It is time once again for the Dive and Travel Expo 2011 to be held at the Tacoma Convention Center on April 9-10 and boy do we have a show for you! This year’s event is sure to be even better than past events with a collection of world renowned speakers and one of the best Film Festivals in the nation. The Dive and Travel Expo will host 300 plus exciting exhibit booths showcasing some of the world’s leading dive industry professionals to answer all your questions about the latest dive technology, destinations and advancements.

Enjoy photography? Here is your chance to show off with the Shoot to Win photo contest. Photographers and videographers from all over the world enter this prestigious photo contest every year for a chance to be recognized by the industries best.

How about a seminar? The Dive and Travel Expo is offering over 50 seminars about everything from dive medicine to underwater videography including world famous underwater photographer Cathy Church who will let guests in on some of her secrets to photographing the wateriest part of our planet.

Are you a newbie? Been thinking about diving but are still unsure? Well…get your feet (and the rest of you) wet then! Come try out scuba diving in the safest environment possible, at the Dive and Travel Expo! Non-divers can get a free lesson from professionals in a large indoor heated pool. How cool is that!

What’s a Dive and Travel Expo without a Film Festival? Join industry leaders as we take in a Saturday night Film Festival and dinner. Film offerings this year include Florian Graner PHD, a marine biologist and cinematographer, Brandon Cole, PNW native and wildlife photographer and writer specializing in the marine environment, Jett Britnell, renowned underwater photographer and Stuart Westmoreland, recognized as one of the leading nature, lifestyle, marine, underwater, travel, concept and general stock photographers in the United States. Come and enjoy good food and great entertainment dive-style!

Finally, don’t think that you will come to the Dive and Travel Expo and leave empty handed. We will have over $100,000 in cash and prizes donated this year. Companies from all over the world are coming and will bring “goodies” to give away. Win a 2 week vacation in Fiji, Indonesia or Cozumel, or win wetsuits, drysuits, regulators, BCD’s and MORE!!!
Guests at this year’s Dive and Travel Expo will be exposed to everything it means to be a diver. Come out and join us on April 9-10 at the Tacoma Convention Center…we’ll see you there!

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