Dive To Win!
Vol 4 No 1

PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) Asia Pacific is proud to announce a new and exciting consumer promotion in the Asia Pacific region DIVE TO WIN! PADI is offering divers the chance to win the ultimate diving trip for two to Sri Lanka!

Surrounded by the warm, tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka has long been recognised for the quality of its diving attractions and range of underwater interests.

With beaches that are claimed to be among the most beautiful in Asia, their reefs and coral gardens are home to an exotic mélange of marine life. Whale sharks are regularly sighted in its waters. Situated on the busy trading routes between Asia and Europe, the rocks and reefs around Sri Lanka have laid claim to an enormous number of wrecks.

Here’s how it works:

1. Purchase and complete any PADI diving certification course (Open Water through to Open Water Scuba Instructor) from a participating and certified PADI Dive Centre or Resort in Asia Pacific between 15.12.2005 and 15.03.2006 (“Promotional Period”) - except in Hong Kong the promotional period is between 30.12.2005 and 15.03.06 and in The Philippines the promotional period is between 9.1.06 and 15.3.06.
2. Due to government regulations if you are entering through PADI Dive Centres or Resorts in Malaysia you will also need to respond to the following question:
   Tell us in 25 words or less why you love diving?
   Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with your Answer, Name, Date of Birth, Dive Centre / Resort name and course completion date, course level completed and student / diver number (if known).
3. One entry will be automatically granted per course purchased and completed – based on valid certification data with an address in Asia Pacific.

And there’s more - 50 runners-up will each receive a year’s membership to The PADI Diving Society. Terms and Conditions Apply.
For further details on how to enter and full terms and conditions visit www.padi.com/promo/divetowin
Announcing the Dive to Win promotion, Shahram Saber, Marketing Manager PADI Asia Pacific said, “We are very proud to embark on this ground breaking campaign. We understand no other organisation has run a consumer promotion across multiple regions in Asia Pacific before. At PADI we are continually striving for new ways to support the diving industry and we are extremely happy to partner with Sri Lankan Airlines, Lanka Sportsreizen and PADI Diving Society to present this fantastic opportunity to PADI Divers”.

The campaign aims to:

• Build interest in PADI and scuba diving as a recreational activity
• Create desire for recreational scuba diving
• Reinforce PADI brand image and increase awareness

PADI will be supporting the campaign with consumer advertising in print media and online throughout the promotional period.
PADI Dive Centres and Resorts now have in-store posters and postcards to visually present the promotion to divers and also have access to further support materials (web banners, email templates, web copy and postcard artwork) available on the PADI Pros Site.
If you are thinking of learning to dive or continuing your PADI education, now is the time. What are you waiting for! Get on down to your local PADI Dive Centre or Resort and DIVE to WIN! www.padi.com/promo/divetowin

Vietnam: Rainbow Divers scores 100 National Geographic Diver Certifications
PADI, The Professional Association of Diving Instructors, congratulate Rainbow Divers on certifying their 100th PADI National Geographic Diver student in 2005 14 young ladies from the Danish Education Centre currently studying in Vietnam, completed the course with the Rainbow Divers Team. The National Geographic Diver course was run over 6 days to accommodate the students busy study schedule and allow them the time to develop the necessary open water skills.
PADI Course Director Jeremy Stein says “It’s always fun to teach these size groups and running the course over an extended period made it easier for the students and the instructors”.
All students elected to take the National Geographic Diver Course. ”It’s value for money whilst providing the best possible diving program and we get the cool binders”, said one student.
The students all received their certifications at a post course party held at Crazy Kims Bar in Nha Trang.
There are two ways that individuals can become National Geographic Divers. At Rainbow Divers, the only PADI National Geographic Dive Centre in Vietnam. People who do not already have a diver certification may enrol in the program which covers all the skills from the PADI Open Water Course and adds additional skills and adventures for the National Geographic Diver certification. You will learn to explore with detail, identify important underwater features and navigate with certainty. You will have the diving knowledge and practice to manoeuvre with poise along the reef’s ecosystems. With a minimum of five dives, divers achieving the National Geographic Diver Open Water certification may credit their experience toward the PADI Adventures in Diving program and the new PADI National Geographic Specialty Course.

www.divevietnam.com