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Divemaster Applications and CPR – First Aid Training

'Tis the season for Divemaster applications! Many Divemaster candidates have been working hard all summer and the applications have been streaming in. We strive to process all applications promptly, however they are occasionally delayed due to missing documentation. The most common issue is missing documentation when the applicant has completed a non-EFR first aid and...

Project AWARE: Thank you Coral Bay and Exmouth for hosting the first Manta Ray Black Tie Ball

This article is courtesy of Project AWARE. Congratulations and countless thanks to Diana Belton and Alice Martino for organising the first Manta Ray Ball supporting Project AWARE. Diana and Alice went above and beyond to create a truly memorable evening for everyone to enjoy. It’s the magic of swimming with manta rays that inspired Diana and...

Awards for Trawangan Dive and Simon Liddiard

PADI Asia Pacific Regional Manager, Hans Ullrich recently paid a visit to Trawangan Dive on the island of Gili Trawangan off Lombok in Indonesia to award co-founder and owner, Simon Liddiard and his team with the prestigious PADI Career Development Center (CDC) Award. Trawangan Dive joined PADI in 2005 as a PADI Dive Resort, became...

Cool technology revolutionizes customer retention

When you stop and think of it, customer retention is about the quality of the customer experience; did they have a good time and were their expectations exceeded? And that same retention is also about communication; did we connect with the customer and sincerely thank them for their business? Did we personally invite them to...

WRECK TREK – You’ve got to do it

Imagine diving a circuit of one fantastic wreck after another in one of the top diving regions of the world! Others have tried to imitate it but nothing compares to British Columbia, Canada’s original Wreck Treck. The Dive Industry Association of British Columbia Canada (DIABC) http://diveindustrybc.com/ has recently launched their The Official British Columbia Wreck...