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Immersion Pulmonary Edema: What You Need to Know

Written by DAN Staff As the number of divers of retirement age rises, dive safety researchers are increasingly interested in immersion pulmonary edema (IPE). Also called swimming-induced pulmonary edema (SIPE), the condition may occur in young and healthy swimmers and divers, but the risk increases with age and age-related health changes. While IPE can be...

A Force for Good: the Restorers

One thing about divers and the tenacity of the human spirit is that when we face a challenge, we size it up and then find a way over it, around it or through it. We’re handling coral stress and decline the same way. Today divers, partnering with scientists, have been at the heart of dozens...

PADI Business Academy- Outbound Chinese Tourism: Koh Tao & Tawau

Register today and receive an early bird discount for our one-day PADI Business Academy- Outbound Chinese Tourism in Koh Tao and Tawau! Did you know that more than one in ten international tourists worldwide are from China? Last year alone there were over 120 million outward-bound journeys from China, of which around half were leisure....

PADI Business Academy- Outbound Chinese Tourism Koh Tao- Register Now

Join us on Saturday 8th December 2018 for our one-day PADI Business Academy- Outbound Chinese Tourism, in Koh Tao! Did you know that more than one in ten international tourists worldwide are from China? Last year alone there were over 120 million outward-bound journeys from China, of which around half were leisure. With the rapid...

Leveraging PADI Travel™ for Your Group Trips

You already know that travel and scuba diving go hand in hand. You probably also know that the majority of scuba divers will take multiple international dive trips during their lifetimes. Using this fact to your advantage and offering group travel opportunities to your customers can spell success for your business. Benefits of Organizing Group...

ILCOR Updates 2015 & 2017

In 2015 ILCOR announced that updates would no longer be released in five year cycles, but as and when needed. In late 2017 their latest updates were released. The good news is that there were no changes that affect EFR courses – although they did publish further research that reinforces that current guidelines are indeed...

PADI Specialty of the Quarter – Quarter 4 (October- December 2018)

Would you like to increase specialty certs this quarter? The popular Specialty of the Quarter campaign has been crafted to do just this. With easy to adopt marketing tools be sure to grow interest in continuing education today! Quarter 4, 2018 will be focusing on: PADI Digital Underwater Photographer PADI Wreck Diver With two PADI...

ILCOR Updates 2015 & 2017

In 2015 ILCOR announced that updates would no longer be released in five year cycles, but as and when needed. In late 2017 their latest updates were released. The good news is that there were no changes that affect EFR courses – although they did publish further research that reinforces that current guidelines are indeed...

15 Top Tips for Re-doing Your Website

According to a recent survey, 70-80 percent of potential customers will check out your website before phoning or visiting your dive shop. Having an attractive, informative, mobile-friendly website is more important than ever; unfortunately, many dive operations haven’t kept up with the times. In addition to attracting new customers, a modern website can help retailers...