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CDWS managing director Zeyad ElBassel on stage at Boot Show, Dusseldorf
Resort, Royal Evolution, Sea Queen Fleet, Sea Serpent Fleet and
CDWS on the road
Sharks Bay Umbi Diving Village. Many other members attended the
show and it was a great success, with tens of thousands of visitors
CDWS members have been travelling together throughout Europe
passing through the impressive Boot show halls.
and Russia to showcase the best the Red Sea has to off er divers. The
fi rst of the 2010 dive shows was held in Paris, France, in January. It
CDWS chairman Hesham Gabr and managing director Zeyad M
was the fi rst time CDWS had participated in the show, with a Red Sea
ElBassel met with representatives of the European diving market, as
Zone joined by members Camel Dive Club, Coraya Divers, Nesima
well as journalists, to highlight the work being done by the chamber
Resort and Dive Centre, Sharks Bay Umbi Village and Sea World
to raise safety and service standards in the Red Sea.
Diving.
The Golden Dolphin Show held in Moscow, Russia, in February was
The Salon de la Plongee organisers reported that the weekend event
certainly the coldest location CDWS members visited. Egypt was the
saw the biggest number of visitors in its history.
partner country of the four-day 2010 show, where outside, near to
the spectacular Kremlin and Red Square, temperatures plummeted
Regular Red Sea visitors, the French diving public found out about
as low as minus 11°C. Despite the cold, thousands of dive enthusiasts
the work of the chamber and its members and took advantage of
visited the show, where CDWS members Aquarius Dive Club, Camel
some of the special holiday show deals on off er. The success has led
Dive Club, Coral Diving Club, Coraya Divers, Flowers of Sinai, Royal
Salon de la Plongee to invite Egypt to be the country partner for the
Evolution, Sea Serpent Fleet and Sinai Dive Club exhibited in the
2011.
Red Sea Zone. CDWS chairman Hesham Gabr took to the stage in
A nine-day event, the Boot show in Dusseldorf, Germany, is one of
the opening ceremony as Red Sea sponsor representative. Mr Gabr
Europe’s leading dive shows. Once again, CDWS promoted the Red
also took part in a press conference, where he was questioned about
Sea and diving in Egypt at the late January show together with a
the work of the CDWS and the diving industry in Egypt. This sparked
number of
lively
member
Paris Moscow Dusseldorf
debate
partners,
among the
including
delegates,
Aquarius
particularly
Dive Club,
on diver
Camel
safety and
Dive Club,
accident
Coraya
prevention.
Divers, Ilios
Dive Club,
Nesima
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Issue 5 March - April ‘10
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