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Is The Dive Industry Ready To Ride The Waves Of Change?
In light of recent reports on climate change, many dive business owners are wondering what the future holds for scuba diving, travel and tourism. From June 2 to June 6, 2014, the Blue Ocean Business Summit brings together 21 award-winning scientists, authors, photographers, dive travel experts, resort owners and sustainable tourism experts from 7 different countries to examine the industry, ocean health, and what concerned stakeholders can do now to make a difference.
Special guest speakers include:
- Dr. Carl Safina, host of Save the Ocean on PBS and award-winning author of Song for the Blue Ocean.
- Dr. Wallace ‘J’ Nichols, scientist and author of Blue Mind (Little, Brown & Co.)
- Shawn Heinrichs, Emmy Award winning cinematographer, photographer, and marine conservationist.
The Blue Ocean Business Summit is the brainchild of Laurie Wilson, founder of the Dive Travel Resource Group and Women Divers Hall of Fame inductee. “I created [the summit] to give like-minded people in the industry a safe place to go and ask for help in creating the dive business they want,” says Laurie. “If owners care about the future of the ocean, and their business, the goal of the summit is to focus on sustainable business practices that protect our beautiful blue planet.”
The Blue Ocean Business Summit is a free online event. For ocean people who want to know what’s going on under the radar in the diving world and get a head start on what’s to come, register at www.BlueOceanBusinessSummit.com. For those who cannot attend or want to go deeper, the Summit Resource Guide (along with replays) is available at a special pre-order rate of US $49.99 available at www.BlueOceanBusinessSummit.com.
For more information contact: BlueOceanBusinessSummit@gmail.com.
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Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
Free Octopus with every purchase of a SCUBAPRO regulator system
Just in time for the spring season, divers can save money with the FREE OCTOPUS SPRING PROMOTION! Until July 31st SCUBAPRO offers an Octopus for free
with every purchase of a regulator system!
Get a free S270 OCTOPUS with purchase of these combinations:
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with A700
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with S620Ti
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with D420
MK25 EVO Din mit S620Ti-X
Get a free R105 OCTOPUS with purchase of the following combinations:
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with G260
MK25 EVO or MK17 EVO with S600
SCUBAPRO offers a 30-year first owner warranty on all regulators, with a revision period of two years or 100 dives. All SCUBAPRO regulators are of course certified according to the new European test standard EN250-2014.
Available at participating SCUBAPRO dealers. Promotion may not be available in all regions. Find an authorized SCUBAPRO Dealer at scubapro.com.
More information available on www.scubapro.com.
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