For the first time in its history, Miami Beach Gay Pride will honor four individuals who have made significant contributions to the LGBTQ community. Television personality Ross Mathews will serve as Celebrity Grand Marshal; bartender and cast member of iHeart Radio’s “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show,” “Uncle” Johnny Pool, will serve as the Advocate Marshal; and advocates Liebe and Seth Gadinsky will serve as Ally Marshals. Miami Beach Gay Pride is presented by...
In keeping with Hawaii Tourism Association’s (HTA’s) commitment to provide industry partners with pertinent Hawaii marketing data, its Tourism Research Division recently issued separate sets of studies evaluating alternative accommodations and LGBT travel. Two alternative accommodations studies, Hawaii’s Home and Vacation Rental Market: Impact and Outlook by JLL’s Hotels and Hospitality Group, and The Impact of Vacation Rental Units in Hawaii, 2016 by SMS Research and Marketing...
More than two years ago LGBT Hawaii suggested to the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) to hire Community Marketing andInsights to conduct a study on the potential of LGBT Tourism to the Aloha State. Today HTA issued four research studies offering comprehensive findings about the profiles, preferences and sentiments of LGBT travelers from the United States, Canada, China, and Australia as it relates to the Hawaiian Islands. Two additional studies by HTA evaluating LGBT travel to Hawaii from...
ITB Berlin is the leading event in the international tourism industry, with more than 10 thousand exhibiting companies and organizations from more than 187 countries of the 5 continents, and 170 thousand visitors. The Argentinian ministry of Tourism, through the National Institute of Tourism Promotion (INPROTUR), was present – for the ninth consecutive year – in the German capital with a booth of 40 square meters in the Gay and Lesbian Travel Pavilion. There, Marcelo Costa...
Pioneer in the LGBT market in Italy, Alessio Virgili, sole director/founder and director of the Tour Operator, Quiiky, which is now part of Saunders & Beach Group, has achieved the 10-year goal of being in business, but not without facing initial prejudices on the part of retailers of LGBT products as well as by customers not ready to expose themselves to criticism. The ten years of activity was celebrated recently at the Hotel Radisson Blu Rome surrounded by the trade press with whom...
A Montréal woman who won legal recognition for same-sex parents in Quebec is one of seven remarkable Canadians featured in a new exhibition that opened this week at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR). Mona Greenbaum helped reform the Quebec Civil Code in 2002 to allow same-sex couples to adopt children born or living in Quebec or to start their families through assisted procreation. It meant that she and her same-sex partner could be recognized as equal parents of their children. As...
Once again, the program of events hosted by LGBT Travel at ITB Berlin will be as colorful as ever. This year, this fast-growing segment will be relocating to Hall 21b and will feature a new Presentation Corner, where exhibitors can showcase their latest LGBT products. For many years ITB Berlin has already boasted the world’s largest range of LGBT travel services. The lectures taking place in Hall 21b will focus on the world’s first travel campaign with transgender models, on successful business...
The 2022 Gay Games XI host city shortlist vote by the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) General Assembly took place 28 February 2017, one year after the bid process was announced. The shortlisted host cities are Guadalajara (MEX), Hong Kong (CHN), and Washington, D.C. (USA) Site inspections are the next steps in the bid process: May 2017. The final vote for the next Gay Games host will take place October 2017 at the FGG’s Annual General Assembly meeting in Paris, France. The FGG expresses...
It still smells new at the Hyatt Centric Waikiki Beach. Located at the corner of Seaside Ave. and Kuhio Ave., there could not be a better more central location in Waikiki. In January 2015, Hyatt Hotels Corporation introduced Hyatt Centric, a new, full-service lifestyle brand designed for business and leisure travelers. Mark Hoplamazian, president and chief executive officer, Hyatt said in January 2015: “Hyatt Centric travelers are looking for a cosmopolitan vibe in the center of...
Meeting Japanese tourists anywhere on the globe, inbound travel to Japan keeps showing records as well. The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) announced last month that the number of visitors to Japan in 2016 was 24.04 million people. This represents the largest on record since JNTO started to keep the statistics in 1964. Over the last three years, the number of visitors has grown 2.4 times. Contributing to this significant growth were international conferences and events held in Japan...
Like every year, the LGBTQI+ community is honored in the month of May. This year, the Belgian Pride Festival, which will be held from 4 to 20 May, will offer a range of activities, soirées, workshops, guided tours and entertainment. It will close with the must-see Belgian Pride and the Parade, which will pulse through the streets of Brussels. This will be the 22nd edition of the Belgian Pride, opening the European Pride season, as it does every year. Festivities will begin with the traditional...
Southwest Airlines Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gary C. Kelly today announced changes to the Company’s executive Leadership ranks with Thomas M. Nealon named as President and Michael G. Van de Ven named as the airline’s Chief Operating Officer. These changes are effective immediately. In his role as President, Nealon, 55, will report to Kelly and have responsibility for the Commercial, Finance, Technology, Corporate Delivery, and Corporate Strategy departments...
The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau will launch a new global marketing and advertising campaign on January 9th featuring three transgender models, and will become the world’s first destination to use transgender models in mainstream destination advertising. Greater Fort Lauderdale’s campaign, which also features straight, gay and lesbian models, follows the destination’s long and storied history in LGBTQ marketing and is directed at a largely...
Nepal Tourism Board celebrated its 18th Anniversary on Dec. 31, 2016, in an intimate program attended by officials from the Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation (MoCTCA), tourism association heads, tourism industry veterans, officials, partners, and stakeholders. NTB’s Annual Souvenir “In Focus 2016” was unveiled and released at the program by Chief Guest Hon’ble Minister of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation Mr. Jeevan Bahadur Shahi, and Chairman of NTB Executive Committee and...
Brought into the tourism spotlight by famous Hollywood celebrities like Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, and offering a broad range of gay bars and nightclubs, gay-owned restaurants, hotels, stores, services, and entertainment that established the destination in a league of its own, it is no wonder Puerto Vallarta has been a favorite among LGBT travelers for decades.
Brussels is the ideal tourist destination, also for LGBTQ people. Today Brussels is mostly known as a gay-friendly city.
