hughes Diving Now Dancer Fleet®

(Dive Travel Business News - July 30, 2010) --  For almost 20 years, Peter Hughes Diving, Inc. operated the worldwide group of luxury liveaboard yachts known as the “Dancer Fleet”.  This month the company has announced they are formally changing their name to “Dancer Fleet, Inc.”.   Along with the name change is a rebranding of the entire organization that incorporates the new name and logo. read more »

Live-aboard Operator offering Explore Packages to Montserrat

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Extreme Marine offers diving under the volcano at Montserrat

(Dive Travel Business News - July 22, 2010) --Montserrat’s Extreme Marine Scuba dive facility is offering travelers “Explore Montserrat,” a three-day adventure originating departing from Antigua and featuring unlimited diving, boat accommodations, meals and a boat tour to the former capital city of Plymouth.

The excursion offers unlimited diving at sites along Montserrat’s 13-mile coastline, which is filled with marine life since the eruption of the island’s Soufriere Hills Volcano in the mid-1990s. Wildlife includes dolphins, pipefish, eagle rays, green turtles and nurse sharks. read more »

Worlds Most Stylish Dive Resorts

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Dive In Style offers Splashiest Dive Resorts

(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 »

Nekton Diving Cruises Ceases Operations

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Nekton Diving Cruises Ceases Operations

(Dive Travel Business News - May 31, 2010) -- Nekton Diving Cruises ceased operations May 17, 2010. The Florida-based dive tour company operated two ultra-stable SWATH twin-hull dive boats designed for people prone to sea sickness.

The Nekton Pilot and the Nekton Rorqual, both designed to accommodate more than 30 scuba divers, offered one-week itineraries to the Bahamas and Belize.  According to the owners, the vessels proved too costly to run as reservations declined in a down economy. read more »

New Destination for Aggressor Fleet

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Aggressor Fleet launches Baja Aggressor

(Dive Travel Business News - May 10, 2010) -- Aggressor Fleet is launching a new dive yacht destination offering three adventures - Great White Shark, Hammerhead Shark and Gray Whale charters - in Baja, Mexico starting July 24, 2010.  Aggressor Fleet's introductory offer is only US$1995 pp during 2010.  

From January through June, the Baja Aggressor will cruise to Revillagigedo Archipelago and famous Socorro Island where giant Manta Rays, schooling Hammerhead sharks and Silver Tip Sharks are the key attractions.

The yacht moves to Guadalupe Island from mid-July to mid-November where Great White Shark diving is done solely from large shark cages. Three cages accommodate 3-4 divers each, with dives at a depth of 5-20 feet. 

In November and December, the boat plies the waters of Magdalena Bay, where passengers get up-close encounters with Gray Whales and their calves, while whale-watching from skiffs. Some snorkeling and limited scuba diving is also offered in Magdalena Bay. read more »

The Greatest Shoal on Earth in South Africa

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First ever Liveaboard expeditions to South Africa's annual sardine run

Dive Travel Business News - May 6, 2010) -- Extraordinary Expeditions offers the "Greatest Shoal on Earth" with its first-ever live-aboard expeditions to South Africa's annual sardine run this June and July 2011.

The futuristic, state of the art, 115 foot stabilized tri-maran Ocean Adventurer,  combined with dedicated professional guides ensure divers experience the shoal as never before. The boat's speed, sea handling abilities and range give unparalleled access to the shoals of sardines. Whether the shoals are close inshore or 20 miles off shore, the dive yacht can find them and stay with them.

Diving guests are ready and waiting for the first bait-balls to form in the early morning and still be on the water when the last ones form in the late afternoon. Encounter 1000's of dolphins, many species of sharks, Cape Fur Seals, Brydes whales and the Humpback whale migration that coincides with the sardine run. Experience the innumerable Cape Gannets in a feeding frenzy that has no equal on the planet. read more »

Peter Hughes Dancer Fleet® to Explore UNESCO World Heritage Site

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Peter Hughes commences service in Cocos Island

(Dive Travel Business News - April 25, 2010) - Miami, FL -- Peter Hughes Diving, in cooperation with M/Y Wind Dancer’s new owner, Las Adventuras Del Bailarin Del Vien, will move the M/Y Wind Dancer to Cocos Island and  commence operation July 8, 2010. M/Y Wind Dancer has gained approval from the Cocos Island National Park to take divers to this very special World Heritage Site.  Located 550 km off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, Cocos Island National Park is the only island in the tropical eastern Pacific with a tropical rainforest. read more »

Peter Hughes Dancer Fleet® Returns to Palau

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Dancer Fleet introduces Tropic Dancer in Palau

(Dive Travel Business News - April 24, 2010) -- Miami, FL - Peter Hughes Diving, in cooperation with owner Palau Watersports, will begin operation of the 9th Dancer Fleet® yacht, the M/Y Tropic Dancer on June 6, 2010.  Based in Koror, Palau,  the Tropic Dancer will cruise the Rock Islands of Palau and beyond, taking divers to the best diving Micronesia has to offer.

As a special introductory offer, those traveling on M/Y Tropic Dancer between June 6 and November 26, 2010, will receive a $750 in incentives featuring a $600 discount off the published rate and free Nitrox. During this introductory period, 7-night packages in double accommodations will be priced at only $2335 per person and deluxe accommodations at only $2535 per person. Following this, double accommodations will be $2935 per person and deluxe accommodations will be $ 3135 per person. read more »

Red Sea Liveaboard Destroyed in Blaze

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(Dive Magazine UK - February 1, 2010) -- Dive Magazine reports that the Red Sea Live-aboard MY Typhoon has been destroyed by a fire in a Suez dry dock. Typhoon was part of the Tornado Marine Fleet operating in Egyptian waters. Three other live-aboards sustained damage:  MY Sweet Dreams, Hyatt and VIP-One.  Travel Professionals are busy making alternate arrangements for clients who were booked on these boats. 

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10th Anniversary on Peter Hughes' Sky Dancer in Galapagos

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(DiveTravelBusinessNews - Nov 27, 2009) -- Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Dancer Fleet's Sky Dancer in Galapagos, Peter Hughes Diving is offering $1000 off the published rate on two anniversary departures: Jan 17, 2010 and May 16, 2010.

The luxury live-aboard Sky Dancer is a 100-foot custom-built yacht accommodatine 16 passengers. Full-air-conditioned, its interior features teak paneling and furnishings, a dining area, fully stocked bar and a main salon with an audio/video entertainment center. All the staterooms have ensuite facilities, hairdrers, individual air-conditioning controls and picture window or portlight views.  Like all Dancer Fleet® vessels, Sky Dancer features all the standard perks found in luxury resort properties and making diving easy. read more »

Aggressor Celebrates 25 years

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Aggressor Fleet celebrates 25 years

(DiveTravelBusinessNews - Nov 27, 2009) -- As part of Aggressor Fleet's 25-Year Anniversary Celebration and Dive the World Club , Aggressor clients will receive 25% off the regular rates during select weeks now until Dec 2010 on Aggressor yachts in Galapagos, Belize, Fiji, Maldives, Kona, Utila, Turks & Caicos, Palau and Cayman.

On November 17, 1984, a 100-ft., 16 passenger live-aboard dive yacht cruised into George Town Harbor, Grand Cayman. The Cayman Aggressor, which offered divers a revolutionary way of diving and innovation amenities such as private staterooms and on-board E-6 processing, raised eyebrows in the local and international diving communities. Now, twenty four (24) years, eleven (11) destinations, thirteen (13) live-aboards later, Aggressor Fleet continues to garner attention by meeting the diving world’s needs with its original revolutionary style.

For more specials rates see details here or call Aggressor Fleet's Reservation Center at 800-348-2628.

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Worldwide Dive and Sail offers New Destinations & Vessels

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worldwide dive and sail yacht

(DiveTravelBusinessNews - Nov 27, 2009) -- Worldwide Dive and Sail, live-aboard company offering diving and sailing around Southeast Asia, is offering "Credit Crunch Busters", with huge discounts on selected dates and destinations.

Worldwide Dive and Sail started in 2003 offering divers a unique live-aboard experience sailing on traditional “gaft rigged Phinisi” sailing yachts handcrafted from ironwood and teak and custom built on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.  

Since 2003, the company has been expanding its fleet and destinations portfolio to include Indonesia (Komodo Marine Park, Lembeh Strait, Bunaken Marine Park, Halmahera), Thailand (Similan and Surin Islands, Phuket), Burma (Burma Banks and Mergui Archipelago), India (Andaman Islands), and the Philippines (four different itineraries). The company is celebrating the upcoming launch of the SY Mandarin Siren and SY Indo Siren. read more »

Windjammer Barefoot Cruises Appears to have Folded

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(April 14, 2008 - Modern Agent) -–Windjammer Barefoot Cruises, which hasn’t operated a ship since last August, has apparently closed its Miami offices. The troubled company, which let lapse its Florida license to sell travel in November, was unsuccessful in its attempts to renew that registration, said Terence McElroy, spokesman for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. “Because of their financial difficulties, we insisted they post a $50,000 bond, which they didn’t have to do before,” McElroy said. “They were unable or unwilling to post the bond, so we rejected their request to renew the license. At that point, they were no longer licensed to sell travel in Florida.” read more »