Shows & Events

(Dive Travel Business News - November 3, 2011) --- Known for its cornerstone trade-only event "DEMA SHOW", the Diving Equipment & Marketing Association (DEMA) announced its leap into the consumer show arena today at the annual DEMA Member Meeting and Update held at DEMA Show 2011. Executive Director Tom Ingram announced that the "Be A Diver Adventure Sports Festival" will be a city-wide consumer event that will take place April 26-28, 2013, in Fort Lauderdale Florida. The Festival will be an annual event.

Described as a "celebration of diving, adventure sports, water sports and outdoor lifestyles", DEMA's first consumer event will be designed to engage current divers, lapsed divers and potential divers, and will include events, music, exhibits, seminars and other activities to promote diving and attract the attention of lifestyle sports enthusiasts. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - September 8, 2011) -- The economic times and the nature of the dive business have created a need for retail businesses to adapt and change their business strategies to keep customers and attract new ones. The DEMA Show invites thousands of dive industry professionals ready to take their business in a new direction for success to attend the Show this November 2-5 in Orlando, Florida.

The DEMA Show 2011 will be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL this November 2-5, 2011.  The DEMA Show is a dive retailer's best source for one-stop shopping and dive-industry-specific education – register today!

The DEMA Show is the only trade-only event for the dive, travel and action watersports industry that offers: read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - June 8, 2011) -- Today is World Oceans Day - a time to celebrate our earth's most beautiful blue resource, and to take a moment to consider how we are taking care of it. World Oceans Day, which had been unofficially celebrated every June 8 since its original proposal in 1992 by Canada at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  The day was officially recognized by the United Nations in 2008. Since then it has been coordinated internationally by The Ocean Project and the World Ocean Network with greater success and global participation each year. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - June 2, 2011) -- The Oceania Dive & Ecotourism Expo (ODEX) is a consumer and trade show to be held in Brisbane, Australia Friday Oct 7 - Sunday October 9, 2011.  With more than 98 Exhibitors and 40 seminar presentations, special show features include Blue Edge, an international freediving and spearfishing symposium and the 5th Underwater Festival, a showcase of photography and moving image.

Coinciding with spring time in Australia, this 3-day family friendly event offers product showcases, media launches and seminars relating to scuba diving, water sports, sustainable and adventure travel, underwater imaging, freediving, spearfishing, and marine conservation.  Other special features of ODEA include: IF&SN Blue Water Hunting Forum • International Dive & Ecotourism Travel Hall • Marine Science and Conservation Hubs • More than 40 Seminar Presentations • ODEX Ocean Challenge • Cosplay@ODEX Competition • Lucky Door Prizes • 5m-deep dive pool • Social and Networking events • Local dive excursions • FREE Entry (conditions apply) read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - June 3, 2011) -- The Handicapped Scuba Association (HSA) is celebrating 30 years this year as the world’s leading authority on scuba diving for people with disabilities. Founded in 1981, the Handicapped Scuba Association has dedicated to improving the physical and social well being of people with disabilities through the sport of scuba diving, and in doing so has become the worldwide leading authority in this field.

With over 5000 underwater educators, scuba divers with disabilities and supporting members located in over 50 countries, the Handicapped Scuba Association is dedicated to assuring that people with disabilities are given the same opportunity to receive quality training, certification and dive adventures as the able-boded population. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - May 29, 2011) -- Now entering its seventh year, the Florida Scuba Festival has moved to a new location at the Florida Atlantic University Main Campus in Boca Raton, at the Student Union. Free tickets to the event are available thru May 31st by registering online at www.ScubaFestival.com.  As of June 1, tickets will be US$16 ( As always Kids under 16 are free). The show runs June 17 Friday from 5 PM til 8 PM and Saturday June 18 from10am til 5pm.  The show organizers suggest attendees set Sunday aside to do some South Florida reef diving with local operators. For more details or to exhibit at the festival, email info@ScubaFestival.com or info@usdiveshows.com or call 954-520-8888. 

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(Dive Travel Business News - March 25, 2011) -- The Marine Art Center Co., Ltd. has announced the rescheduling of the Marine Diving Festival 2011 in Tokyo Japan. While the venue and people are safe, and business is slowly returning to normal in Tokyo, the electricity supply is currently unstable.  For this reason, the Marine Diving Festival has been postponed to July 8-11, 2011 at the Sunshine City Convention Center Hall B,C Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan.

The Marine Art Center Co Ltd, and organizers of the Marine Diving Festival greatly appreciate the many caring words and emails from all over the diving world  in the wake of the recent earthquake and tsunami. The organizers look forward to seeing the many attendees and exhibitors who were planning on attending the popular Marine Diving Fair on its original date during the rescheduled Marine Diving Fair 2011 in July. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - March 24, 2011) -- As part of its extensive fundraising efforts that help support Women Divers Hall of Fame™ (WDHOF) scholarships and training grants, WDHOF will be launching a new cookbook at the Beneath The Sea Dive & Travel Expo in Secaucus New Jersey, March 25-27, 2011 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center.

"Divers' Palate: A Collection of Recipes and Stories from WDHOF and Friends" is a 4-color, 3-ring binder with a stunning cover by marine artist Robert Lyn Nelson. Compiled and produced by WDHOF members Julianne Ziefle and Bonnie Toth, the 300+page cookbook features recipes, photos and stories contributed by WDHOF members, friends and diving luminaries. This is a limited edition print run with only 300 copies available. read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - March 23, 2011) --- Dedicated to recognizing and honoring the contributions of women divers, the Women Divers Hall of Fame™ (WDHOF)  is an international, non-profit, professional honor society whose member contributions span a wide variety of fields including: The Arts, Science, Medicine, Exploration & Technology, Marine Archeology, Business, Media, Training & Education, Safety, Commercial & Military Diving, Free Diving, and Underwater Sports.

The Women Divers hall of Fame recently announced the selection of ten new Members who will be inducted into the Hall at the Beneath The Sea Dive & Travel Expo Awards Banquet at the Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel in Secaucus, New Jersey on Saturday March 26, 2011 ().  These outstanding professionals will constitute the WDHOF Class of 2011: read more »