Our 4th hotel from SHAMS Hotels & Resorts, the “SHAMS Prestige Abu Soma Resort” is opened since February 2011.

One of the highlights of our resort is the restaurant. Spectacular view during a full, healthy breakfast with homemade bakery delights and seasonal fresh juices or lunch with the choice of veggies and other light meals is promised. Dinner à la carte with a selection of delicious dishes, rich salad bar and a dessert buffet with delicacies from the famous Orient will also guarantee an amazing view by romantic hours.

So far we haven’t given the restaurant a final name and would like to ask and involve you dear valued guest, to participate and think with us together about naming the restaurant!

All entries by E-mail to quality@shamshotels.com on proposals until 15th of May, 2011 will participate in a raffle.

1. Prize: Shams Prestige Room Upgrade
2. Prize: Romantic dinner on the beach
3. Prize: Choice of one bottle Red- or White wine

The prizes can be redeemed personally until 31st of December, 2012 in the SHAMS Prestige Abu Soma Resort. The prizes can not be paid in cash and the minimum age of participation is 18 years!

We are waiting for your suggestions!

Sunny greetings from the SHAMS Prestige Abu Soma Resort Team!

Located on the edge of Soma Bay, 48 km south of Hurghada, this unique 5 star bungalow resort with 68 stylish deluxe rooms has opened for guests on 1st of February, 2011 and promise relaxation for guests seeking rest directly at the private, sandy and shallow beach with its turquoise crystal clear water of the Red Sea.

Water sports enthusiasts like divers, surfers & kiters will find all the possibilities to conquer the Red Sea with its fascination.

Excellent & personal service in the resort, comfort deluxe for relaxing holidays and international teams with its experience from Shams Diving Center and worldwide known Club Mistral will make guests feel home.

“The hotel is poised to become one of the region’s leading 5-star properties offering quality and comfort with an affordable price tag and will be the ideal choice for divers, kiters & surfers as well as holiday makers”, said Mr. Ahmed Shalaby, General Manager of SHAMS Prestige.

We look forward to your visit!

For individual bookings please contact info@shamshotels.com
and for general information quality@shamshotels.com

Dear guests and dear friends of
Shams Hotels & Resorts,

to the end of the year we would like to take this opportunity to thank you on this way for your trust. We will seek further that you will feel at home at any time with us.

For this Christmas we wish all our guests, their families and friends a beautiful and peaceful time and a good start into the New Year 2011.

Sunny greetings send you the Management with all employees of the Shams Hotels & Resorts in Egypt and we look forward to welcoming you soon with us.

The new SHAMS SPA CENTER … COMING SOON…
Opening scheduled for end of January 2011

Let us pamper you during your holiday!

Who want to treat themselves amidst the bustle of everyday life now and in oases of rest, relaxation & well-being, can enjoy his vacation during one of several massage techniques and relaxing baths.

In our new Spa and Wellness Center you get the opportunity to put yourself into absolute magical hands in resting state.

Delight your senses!

Located on the edge of Soma Bay, 48 km south of Hurghada, this new opened unique bungalow resort with 68 stylish “Chamber” units will promise relaxation for guests seeking rest directly at the sandy beach with its turquoise crystal clear water of the Red Sea. All the Superior units have a private spacious terrace, fully and comfortable equipped with an amazing sea view and with Jacuzzi.

42 of the friendly rooms have separate walk-in shower, a walk-in wardrobe room as also separate toilet with bidet. Air conditioning, flat screen Sat-TV, safe, refrigerator & coffee station, hair dryer and a sitting area are with other basics amenities in all rooms available.

Water sports enthusiasts will find in this resort all the possibilities to conquer the Red Sea with his fascination of the underwater world and the most excellent all-year round wind conditions. Whether surfing / kiting (Club Mistral & Sky Riders), diving (Shams Diving Center), snorkeling or just sunbathing, this accommodation offers the perfect setting. Romantic and quiet hours in the evening on a rooftop terrace overlooking spectacular the sea will make each holiday here to an unforgettable experience.

Friendly & personal service “per Excellent” will be offered, whether for enjoying breakfast on the terrace under the blue sky, a healthy lunch including “Veggies” or dinner A la Carte at a charming Restaurant with a variety of delicious meals.

A bar with amazing sea view finally promises a quiet evening with refreshing beverages and soft sounds from the Red Sea.

“Enjoy & Relax”, that’s our motto for a holiday far away from everyday life to which place everyone would like to come back!

SHAMS Prestige opens soon … Welcome to “where warmth is just more than sunshine”!

• Duration: 1-2 Tage
• Certificate: Yes

The purpose of a PADI Specialty Course is to familiarise you with the techniques, knowledge, planning, organisation, potential hazards and safety skills for various special interest areas of diving.

• Duration: 1-2 Tage
• Certificate: Yes

The purpose of a PADI Specialty Course is to familiarise you with the techniques, knowledge, planning, organisation, potential hazards and safety skills for various special interest areas of diving.

• Duration: 1-2 Tage
• Certificate: Yes

The purpose of a PADI Specialty Course is to familiarise you with the techniques, knowledge, planning, organisation, potential hazards and safety skills for various special interest areas of diving.

• Duration: 1-2 Tage
• Certificate: Yes

The purpose of a PADI Specialty Course is to familiarise you with the techniques, knowledge, planning, organisation, potential hazards and safety skills for various special interest areas of diving.

• Duration: 1-2 Tage
• Certificate: Yes

The purpose of a PADI Specialty Course is to familiarise you with the techniques, knowledge, planning, organisation, potential hazards and safety skills for various special interest areas of diving.

• Duration: 1-2 Tage
• Certificate: Yes

The purpose of a PADI Specialty Course is to familiarise you with the techniques, knowledge, planning, organisation, potential hazards and safety skills for various special interest areas of diving.

• Duration: 1-2 Tage
• Certificate: Yes

The purpose of a PADI Specialty Course is to familiarise you with the techniques, knowledge, planning, organisation, potential hazards and safety skills for various special interest areas of diving.

• Duration: 1-2 Tage
• Certificate: Yes

The purpose of a PADI Specialty Course is to familiarise you with the techniques, knowledge, planning, organisation, potential hazards and safety skills for various special interest areas of diving.

• Duration: 1-2 Tage
• Certificate: Yes

The purpose of a PADI Specialty Course is to familiarise you with the techniques, knowledge, planning, organisation, potential hazards and safety skills for various special interest areas of diving.

• Duration: 1-2 Tage
• Certificate: Yes

The purpose of a PADI Specialty Course is to familiarise you with the techniques, knowledge, planning, organisation, potential hazards and safety skills for various special interest areas of diving.

The course not only develops the candidate’s diving knowledge to instructor level through independent study and classroom discussions, but also addresses attitudes, judgement, customer service, business and operational challenges. Watermanship and stamina are evaluated together with diving skills, which will be developed to demonstration quality. Candidates will complete a rescue evaluation and underwater mapping exercise as well as demonstrating their skills in dive planning and leadership. They will also function as an instructional assistant, both in confined and open water.

The insured Divemaster may teach and certify PADI Skin Divers and conduct the PADI Discover Snorkelling program, as well as conduct the Scuba Review program for certified divers. (Full details can be found in the General Standards and Procedures section of the PADI Instructor Manual/CD-ROM).

Certified and active Divemaster can also take the Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor Training course and help student divers develop the knowledge, skills and practical techniques necessary to obtain excellent photographs with a digital camera by conducting this Specialty course or acting as ‘photo pro’ during Open Water Diver courses or Discover Digital Underwater Photography experiences.

Once signed off as a Divemaster by the instructor, the candidate can continue their education and become a Discover Scuba Diving (DSD) Leader and conduct the PADI Discover Scuba Diving program. Apart from that, candidates who are interested in teaching CPR and first aid can qualify as an Emergency First Response Instructor course and teach how to assist injured and ill adults and children, as long as they have current training in CPR and first aid for adults and children.

Moreover, completion of this course qualifies the candidate to attend either a PADI Assistant Instructor (AI) course or a PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) which eventually leads to the certification as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.

• Duration: 1 Day
• Please add 55 Euro for PADI certification and Manual
• Certificate: Yes

Emergency First Response gives you the skills you need to perform CPR and First Aid. Whether you’re a diver or a non-diver, the EFR course helps you to properly handle potentially life-threatening situations. This comprehensive program contains 2 core modules that can be taught in tandem or as stand-alone courses: Emergency First Response – Primary Care and Emergency First Response – Secondary Care. Together, these courses provide extensive instruction in CPR and First Aid, as well as providing optional Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and Emergency Oxygen sections.

Emergency First Response

€150.00

€140.00

• Minimum Requirement: Minimum age: 12, PADI Adventure Diver – inclusive Adventure Dive Navigation (or equivalent)
• Duration: 3 Days
• Please add 55 Euro for PADI certification and Manual
• Certificate: Yes

This course is a very important step in expanding your knowledge and experience as well as increasing your confidence. As with all PADI courses, it is ‘performance’ based and involves knowledge development and 5 rescue training sessions (in pool, confined or open water, from shore or boat) plus 4 open water rescue scenarios. During these, you will cover:

· The psychology of rescue
· Preparation for emergencies
· Accident management
· Responding to diver emergencies
· Tired diver
· Panicked diver
· Self-rescue
· Response from shore or boat with both a responsive and unresponsive diver
· Distressed diver underwater
· Missing diver
· Surfacing the unresponsive diver
· Response at surface and exit
· First aid for pressure related injuries and oxygen administration

Before starting module 2 of the Rescue Diver course, it is necessary that you have completed an Emergency First Response course within 24 months, or an equivalent ‘accepted’ certification including primary care (CPR) and secondary care (First Aid) within 24months.

PADI Rescue Diver Course

€350.00

€320.00

• Minimum Requirement: Swimmer, PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent)
• Duration: 1 – 1 1/2 Days
• Certificate: Yes

After your Open Water course, why not start a PADI Adventure Diver course and complete some ‘Adventure Dives’? With these dives you’re over halfway there to completing your PADI Advanced Open Water certification.

To become a certified PADI Adventure Diver you will need to have achieved 3 Adventure Dives with a PADI certified Instructor.

• Minimum Requirement: Swimmer, PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent)
• Duration: 1 – 1 1/2 Days
• Certificate: Yes

After your Open Water course, why not start a PADI Adventure Diver course and complete some ‘Adventure Dives’? With these dives you’re over halfway there to completing your PADI Advanced Open Water certification.

To become a certified PADI Adventure Diver you will need to have achieved 3 Adventure Dives with a PADI certified Instructor.

• Minimum Requirement: PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent), Minimum age: 12
• Duration: 2-3 Days
• Please add 55 Euro for PADI certification and Manual
• Certificate: Yes

The amount of 5 ‘Adventure Dives’ are needed to be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver. When booking the full Advanced Course with us, all 5 dives are taken over a 2-3 day period. This is a great choice if you’re looking to increase your capabilities – e.g. heading for greater depth – and gain more experience in different underwater activities.

To certify as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, you must take part in the Adventure Dives Deep and Navigation. You can choose 3 of the remaining Adventure dives with your instructor.

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course **

€240.00

€220.00

• Minimum Requirement: Minimum age: 10, Swimmer
• Duration: 4-5 Days
• All equipment rental included for the duration of the course
• Please add 55 Euro for PADI certification and Manual
• Certificate: Yes

This is the course which, if accomplished, grants you your PADI Open Water Diver card which is recognized at dive centres worldwide and allows you to dive to a depth of 18m with a buddy (12m for 10 & 11 year olds).

Throughout the course, you’ll learn the theory of scuba diving, extend your knowledge of dive equipment and improve your diving skills. The course is made up of 5 theory sessions, 5 dive skill sessions in confined water to practice skills and 4 open water dives in the Red Sea from the boat or shore. You will also be asked to complete water skills including a 10-minute float and a 200m swim without, or a300m swim with the usage of fins, mask and snorkel.

You can also start your studies at home with

• Minimum Requirement: Minimum age: 10, Swimmer
• Duration: 4-5 Days
• All equipment rental included for the duration of the course
• Please add 55 Euro for PADI certification and Manual
• Certificate: Yes

This is the course which, if accomplished, grants you your PADI Open Water Diver card which is recognized at dive centres worldwide and allows you to dive to a depth of 18m with a buddy (12m for 10 & 11 year olds).

Throughout the course, you’ll learn the theory of scuba diving, extend your knowledge of dive equipment and improve your diving skills. The course is made up of 5 theory sessions, 5 dive skill sessions in confined water to practice skills and 4 open water dives in the Red Sea from the boat or shore. You will also be asked to complete water skills including a 10-minute float and a 200m swim without, or a300m swim with the usage of fins, mask and snorkel.

You can also start your studies at home with

• Minimum Requirement: Minimum age: 10, Swimmer
• Duration: 4-5 Days
• All equipment rental included for the duration of the course
• Please add 55 Euro for PADI certification and Manual
• Certificate: Yes

This is the course which, if accomplished, grants you your PADI Open Water Diver card which is recognized at dive centres worldwide and allows you to dive to a depth of 18m with a buddy (12m for 10 & 11 year olds).

Throughout the course, you’ll learn the theory of scuba diving, extend your knowledge of dive equipment and improve your diving skills. The course is made up of 5 theory sessions, 5 dive skill sessions in confined water to practice skills and 4 open water dives in the Red Sea from the boat or shore. You will also be asked to complete water skills including a 10-minute float and a 200m swim without, or a300m swim with the usage of fins, mask and snorkel.

You can also start your studies at home with

PADI Open Water Diver Course - 4 Days (incl. Equipment) **

€350.00

€320.00

• Minimum Requirement: Minimum age: 10, Swimmer
• Duration: 2-3 Days
• Please add 55 Euro for PADI certification and Manual
• Certificate: Yes

The PADI Scuba Diver program is an entry level certification, which is perfect for when you’re on holiday and plan to dive just a couple of times a year.

With this certification, you can dive under the direct supervision of a PADI professional anywhere in the world to a max depth of 12m – a wonderful opportunity to explore the underwater kingdom in comfort and safety with an experienced guide accompanying you. You can also, at any time after certifying as a Scuba Diver, take a short upgrade course to become a PADI Open Water Diver.

The knowledge and skills you learn in this program are just the beginning of an exciting array of courses and programs that await you.

Throughout the course, you’ll learn a lot about scuba diving, including your diving equipment and techniques. You earn this rating by completing 3 knowledge development sessions, 3 dive skill sessions in confined water, a 10 minute float and 2 dives in the beautiful Red Sea. The dives can be from the boat or shore.

PADI Scuba Diver Course (incl. Equipment) **

€210.00

€195.00

• Minimum Requirement: Certified diver, Minimum age: 10
• Duration: 1 Day(1/2 day from beach, 1 day from the boat)
• Certificate: Yes

If it’s been some time since you last went diving then we recommend that you comply with the recommendations made by your training agency regarding the completion of a Scuba/Skills Review before diving. Most agencies recommend a Scuba/Skills Review if you haven’t dived for 6 months or longer.

The Scuba Review is a short refresher course including a review of the safety information you learned during your initial training along with a supervised skill session in confined water with your Instructor.

They will help you tune up important diving skills such as buoyancy and breath control, equipment assembly and breathing from an alternative air source. Following the skills you will take a supervised open water dive to rediscover the beauty of the Red Sea. This open water dive will be from the boat or shore.

• Minimum Requirement: Prerequisites
• Certificate: Yes

Start out on the right fin, jump into the PADI Bubble maker program today! If you’re 8 or older, now is your chance to take the plunge with a PADI Instructor and go pool diving.