PADI AWARDS PRO DIVE CAIRNS - RECOGNISING 90,000 PADI CERTIFICATIONS!

Left, Rod Punshon Pro Dive Cairns General Manager, celebrating
an outstanding  achievement with PADI Asia Pacific
Regional Manger, Jim Hutchinson.

August 2007 – Sydney Australia. Pro Dive Cairns achieved an epic dive industry milestone recently when they issued their 90,000th PADI dive certification. This is an amazing feat - rarely if ever achieved anywhere in the world.

It was a memorable day for English tourist Ian Davies who’s now in the Pro Dive Cairns record book as their “90,000th” PADI diver. Ian who visited Cairns to dive the Great Barrier Reef and complete his PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification, was overwhelmed at his good fortune. He went home with not only a commemorative certificate but also $1000 in prizes from Pro Dive.

Ian commented that “he’d heard that Pro Dive Cairns were great people to go with and friends who had completed their dive course with Pro Dive had recommended them highly to him”. He added, “even though the weather was less than ideal, it was a really terrific experience and I loved the whole thing. The instructors were great and the Reef was amazing”.

Over the past 24 years PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Centre Pro Dive Cairns have built an international reputation as one of the world’s premier dive schools. They are very proud to have surpassed the impressive milestone of achieving 90,000 PADI certifications - not because they are obsessed with volume but quite the opposite. They are proud of their brand and reputation for quality, professionalism and value which has created the demand and allowed them to produce so many proficient divers.

Pro Dive Cairns General Manager, Rod Punshon confirmed, “Our focus has always been very positively on quality over quantity - Pro Dive Cairns great reputation as a training facility and liveaboard operator has been achieved due to this focus”.

So how did they achieve this remarkable result? Pro Dive Cairns refused to compete on price to be the cheapest dive course or trip in town and offer an all inclusive product, built on quality that incorporates many extras. The customers, mostly international travellers, like what they see and sign up. They enjoy an excellent learning experience, expert staff in a world class training facility, using state-of-the-art liveaboard dive vessels.

Jim Hutchinson, PADI’s Regional Manager in Queensland caught up with Rod Punshon this week to present a plaque in recognition of Pro Dive Cairns 90,000 PADI Certifications.

Please join PADI Asia Pacific as we congratulate Pro Dive Cairns on another magnificent milestone!

For more information on any of Pro Dive Cairns’ dive courses or dive trips visit www.prodivecairns.com.

PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) is the world’s largest recreational dive training, certification and membership organisation. PADI Members (dive centres, resorts, educational facilities, instructors, assistant instructors and divemasters) issue more than 1,000,000 certifications worldwide each year, making underwater exploration and adventure accessible to the public, while maintaining the highest industry standards for dive training, safety and customer service. For more information, visit padi.com.

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