London - February 13, 2009

Community Marketing announces European Symposium on Gay & Lesbian Tourism

Community Marketing announced their European Symposium on Gay & Lesbian Tourism, to be held at the Cumberland Hotel in London on February 13, 2009.

Utah Boycott

Utah gay rights advocates oppose boycott of the state

Some prominent Utah gay rights leaders oppose a boycott of the state's ski and tourism industry, being proposed by gay-rights groups angry with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' support

Dave Does Montreal

Cheeky YouTube video aims to lure gay tourists

A humorous 45-second video that suggests but doesn't actually depict daytime sex between two male calèche drivers in Old Montreal has attracted more than 4,500 views on YouTube - and a single emailed

Total Immersion Adventures

Savvy Navigator offers gay tours of South Africa for sophisticated male travelers

WASHINGTON, DC - Jeffrey Ward, a 20-year, travel industry veteran and executive coach, has launched a specialized gay tour company catering to sophisticated male travelers.

Chapel Hill

Area tries to attract gay tourism

Chapel Hill was the first town in the state to include sexual orientation as a category of hate crime law, as well as the first to elect an openly gay council member.

Dedicated To The Luxury Gay Travel Market

PrideWorld tour company resumes operations

Renewing his commitment to the GLBT community, Ady Gelber, CEO of ISRAMWORLD announced today that he is resuming operations of PrideWorld, a tour company dedicated to the luxury gay travel market.

Israel

Rise in gay tourism stirs unease in Israel

Tel Aviv - There is something incongruous about the stretch of beach just under the Hilton Hotel's high perch. For there, below the bluff, are two so-called "specialty beaches."

South Carolina is so gay - re-visited

Distancing itself from gay travel campaign will cost South Carolina tourism dollars

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The flap over an ad promoting South Carolina as "So Gay" will cost the state tourism dollars, according to an industry expert.

Ventphis Stafford of Charleston, NC: We’re so gay? Nah. Wrong state. Go to California.

Gay tourism ad causes uproar in S. Carolina

A state employee has resigned and officials have disavowed an international advertising campaign that led to calls for an investigation of tourism posters proclaiming “South Carolina is so gay.”

Homosexual, Not Homogenous

Effectively targeting gay travel markets explored at World Travel Market

Lesbian and gay travelers have the same wide demographic segments as the straight traveling population.

Out Villas Cover The World's Most Tolerant Destinations

Luxury Retreats explores gay friendly travel

Luxury Retreats, a leader in the luxury villa rental industry, recently announced the creation of a website dedicated to private rental homes in gay- and lesbian-friendly travel destinations.

Out Villas (www.outvillas.com) by Luxury Retreats consolidates ... read more

2008 PlanetOut Travel Awards

New Orleans - one of the best US cities for gay travel

NEW ORLEANS, US - New Orleans has been recognized as one of the best U.S. cities for gay travel with a 2008 PlanetOut Travel Award in the best domestic city category.

Gambia

Gay tourists face 14 years in jail

Barcelona - Two Spanish tourists who have been detained on charges of making homosexual advances at two taxi drivers in the Gambia face up to 14 years in prison for violating the principles of Islam, says the gay organisation FAGC.

The Spaniards were being held at a police station in the coastal resort of Kotu. They were arrested on ... read more

Gays Cut Back Travel Spending Less Than Heterosexuals

As economy lags, more lesbians and gays plan travel

According to a recent U.S. national survey conducted by Harris Interactive®, 38 percent of gay and lesbian adults report they are absolutely certain or very likely to take their vacations as planned this year, compared with 34 percent of their heterosexual counterparts.

San Francisco Tourism Campaign

Gay tourism campaign launched for San Francisco

To many people, San Francisco's gay population is one of the first things that come to mind when the US city is mentioned.

But until recently its gay-friendly nature had not been promoted as part of tourism campaigns.

Gay-Unfriendly Jamaica

Boycott Jamaica

Gay bashing in Jamaica is so prevalent that in 2006 Time Magazine wrote an article about the island headlined, "The Most Homophobic Place On Earth?" The New York Times this week showed that the anti-gay climate has only worsened, with the island caught in a downward spiral of outright psychosis.