The biggest LGBT travel convention of the year hits the City of Angeles tomorrow, April 8, and the whole ManAboutWorld team will join the leaders and influencers of the IGLTA and the gay travel world for the travel event of the year. If you’re coming, send us some photos and we’ll post them here! UPDATE Thursday, April 9: TheContinue reading “ManAboutWorld And LGBT Travel Industry Gears Up for IGLTA Convention 2015”
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Unzip Your Rainbow-Colored Fanny Pack! Give Out Day Is May 15
The 2nd annual give out day is tomorrow, Thursday, May 15. Read about it here. The IGLTA Foundation is participating. The Foundation’s mission* is “to use the power of LGBT travel to build bridges with communities worldwide. Those bridges, in turn, enable understanding, awareness and commerce to flourish in diverse communities around the globe.” ManAboutWorld is a proud supporter.Continue reading “Unzip Your Rainbow-Colored Fanny Pack! Give Out Day Is May 15”
ManAboutWorld Global Correspondents Gather at IGLTA Madrid
Over a dozen ManAboutWorld correspondents attended the IGLTA’s 31st annual Convention, May 8-11. Here are eight of them from left to right, including their specialty, nationality and current city. What a worldly, hard-working, passionate group! Auston Matta: Travel blogger; U.S.; Madrid Nadav Peretz: Gay tours in Israel; Israeli; Tel Aviv DJ Yabis: Customized European vacations; Filipino; DusseldorfContinue reading “ManAboutWorld Global Correspondents Gather at IGLTA Madrid”
IGLTA Foundation Announces New Board Members, Including Editor Ed Salvato
I am very proud to announce that I have been appointed to the Board of Directors of the IGLTA Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender tourism globally along with Richard Gray. “We are thrilled to have Ed Salvato and Richard Gray join the IGLTA Foundation Board of Directors,” said Board Chair CharlieContinue reading “IGLTA Foundation Announces New Board Members, Including Editor Ed Salvato”
In LA Saturday Jan 28? Come to the LGBT Travel Panel 2:15pm-2:45pm
Yours truly is organizing an LGBT travel panel at the upcoming L.A. Times Travel Show tomorrow, Saturday, January 28, 2012 from 2:15pm to 2:45pm in the Travel in Style Pavilion. UPDATE SATURDAY, JAN 28. Click here to download the information to be presented at today’s travel show: Travel Show presentation PDF Lesbian TravelContinue reading “In LA Saturday Jan 28? Come to the LGBT Travel Panel 2:15pm-2:45pm”
LGBT Travel Panel at the L.A. Times Travel Show
Yours truly is organizing an LGBT travel panel at the upcoming L.A. Times Travel Show on Saturday, January 28, 2012 from 2:15pm to 2:45pm in the Travel in Style Pavilion, naturally enough. If you are anywhere near the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown L.A., please stop in. You can find more information about theContinue reading “LGBT Travel Panel at the L.A. Times Travel Show”
Bidding for a Good Cause and Great Travel Prizes
The International Lesbian and Gay Travel Association (IGLTA; http://iglta.org) is hosting an online auction at BiddingForGood.com. There are 13 great LGBT-oriented travel packages to various locales at very inexpensive prices. Most were donated by IGLTA members. At the left is a picture of the fabulous Hotel Palomar in Philadelphia, a lovely part of one ofContinue reading “Bidding for a Good Cause and Great Travel Prizes”
Madrid To Host 2014 IGLTA Convention
As an elected member of the Board of the IGLTA, the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association, I’m very pleased to announce that the 31st Annual Global Convention will be hosted by Madrid in May 2014. The following is a statement from the President and CEO of the IGLTA, followed by the full press releaseContinue reading “Madrid To Host 2014 IGLTA Convention”
Bid on Amazing Gay Travel Packages (Cheap!)
Do good while bidding on 31 (and counting) gay travel packages from around the world. First class tickets on TAM — a $10,000 value now bidding at $2,000 — hotel nights, Mexican vacations, Brazilian adventures and many more vacation opportunities have been offered by leading gay-friendly companies from around the world to the IGLTA toContinue reading “Bid on Amazing Gay Travel Packages (Cheap!)”
IGLTA Concludes its 28th Annual Global Convention
You think all those LGBT guesthouses, tour operators, and travel agents operate in a vacuum? Guess again! There’s an organization that represents their interests and by extention you, dear gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender traveler. Read on! The International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA), was founded in 1983 with 25 members as a wayContinue reading “IGLTA Concludes its 28th Annual Global Convention”
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