Posts Tagged ‘ocean’
How To Choose Corporate Boat Cruises
February 25, 2010
Do you want to do something special for your next company picnic? Would you like to show your client list how much you really care? Do you want to give that fifty-year employee a send off he or she will never forget? Consider an up and coming idea that more companies are utilizing, corporate boat cruises.
Corporate boat cruises are plentiful and very easy to find. Use any search engine and there are dozens of them at your fingertips. Don’t forget to type your city and state at the end of the search text. This will narrow the search a bit to include only those in your immediate area.
There are many reasons large corporations would book a cruise ship or yacht. Business meeting held on a ship or yacht are sure to impress any client. Many cruise ships have all the amenities of a hotel including a meeting room, telecommunications, fax and presentation equipment, and food service. These can be rented by the day, week, or leased into the companies fleet of transportation.
Many corporations are booking cruises for a wide variety of reasons. Employee recognition is one very popular function that corporate boat cruises play in business today. Special client presentations are another. I have recently heard of a retirement party for a beloved CEO on a cruise ship. These are just a few of the reasons corporations utilize the services small cruise lines offer.
Research your list of possible candidates carefully to get the right size ship for your needs. Many of these companies have more than one ship in their fleet. Some cruise companies offer older, more nostalgic yachts while others feature luxury cruisers up to two hundred feet long. Either way you decide to go, you will surely have an experience your employees or clients will not soon forget.
The cost of a small cruise ship compared to hotel facilities is close. The cruise ship is a few hundred dollars more but many of the extras that you would pay a hotel are included in the cruise package making it the better value. Just like hotels, pricing ranges from cruise company to cruise company. On average, $1.000 to $4.000 is about standard depending on the length of the cruise and the entertainment or dining package included.
The cruise companies have a corporate Events manager that will take your call. This professional salesperson will have all the information you will need to get started. Their experience will make the process much easier and save you a tremendous amount of time. Some of these salespeople are also called Corporate Planners.
Here are a few tips you may need when you book your first corporate boat cruises with business or pleasure in mind. Have all your eggs in one basket as this will limit the time and amount of calls in which you will have to be involved. Know your dates but be ready to be flexible. This may mean you will have to plan your corporate cruise well in advance of the initial call. Being prepared is the hardest part of booking a corporate cruise. Be prepared to have some fun as well.
If visiting the Toronto Harbour inspires your adventurous and fun loving side, then Toronto cruises are perfect for you! Tourists and vacationers can find plenty of excitement aboard Halloween cruises.
Shark Diving In Hawaii
January 4, 2010
Aloha, Hawaii. Shark diving in Hawaii ranks among the best in the world. So if you are going to those beautiful islands, you can have a close encounter with a shark. A memory you will not forget.
Hawaii is actually 132 islands; including the larger islands Maui and Oahu, which has the best shark diving. The islands are located 2400 miles from the continent, which gives it a unique underwater environment.
About 40 shark species can be found in the water around Hawaii. You can expect to see Scalloped Hammerhead Shark, Reef Whitetip Sharks and Sandbar Sharks; and if you are lucky also Tiger Sharks and even Whale Sharks.
The amazing cobalt blue water has a visibility approximately 200 feet, which makes it some of the best in the whole world. Diving in Hawaii is very special.
An always popular adrenalin-pumping activity is shark cage diving. Hawaii is a great place for this kind of diving (or swimming is probably a better word for this non-scuba diver activity).
The best place to try this special kind of activity is Oahu. You are placed in a floating cage in the water. From here you and up to three other people can encounter the sharks from a very heart pumping distance.
So if you are on holiday and you have never tried a shark cage dive, Oahu is a great location for this thrilling experience.
Another place to dive is Maui. The place is considered to be one of the top dive destinations in the world. The island offers a range of diving opportunities including reef dives and dives near volcanic craters.
But the most exciting encounter is certainly the amazing (and very huge) Whale Shark. You cannot expect to see them on every dive trip, because they are pretty rare. But if you are lucky, you can see them when you are diving or snorkeling.
If you do not want to take the risk not to see any sharks, you can instead take a dive in the 750,000 gallon fish tanks in the Maui Ocean Center aquarium. Here you can see 20 sharks, a lot of stingrays and thousands of colorful, tropical reef fish.
So no matter if you like to dive with sharks in the ocean or in an aquarium, you can do in Maui or Oahu.
Morten Elm is writing about scuba diving sharks in the Shark Diving Guide. Here you can also read more about scuba diving sharks in Hawaii.