The British Virgin Islands Scuba Organization (BVISO) and the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board (BVI TB) once again partnered to promote the Territory’s exquisite diving at the annual Diving Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA) Trade Show in Orlando, Florida, November 4 - 7.
BVI Wreck Week 2010 tops the list of several exciting and high-quality dive offerings for the coming season. This will be the first year that the Dive Operators and the Tourist Board have partnered to host divers at various functions throughout the week.
“We are so pleased to continue our close partnership with the Tourist Board on this most meaningful trade show,” said Randy Keil, President of the BVI Scuba Organization. “We in the BVI must compete with dive destinations throughout the Caribbean and beyond, so the Tourist Board’s support is critical in enabling us to promote all of our member dive operators as well as the overall destination.”
2010 is expected to be a banner year for the diving product in the BVI. The destination has been featured in diving and mainstream lifestyle publications since the Tourist Board hosted a group of international journalists in the Territory in June of 2009, which included writers from South America and Europe. John Bantin of Diver Magazine in the UK was heard telling divers at the DEMA show, “This is the BVI’s year.” Bantin has published two articles on diving in the BVI since June; touting the Wreck of the Chikuzen as one of his top ten lifetime dives in the November issue of Diver Magazine.
While the Wreck of the Rhone is frequently acknowledged among the best wreck dives in the Caribbean, if not the world, a new dive attraction joined Wreck Alley in September. The Tourist Board and Dive operators recently welcomed Island Seal, a cargo vessel that had capsized on August 25, 2006 and now resides among the Wreck Alley family just off the south side of Cooper Island.
The BVI is routinely acknowledged as among the best dive destinations in the world. Most recently, Scuba Diving magazine’s 2009 Readers’ Choice Awards named the British Virgin Islands as the Top Wreck Diving destination and among the Top Ten destinations for snorkeling and beginner diving.
BVI Dive Operators regularly invest in attending DEMA. The group from the BVI this year included:
Jost Van Dyke Scuba Representative; Steve Ellefson of Sail Caribbean Divers; Mike Rowe of Sail Caribbean Divers and Member of the BVI Tourist Board of Directors; Abigail O’Neal, Marine & Online Marketing Manager for the BVI Tourist Board; Perla George, General Manager of North America Sales and Operations BVI Tourist Board; Manager BVI TB and Clive McCoy, Market Liaison Manager, BVI Tourist Board; Brendan Joyce, Trimarine / Cuan Law (Not Pictures) Kim Huish, Trimarine / Cuan Law and BVI Tap; Mike Casey McNutt, Dive BVI; Jeff McNutt, Dive BVI (Not Pictured)
Wreck Week 2010 Schedule of Events
Saturday 12th June 2010
Opening Parties at Nanny Cay, Tortola & Top of the Bathes, Virgin Gorda
Tuesday 15th June 2010
Cooper Island Beach Club, Sunset Pig Roast on the Beach at Cooper Island
Friday 18th June 2010
"I Got Wrecked at Wreck Week Party" Trellis Bay, Beef Island, Tortola
Friday 18th June 2010
Bitter End Yacht Club Closing Party, North Sound Virgin Gorda
BVI Wreck Week Packages at:
http://bvitourism.com/WhereToStay/SpecialOffers.aspx
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