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“Wow!” was the reaction of staff and guests to our new-look dive centre at Laguna Vista Resort, when it reopened on 26 March. The completely refurbished building has a new air conditioned shop and reception area, plus remodelled classrooms. The shop stocks snorkelling and diving accessories, plus a full range of Camel branded dive wear. If you are staying in the Nabq area, Laguna Vista is your nearest Camel centre. We provide free transfers everyone diving or snorkeling with us. So be sure to visit the new centre and meet Ayman, Emily and the team.

Camel is recommended by www.top10inthecity.com, the only online travel guide designed specifically for browsing from your mobile phone. The guide is based on votes by travellers, who award facilities a rating out of ten. Camel’s restaurants, hotel, and dive centres are highly rated in the Sharm El Sheikh pages. Check out the guide and share your tips with other travellers. New cities are added daily.

Congratulations to Camel’s Training Manager, Bianca, who became a PADI Course Director in March. Bianca’s new PADI status qualifies her to train instructors on the Instructor Development Course (IDC). Our two Course Directors Bianca and Teo combine their real-world industry experience, with the high standards set by PADI, to deliver the best possible quality of instructor education.

Starting this month, we teach the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) in German and Italian, as well as in English. Our IDC programme draws on the language capabilities of our two Course Directors, Teo Brambilla of XChallenge, and Bianca Greiner, Camel’s Training Manager. Bianca commented, “Especially if they have language skills, candidates on Camel’s IDC have a good chance of working with us afterwards, if they perform well during the course”. Contact us for more information about instructor courses at Camel, including discounts for residents, work experience, and work opportunities.

Andreas Bode, volunteer ambassador with Sharkproject International, presented to Camel staff and guests gathered in Camel Bar on Friday 27th February. Sharkproject, a non-profit organisation, lobbies worldwide for the protection of sharks and the marine environment. Andreas’s presentation aimed to dispel some of the myths around sharks. Of 490 species of shark, at least 20 species face a threat of extinction. Yet only 12 species are dangerous to humans: we are much more likely to eat sharks than they are to eat us. Andreas presented to a packed house. Thanks to Monika Richter for the picture. More about Camel Eco Tribe conservation initiatives.