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(Dive Travel Business News - December 7, 2010) -- The Puerto Rico Tourism Company has updated the Puerto Rico Travel Expert education and companion Incentive/Rewards program. Travel professionals who complete the General Courses (Chapters 1-4) gain access to the incentives platform.

At the incentives platform, Travel Pros can enter their Puerto Rico bookings for the period October 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010 to be eligible to win cash prizes: First Prize: $4,000, Second Prize: $2,500. Third Prize: $2,000, Fourth Prize: $1,000 cash. Random drawings will also take place for $500 cash and Four-Night/Five-Day Trip To Puerto Rico, including air and accommodations for two.

In addition, all agents who complete the current Master’s Course (Chapters 5-11) and enter at least one verified booking in the new Incentives/Rewards platform will receive a $25 gift certificate. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - Nov 9, 2010) -- Sales Trainer John Boe writes that selling during challenging economic periods can be frustrating, but they can also be beneficial to the salesperson. Adversity can strengthen, weaken or harden. 

Boe reminds us that every challenge, setback and personal difficulty you encounter in life also brings with it the seed of equivalent or greater benefit. "The key to overcoming adversity is to avoid the temptation of panic and instead, focus on finding the greater benefit," Boe writes.

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(Dive Travel Business News - August 8, 2010) -- An amazing deal for divers is found now available with the Curaçao WOW! package. Curaçao is offering a host of freebies such as a free day of diving, free night lodging, free breakfast daily and one free day of car rental at participating establishments.
 
Selected as one of the top 10 destinations for 2010 by Bing.com, Curaçao, a UNESCO World Heritage site, boasts an eclectic mix of history and culture that welcomes visitors to this unique island paradise. With its pristine dive sites, secluded beaches, championship golf and rich local cuisine, Curaçao offers a little something for everyone, from the adventure traveler to those who simply want to unwind and enjoy its perfect climate. Visit Curacao.com for details.

Book the Curaçao WOW! package before Sept. 1 to travel Aug. 15 - Dec. 18.  Visit curacao.com.

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(Dive Travel Business - June 21, 2010) -- Known as the "Pearl of the Indian Ocean," Mauritius  has been an elite island getaway for many decades. With a perfect year-round climate, Mauritius entices travelers with talcum-soft sands, crystalline waters, stunning coral reefs, world-class diving, big game fishing, fields of purple litchi fruit, rum and tea plantations.  Mauritius is an officially English-speaking former Dutch, French and British colony that attracts primarily European sun-seekers. As Africa's farthest-flung nation, it is a speck of volcanic rock with a few smaller offshore islands and shoals, more than 1,200 miles east of the African mainland.  read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - May 3, 2010) -- When your clients visit the Cayman Islands between May 15 and September 6, 2010, they'll enjoy a family vacation like no other. Kids stay, play and eat for free this summer in the Cayman Islands with the Summer Splash promotion.

Book a minimum 5-night stay and get the th night free along with a free trip to legendary Stingray City. Kids can attend the Cayman Islands Sea School with SpongeBob SquarePants, free of charge. Families can also save on fun things to see and do around the Cayman Islands, like diving, snorkeling and other watersports, wildlife tours and cultural experiences.

For a list of offers, details and restrictions, click here.

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(Dive Travel Business News - July 30, 2010)-- St. Croix, U.S.V.I. has launched a “Fantastic Flight” package offering travelers a $400 airfare credit for bookings made through August 12, 2010, for travel between August 15 and October 31, 2010.  Does not include airfare taxes, fees and destination charges. To reserve the package visit  CheapCaribbean.com.

The participating hotels include the Buccaneer, the Carambola Beach Resort the Chenay Bay Beach Resort, Palms at Pelican Cove, Divi Carina Bay Beach Resort & Casino, Buccaneer and more. The package is based on double occupancy, applies to new bookings only and cannot be combined with other promotions. For more information, visit the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism’s website at VisitUSVI.

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(Dive Travel Business News - April 12, 2010) -- In its fourth year, the“Bonaire Dive Into Summer” is the island of Bonaire's popular extended summer visitors' program that is scheduled from June 1 through September 30, 2010. read more »

(DiveTravelBusinessNews.com - January 2, 2010) -- Now is the time to go to Tahiti. Tahiti Tourisme and it's partners are offering a variety of packages that make Tahiti affordable. 

The best value package now available: an exclusive 7-night Bora Bora Retreat including: Roundtrip Economy Class airfare on Air Tahiti Nui; 1 night at the Intercontinental Tahiti Resort in a standard room; 6 nights at Le Maitai Polynesia Bora Bora in an ocean view room; Full American Breakfast daily in Bora Bora; Roundtrip inter-island air on Air Tahiti; Transfers, baggage handling and welcome flower lei; All land taxes and fuel surcharges included. 

Upgrade to a Beach Bungalow add $75 pp/night. Dive Package add-ons available.Roundtrip air-only rates start at US$998 pp from Los Angeles (a 30% savings).Valid for departures Jan 12 - Mar 31, 2010 Must book by Jan 20, 2010!  Call 877-Go-Tahiti or click here.

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(Travelpulse.com - Nov 17, 2009) -- For dive and snorkel travelers planning a trip to Jamaica, Air Jamaica is extending its Winter Fare Sale until Nov 26 valid for travel from Jan 1 - Feb 11, 2010.  Sample roundtrip fares between Jamaica and some US cities include Ft. Lauderdale and Orlando, $188; New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, $198; and Chicago $248.

Fares are per person, roundtrip and valid for travel in economy class. U.S and foreign government imposed taxes and fees (up to $105 per person) and a September 11th security fee of $2.50 per person per U.S. enplanement are additional and due with final payment.  For more information, call 800-523-5585 or visit Air Jamaica.

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(Dive Travel Business News - Sept 18, 2009) -- Another week of high adrenalin, pure shark diving will take place March 12 - 19, as the Micronesian Shark Foundation and Fish 'n Fins invite shark freaks, friends and fanatics to join Shark Week 2010. Participants will get the opportunity to dive world famous sites like Blue Corner, Peleliu Corner and Shark City without other divers being around. 

Shark Week is an entertaining and educational week held annually by the Micronesian Shark Foundation and Fish'n Fins Dive Operation in Palau. With nightly lectures, presentations and documentaries the fun continues after the diving stops.  Every year Shark Week attracts guests from filmmakers to scientists and marine enforcement officials helping attendees understand the world of shark conservation. Shark Week is planned to take place during the Grey Reef Shark mating season, when hundreds of Grey Reefs come into the reef to mate, giving participants the chance to get close to these wonderful predators. read more »

(DiveTravelNewswire.com - Oct 17, 2009) -- DiveTravelNewswire.com, a specialty trade news service providing the latest news and information resources pertinent to dive travel professionals, is offering a free news service for companies promoting trade-only dive packages at the DEMA Show 2009. Relevant trade releases submitted to the newservice will appear in an online password-protected area accessible to industry professionals at www.divetravelnewswire.com.

In an effort to help attending tourism boards, resort, live-aboard, dive operator, tour operator and wholesale travel companies promote their dive travel offerings to the larger travel trade, Dive Travel Newswire will publish DEMA-related dive travel promotions featured during the 33rd annual Diving Equipment and Marketing Show. The DEMA Show is the only international trade-only event for the diving, action water sports and travel industries. To be held Nov 4 - 7, in Orlando at the Orange County Convention Center, the DEMA Show is a hotbed of dive travel information. 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 »

(Sydney Morning Herald - May 29, 2009) -- The travel industry has been warned there will be no grace period for changes to the Trade Practices Act to outlaw component pricing, by which a supplier advertises a price that doesn't include additional taxes and charges.

The changes were enacted last week but had been in the pipeline for three years, since they were first proposed by the previous federal government.

Two industries travel and automobiles were singled out as the biggest users of component pricing in Australia, even though three of the four domestic airlines have voluntarily observed a pricing-transparency code for most of the past three years.

Now, the agency that will enforce the new legislative changes, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, says no mercy will be shown to lawbreakers.

"It's not as if it has crept up on people without notice, without warning," says ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel. read more »

(April 8, 2008 - DTN) -- Tourism Corporation Bonaire announced the program highlights for Bonaire Dive Into Summer 2008 (June 1 through Sept. 30). The program offers visitors the flexibility to enjoy their planned vacation on-island, and as an added bonus, the option to take part in interactive dives and seminars.

As a focal point destination for the International Year of the Reef, all of the summer activities in Bonaire will incorporate reef-friendly practices to increase awareness and understanding of coral reefs, and to further conserve and manage coral reef and associated ecosystems. read more »

(DTN- February 26, 2008) -- Vanuatu recorded a 19 percent increase in tourists arrivals last year compared to 2006. Better accessibility facilitated the 81,345 visitors in 2007.

Vanuatu is one of five Pacific island nations in the Pacific Islands Air Services Agreement (PIASA) along with Samoa, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, Kiribati, New Zealand, the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, the Solomon Islands, Australia, Fiji, Niue, Nauru, Tonga and the Federated States of Micronesia. PIASA, commonly referred to as the region’s “open skies” agreement now almost two years old, is helping the islands establish more efficient air services. Visit: VanuatuTourism.com

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(June 13, 2008 - DTB) — Bonaire's program for International Year of the Reef (IYOR) Week, part of Bonaire “Dive Into Summer 2008″ will feature activities, seminars, prizes and giveaways. Each day of IYOR Week offers visitors to Bonaire the flexibility to enjoy their planned vacation on island, and the option to take part in interactive dives and seminars.

The Coral Reef Alliance’s Program manager, Bryan Dias and EarthEcho International’s co-founders, Janice and Alexandra Cousteau, will lead specialized dives and conservation-related seminars throughout the week at Sand Dollar Condominium Resort, the host hotel of IYOR Week, and other Bonaire locations. read more »

(January 17, 2008 - DTN) -- The Fiji Islands Visitors Bureau launched a new website www.fijime.com. The website features an interactive map with search functionality for accommodation, activities and events.

The new website, which the bureau says also offers advertising and promotional opportunities to its Fiji partners, includes microsites for niche markets including weddings and honeymoons, dive, adventure, Fiji’s culture, affordable travel and the meetings, incentives and conference market, known as MICE.

The site also features an extensive tourism resources section, a high-resolution visual image/pictorial gallery for downloading and a streaming video library, as well as visitor testimonials and a print media section. For more information, visitwww.fijime.com.

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