Cocotinos | Odyssea Divers @ DEEP Indonesia 2011 - WNI & KITAS Promotion!

Cocotinos & Odyssea Divers will be at DEEP Indonesia (Booth B113) which will be held in Jakarta Convention Centre from 31 March 2011 to 4 April 2011. More info on DEEP Indonesia

Deep Indonesia Promo for WNI and KITAS holders is back! This year's promotion includes a bonus complimentary Laleina Spa Massage or Night Dive on top of heavily discounted rates*!

Promotion details will only be released from the 1st day of the event on the 31 March 2011... Do drop in and get the details and make your bookings!

Divers Den North (USA) - Thank You!

Cocotinos Manado: Many thanks to Paul Highland and the divers from Divers Den North group (USA) for making Cocotinos Manado and Odyssea Divers your hosts for your North Sulawesi dive trip! We look forward to welcoming again some day or see all of you in Cocotinos Sekotong, Lombok!

Cocotinos for another "Excellence in Service" Ocean Award!

ScubaDiver AustralAsia Magazine's 2011 Ocean Awards :: In 2009, Cocotinos Manado was awarded the "Excellence in Service" Ocean Award. After a Hiatus in 2010, it is back!

The reviews and comments that we have received since has given us the confidence of winning it again but we need your support by nominating/voting us. Please go to the nomination page (direct link here) and vote of us! You can even put 2 nominations in for Cocotinos and Odyssea Divers!

What is most important however is that you keep giving us your feedback and suggestions because our service commitment doesn't stop when we are at the top, we keep on improving ourselves and our services in order to be better hosts to you and your friends.

For more information, please do not hesitate to email us.

Lombok Audax 200KM makes a lunch stop at Cocotinos Sekotong

Cocotinos Sekotong: Lombok Audax is a cycling event organised by cycling enthusiasts around the Lombok Island.  "Audax" are not races. Audax is non-competitive, time-limited long distance cycling. The term 'Audax', meaning audacious, is given to a movement which starts in 1897 when a group of Italian cyclists rode 200 km between sunrise and sunset and became known as "les Audacieux". These days classic ride lengths ... read more .....

Special Thanks to Tenn Permatasari & Axel Moller from Lombok Audaz for sharing this event with us and choosing Cocotinos Sekotong as one of your stops. Look forward to your next visit!

Cocotinos @ ITB Berlin Germany 2011

Cocotinos Resorts & Spas will be participating in this year's ITB in Berlin, Germany from 9 to 11 March 2011. Cocotinos will be represented by Pak Iwan Sitompul (GM, Cocotinos Sekotong) as well as the Owner (of Cocotinos & Odyssea Divers), Mr Wong.

Cocotinos will be with the Indonesian Pavilion in Hall 26A (Booth 120). If you are attending ITB Berlin, please drop us an email us to organise an appointment or simply come by the booth and say hello!

PhotoClinic with Aaron Wong! - Curriculum is Out!

Cocotinos & Odyssea Divers Manado :: Between 13 to 18 May 2011 at Cocotinos Manado,  Aaron Wong, the Wizard of Light & Shadows, will show you how he creates his amazing images with unique perspectives, how to give your subjects that "WOW" factor and tell a long, beautiful story in just one instance. He will share his progression on how he managed to bring the stylish and sophisticated world of fashion photography into his foray with the underwater realm. He'll also help you hone your craft and present your images in a new, creative way.

The great news on this Clinic is that there is no extra charges to pay! Just come on our Cocotinos Manado Special Diving Package rate for 6 Days 5 Nights (minimum). The starting (room upgrades are available) package rates are as follows:

Triple Sharing : 820USD per Diver | Twin/King Sharing : 885USD per Diver | Single : 1180USD

Rates include Garden Room Accommodation, Full-Board Meal Plan, up-to-12 Guided Boat Day Dives... Please go to our package rates page for complete inclusion and exclusion details.


Room upgrades are also available, please refer to our Cocotinos Manado Special Diving Package rates page or for more details, email info.desk@cocotinos-manado.com

Cocotinos Manado Dive Packages - Save more than 20%!

Cocotinos Manado introduces Promotional Package Rates for the months of January to March. Save more than 20%! on Packages + 20% Discount for Laleina Spa!*. Download the package details here! For more information, please email us today!

Goodbye Cambodia... See you in Manado!

Cocotinos Boutique Beach Resorts & Spas at the recently concluded Asean Travel Forum (ATF) 2011. Iwan and Martinus had a successful time promoting Cocotinos to buyers from around the world. Thanks to all the buyers and associates and see you again in 2012!

The city to host the next Asean Travel Forum (ATF2012) is Manado, North Sulawesi! Manado is where Cocotinos and Odyssea Divers first rooted and has evolved from a dive centre business to what it is today building, managing and operating our own resorts, spas and dive centres.

Make sure you keep in mind the dates 9 to 15 January 2012 and make sure you book your stay with Cocotinos!

Cocotinos and Odyssea Divers - The Venue for Underwater Festival 2011

Cocotinos and Odyssea Divers Manado are proud to be one of the venues for the first AustralAsian Challenge as part of the Underwater Festival 2011. From 2nd to 11th of September, Resorts, including Cocotinos Manado & Sekotong, will be the venue where participants of the AustralAsia Challenge will stay and dive with taking photos or video and submitting their best in various categories to the challenge for the judges to pick the winners! The Australasia Challenge is simultaneous photo and video shootout competition like no other with over U$100,000 in prizes to be won! More...

Cocotinos and Odyssea Divers will be launching early bird special promotional packages with itinerary specific to the AustralAsia Challenge soon. During the challenge period, we will be hosting 1 or 2 in-house accomplished (celebrity) photographers where you will be able to consult and gain some valuable tips to help you take winning shots!

Still tuned for more press releases, in the mean time... drop us an email and let us know you will be keen so that you will be the first to get the promotions and updates!

William Tan's Photography Workshop Time-Table

Here it is...

Saturday
Understanding your camera equipment’s limits
Simple shooting skills
UW etiquette
Buoyancy control
Discussion on image composition
Slide show - Night

Sunday Night class
Going through participants’ images
Discussion on shooting problems
Macro photography techniques

Monday Night class
Going through participants’ images
Discussion on shooting problems
Wide-angle photography techniques

Tuesday Night class
Participants’ slide show
Final discussion on images shown

Although William's Workshop Modules are scheduled across from Saturday to Tuesdays, the flexibility of William's Workshop time-table allows anyone to check-in on any day of the week during his stay from 29 January to 12 February for any number of nights to participate any one of the modules. You may also request for a repeat of the module on site and if time and availability of William permits, he is more than happy to share with you again.


For more information, please do not hesitate to drop us an email info.desk@cocotinos-manado.com





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Cocotinos Manado :: Once again, Cocotinos Manado and Odyssea Divers will host William Tan and offer our diving guests an opportunity to dive and participate in the workshops that William will be conducting during his stay.

From 29 January 2011 to 12 February 2011, William will be our guest resident celebrity photographer with his assistant Noldy. Dive Packages remains the same and the 1st quarter diving package promotion if you check-in on or after 6 February 2011.

If you had missed his last workshop in Cocotinos Manado, this is your chance again and this time, it is over the Chinese New Year holidays!

For more information and reservations, please drop us an email.

:: William Tan - Singapore ::

Widely recognised as a master of underwater macro photography, William Tan is a violinist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and accomplished marine life photographer. Between concert seasons, he spends his time studying and photographing marine animals throughout the Asia Pacific region. His patience and determination has resulted in many rare images such as his sequence of a male jaw fish releasing its brood of hatching eggs into the sea. Catching the extremely shy fish at the moment it is releasing its hatching eggs is quite an accomplishment.

William Tan has been fascinated with the creatures of the sea since childhood. While studying at the Johns Hopkins University (USA), much of his spare time was spent gazing at the extensive marine collection of the National Aquarium in Baltimore. A violinist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, William earned his scuba diving certification in 1994.

Thereafter, without his prized antique Italian violin, he travels extensively between concert seasons throughout the Pacific region photographing marine life for tourism organizations, dive magazines and resorts.

His most recent book, Gorontalo: Hidden Paradise, published under the commission of the Indonesian government, is a collaboration with Hong Kong's leading underwater photographers Stephen Wong and Takako Uno.