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Discovery is an integral part of what we do at the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association. True, our association serves diverse purposes, but we are foremost a business organization. As such, IGLTA benefits its members most by learning about them and their needs. As our members evolve, IGLTA evolves. At our Annual Global Convention next week in Toronto, we’re taking a new step in our evolution with the IGLTA Foundation’s inaugural Discovery session.
Global travel insurance provider WorldNomads.com has released a map of (in)tolerance – revealing which countries are potentially dangerous for LGBTQI travelers because of legal status and societal …
From the historic architecture of Downtown to the HUGE indoor rainforest in the zoo; Omaha is absolutely stunning. With the new age venues and the retro feel, you can never get tired of being here.…
The International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) is an extensive global network of LGBTQ-welcoming tourism businesses including accommodations,
Pride House founder Dean Nelson will receive the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association’s Pioneer Award on 11 May at Voyage, the signature fundraising event for the IGLTA Foundation. Nelson, the CEO/Executive Producer of Whistler Pride & Ski Festival, created Pride House as a pavilion to celebrate diversity in sport and raise awareness of homophobia within sports at the Vancouver/Whistler 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
After Sydney Mardi Gras, we decided to do what appears to be a rarity in Australia... we rented a car and drove from Sydney to Melbourne. Locals universally thought we were crazy (turns out most seem to simply fly back and forth between the two cities), but it really was a beautiful 9-hour drive reminiscent of the rolling coastal hills of California.
Check out our 8 favourite gay travel Instagrammers you need to follow in 2018. We recently discovered them and absolutely adore following them.
R Family Vacations were the first travel company to create vacations for LGBT families and their friends, beginning with their inaugural cruise in 2004. Since then, more than 20,000 guests have traveled with them around the world. There are many ways to define a family, and R Family Vacations celebrates them all. On R Family …
TTG LGBT is embarking on its fourth year with a host of new events and three new partners. TTG speaks to them about their support of the initiative
Among the highlights of the 2018 show was a brand new LGBTQ Travel Pavilion, which showcased some of the latest trends in LGBTQ-centric tourism. Exhibitors in the new pavilion included ManAboutWorld, Out in the Vineyard, Oscar Wilde Tours, Shady Ladies Tours, R Family Vacations, Quiiky-Gay Tours in Italy, Outings & Adventures, Insider Voyagers and the Stonewall National Monument.
The results from the 22nd annual LGBTQ Tourism and Hospitality Survey — conducted by San Francisco-based Community Marketing & Insights (CMI) — have been released. And the findings are surprising. On average, LGBTQ participants took 3.2 vacation or leisure trips and 1.4 business trips in the past 12 months. In addition, LGBTQs took an average of 2.3 trips primarily to visit family or friends in the past year.
Once Frank Sinatra’s social secretary, Daitch has a different identity these days, as a fast-walking — and even faster-talking — guide to Glitter City.
Gay, straight, questioning. Illinois welcomes everyone to experience the places and people that make Illinois so amazing. Explore amazing places. And hashtag your own.
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Over the years, Toronto has grown to become a truly cosmopolitan city—full of diversity, character and unique attractions for tourists and locals alike. If we had to narrow down the reasons to love Toronto, including the top things you should do while visiting, these would be it!
Collaboration takes Hong Kong Polytechnic University tourism student to the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association’s Annual Global Convention in Toronto - The IGLTA Foundation has partnered with the Pacific Asia Travel Association to provide a unique opportunity for a Hong Kong Polytechnic University tourism student to attend the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association’s 35th Annual Global Convention, 9-12 May in Toronto. Thanakarn (Bella) Vongvisitsin has been selected to attend the conference, considered to be the premier educational and networking event for the global LGBTQ tourism industry.
In 1984, it was radical thinking to prioritize LGBTQ travel as a key market. Our groundbreaking mission to expand LGBTQ tourism globally made us a resource for queer travelers. Today our mission continues, and the IGLTA Annual Global Convention is more important than ever.
The International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association announced today the four new appointments to its 2018-2019 board of directors, a group that includes LGBTQ and ally business leaders representing tourism social media/marketing, corporate accommodations, destination promotion and boutique hotels.
THE REGION's LGBT tourism is expected to grow by leaps and bounds as Asian exhibitors have flocked to ITB Berlin's LGBT pavilion to raise awareness of LGBT-friendly destinations. TTG Asia quoted Hotel Granvia Kyoto executive guest
As the LGBTQ travel segment continues to evolve and flourish, Community Marketing & Insights (CMI), producers of the annual LGBTQ Tourism Forum, has partnered with Destinations International, the world’s largest resource for destination organizations, to expand professional development and educational access to the tourism industry.
These are the 20 best gay travel bloggers who we love, and you need to be following in 2018. Our top 20 of the LGBTQ travel blogging community!
When Paul gleaned from a terribly friendly gay couple back at the Mekong that one could take up lodgings on a military airbase in Thailand he knew it would take no persuasion to get Andrew onboard. ‘Wing 5’, a military base belonging to The Royal Thai Airforce, amazingly allowed tourists to stay at a hotel put…
Welcome to our new series featuring LGBTQ influencers, #ILoveGay ambassadors, movers and shakers and all around great people. We’re proud to launch this series with our newest ambassador Borja Matheu, aka Borja the Gay Explorer.
We are gay couple Stefan and Sebastien. Stefan is from London, originally Greek Cypriot. Sebastien is from France. We met in London in 2009 at the GAY bar in Soho and have been together since. In 2014, we quit our lives and jobs in London to travel the world together. …
Today, the National Gay Pilots Association (NGPA) announced that Piedmont Airlines will expand their 2018 sponsorship commitment, becoming the Association’s first regional airline in the Diamond-level category.
Since our last trip took us from Phoenix north through Sedona and the Grand Canyon, we decided on this trip we would head south, using Tucson as our base!
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