- Umpetha wesikhathi eside we-LGBTQ + wezokuvakasha uMat Skallerud uzothola i-Hanns Ebensten Hall of Fame Award.
- Inganekwane kwezokuvakasha kanye nozakwabo oshisekayo we-LGBTQ +, u-Annette Kishon-Pines uzothola i-Ally Award yokuqala ye-IGLTA.
- I-Atlanta Black Pride Weekend izothola i-IGLTA's 2021 Pathfinder Award.
Ingqungquthela Yomhlaba Wonke Yama-37 Yonyaka ye-IGLTA yenzeka ngomhlaka 8-11 Septhemba, nonyaka kwenzeka okokuqala e-Atlanta, eGeorgia
Izinsika ezintathu ze-LGBTQ + kwezokuvakasha, ukumaketha nokunika amandla - uMatt Skallerud wePink Media, u-Annette Kishon-Pines waseBelmond kanye ne-Atlanta Black Pride Weekend — bazothola lo nyaka I-IGLTA Honours. Ekhethwe yibhodi labaqondisi benhlangano, le miklomelo inikezwa abantu ngabanye noma amabhizinisi azibophezele ekwenzeni ngcono ukwakheka komhlaba wonke Abahambi be-LGBTQ +. I-IGLTA Honours izokwethulwa ngokuxhaswa okuvulekile kwe-Visit Philadelphia e Ingqungquthela Yomhlaba Wonke yama-37 ye-IGLTA, isethelwe i- Ihhotela Midtown, E-Atlanta, 8-11 Septhemba.
Umpetha wesikhathi eside we-LGBTQ + wezokuvakasha uMat Skallerud uzothola i-Hanns Ebensten Hall of Fame Award, eqanjwe endodeni ethathwa njengoyise wezokuhamba kwezitabane, futhi nodumo lwayo olunikezwa unyaka nonyaka kwilungu elihlukile le-IGLTA. USkallerud, umongameli wePink Media, waziwa kakhulu futhi uyahlonishwa ngomsebenzi wakhe ongakhathali kuzo zombili izimboni zezokuvakasha nezokumaketha, futhi ungomunye wochwepheshe abaphambili emhlabeni kwezokukhangisa kwezokuvakasha ze-LGBTQ +. Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20, iSkallerud isize izinkampani zabo bonke osayizi ukuthi zifinyelele kubasebenzisi be-LGBTQ + online futhi manje seyigxile ekuqedeni izinto ezintsha emhlabeni wonke ekuthengeni izikhangiso okuhleliwe, ukuxhumana nabantu kanye nobuchwepheshe beWeb 2.0. Owayengusihlalo webhodi le-IGLTA, uyinsizwa ejwayelekile emihlanganweni Yonyaka Yomhlaba, njengoba esenze izinkulumo eziningi zokumaketha ezinkundleni zokuxhumana kwababekhona. Ubuye futhi wenza umcimbi wokuqala wokuxhumana nabezindaba ngaphakathi komhlangano we-IGLTA ngo-2008 eLas Vegas.
Inganekwane kwezokuvakasha kanye nozakwabo oshisekayo we-LGBTQ +, u-Annette Kishon-Pines uzothola i-Ally Award yokuqala ye-IGLTA. Le Nhlonipho inikezwa umuntu ngamunye, ibhizinisi noma inhlangano okuthi, nakuba ingeyona i-LGBTQ +, ikhombise ukuzibophezela kwesikhathi eside ekuqhakambiseni ukuhamba okubandakanya, okusiza ukuthuthukisa ulwazi lwabahambi be-LGBTQ + emhlabeni wonke. IKishon-Pines ichithe cishe amashumi amane eminyaka eqenjini elihamba phambili lokunethezeka laseBelmond, isebenza njengomphathi wayo wezokusebenza bese kuba ngumqondisi wayo wezentengiso zomhlaba wonke eMelika. Ngo-2015 waqoka umqondisi wokuqala ozinikele we-LGBTQ yokuthengisa kwe-LGBTQ, kwathi ngemuva konyaka wabhekela ukwakhiwa kweBhodi Yokweluleka ye-LGBTQ, eyokuqala yalolu hlobo embonini. Kuyo yonke iminyaka yakhe eseBelmond, iKishon-Pines yanikela ngemininingwane eminingi kubantu abaningi Ukuhamba kwe-LGBTQ + abahleli, izinhlangano ezilwela amalungelo abantu kanye nezinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi, ezisebenza njengesibani sobudlelwano embonini yezokuvakasha yomhlaba wonke.
I-Atlanta Black Pride Weekend — omunye wemigubho emikhulu kunayo yonke yokuziqhenya kwabamnyama emhlabeni — izokwamukela i-IGLTA's 2021 Pathfinder Award, ezokwethulwa kumuntu ngamunye, ibhizinisi, noma inhlangano eyenza umthelela omuhle kakhulu lapho beya khona, futhi ikhombisa izinga eliphakeme kakhulu lemfudumalo nokwamukela izihambi Umphakathi we-LGBTQ +. Ubucwebe balo mcimbi yi-Pure Heat Community Festival engenzi nzuzo, enikezela umcimbi wokwamukela mahhala ngaphandle ogcwele umculo, ezokuzijabulisa, ukudla nobumnandi, okuhlose ukukhuthaza ukuxhumana, ukuhlinzeka ngezibonelo ezinhle, ukunika amandla bonke abantu, nokuphikisana nokucwaswa ngaphakathi i-LGBTQ + nemiphakathi ehlangene. IGLTA isekela iPure Heat Community Festival kulo nyaka, ngokuhlangana nomhlangano wayo.
Ingqungquthela Yomhlaba Wonke Yama-37 Yonyaka ye-IGLTA yenzeka ngomhlaka 8-11 Septhemba, nonyaka kwenzeka okokuqala e-Atlanta, eGeorgia.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Atlanta Black Pride Weekend—one of the world's largest Black Pride celebrations—will receive IGLTA's 2021 Pathfinder Award, presented to an individual, business, or organization making a significant positive impact on their destination, and demonstrating the highest standard of warmth and hospitality to the LGBTQ+ community.
- Longtime champion of LGBTQ+ tourism Matt Skallerud will receive the Hanns Ebensten Hall of Fame Award, named from the man widely considered the father of gay travel, and whose namesake honor is bestowed each year to an exceptional IGLTA member.
- Skallerud, the president of Pink Media, is widely known and revered for his tireless work in both the travel and marketing industries, and is one of the world's foremost specialists in LGBTQ+ tourism marketing.
