I-International LGBTQ+ Travel Association Foundation (IGLTAF) yokuvula i-Leadership Think Tank izohlanganisa izikhulu eziphezulu ze-LGBTQ+ zokwamukela izindawo emhlabeni wonke kwa-Google phakathi Nomhlangano Waminyaka Yonke Wama-36 Wonyaka we-IGLTA eNew York City kulo Mbasa. Ingxoxo yesimemo kuphela izogxila ekuvakasheni okunesibopho ngelensi ye-LGBTQ+ yokuvakasha yokwamukela futhi yethulwe ngosekelo oluvela ku-Miles Partnership ne-Google.
"I-IGLTA ilwela ukuqhubeka nezingxoxo ezimayelana nohambo lwe-LGBTQ+ ukuze zibonise imboni yethu ehlala ishintsha," kusho uMongameli/i-CEO ye-IGLTA uJohn Tanzella. “Siyaziqhenya ngokuthi i-IGLTAF ihlanganele le ngxoxo ebalulekile iqembu elinamandla kangaka lomakadebona bemboni abavela ezindaweni nezinhlangano ezazisa umphakathi wethu wezokuvakasha we-LGBTQ+.”
I-Leadership Think Tank, ehlelwe ngokubambisana ne-NYC & Company kanye ne-NYU's Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality, izohlanganisa abaholi abavela e-Destination Canada, e-Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board, Ezokuvakasha KwaseKapa, I-Destination DC, Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha Likazwelonke lase-Italy, Vakashela i-Dallas. , Indawo okuyiwa kuyo Niagara USA, Bermuda Tourism Authority, Discover Puerto Rico, Embratur (Brazil), Vakashela California, Milano Smart City Association, Greater Boston CVB, Destinations International, Tourism Madrid, Guam Visitors Bureau, US Travel Association, Greater Fort Lauderdale CVB, Barcelona Ezokuvakasha, Vakashela i-Salt Lake City, iThailand Tourism, kanye ne-Greater Miami CVB.
“Ukwamukela isihlalo etafuleni lobuholi phakathi nalolu chungechunge lwesimemo kuphela kubalulekile ukuze kuqinisekiswe isikhundla se-Bermuda njengendawo yokwamukela bonke abahambi, okuhlanganisa nezivakashi ze-LGBTQ+,” kusho u-Kevin Dallas, oyi-CEO ye-Bermuda Tourism Authority. “Silishayela ihlombe iqhaza le-IGLTA Foundation ekuhlanganiseni izindawo ezehlukene ukuze kuxoxwe ngezinkinga ezibucayi ezibhekene nemboni.”
Iphepha elimhlophe elivela kuseshini lizonikezwa abezindaba zezohwebo kanye nobulungu bomhlaba be-IGLTA obugxile ezihlokweni ezinhlanu:
• Ukubhekana nezinkinga zokuminyana kwendawo njengoba kuthinta i-LGBTQ + abahambi
• Ukuhlaziya umehluko phakathi kwezindawo zokuvakasha ze-LGBTQ+ nokuhlanganiswa kwezihambi ze-LGBTQ+ "ku-mainstream"
• Imikhiqizo namasevisi e-LGBTQ+ ahlukahlukene
• Ukuhlola imibono yamasiko ethinta ezokuvakasha ze-LGBTQ+
• Ukuxoxa ngezinselele ezibhekene nabanikazi bamabhizinisi be-LGBTQ+ ezindaweni abasafufusa
“Kuyilungelo ukusebenzisana ne-IGLTAF nokuba yingxenye yalo mcimbi okhethekile, ocabanga ngezinye zezinto ezibalulekile ezibheke phambili ezibhekene nezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha,” kusho uMongameli/i-CEO ye-US Travel Association uRoger Dow. "Lokhu kuzoba uhlelo oluhle kakhulu olubandakanya enye yezindlela ezibaluleke kakhulu esingazenza njengemboni: ukulindela nokuhlela izinselelo, okuzosenza sikwazi ukusimamisa amandla ethu njengenjini yezomnotho kanye nabasunguli bemisebenzi."
UDaniela Wagner, Umqondisi Wokuthuthukiswa Kwebhizinisi Leqembu, uJacobs Media Group & Umqondisi EMEA, Pacific Asia Travel Association, kanye noFred Mayo, MBA, PhD, CHE, CHT, Umsunguli, iMayo Consulting Services kanye noProfessor Wezempilo WokuPhathwa Kwezihambi kanye Nezokuvakasha, uJonathan M. Tisch. I-Center of Hospitality, i-NYU, izongamela ngokubambisana i-Leadership Think Tank.
Ingqungquthela Yonyaka Yama-36 ye-IGLTA Global ibingeke ibe khona ngaphandle kokusekelwa ngomusa kwabaxhasi bethu bomhlangano: Ileveli Yokwethula - NYC & Company, Delta Air Lines, Disney Destinations©, Italian National Tourist Board; Izinga Elisemthethweni - I-AIG Travel, Inc., i-Airbnb, i-Guam Visitors Bureau, I-Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, Ibhodi Lezokuvakasha Likazwelonke lase-Italy, I-Malta Tourism Authority, Vakashela i-Philadelphia®; Izinga Lenkomfa - Inprotur Argentina, Vakashela iBrithani, Vakashela iDallas, i-International Experience Canada/Government of Canada, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Miles Partnership, Q.Digital, Vakashela i-St. Pete/Clearwater, Vakashela i-West Hollywood.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “Accepting a seat at the leadership table during this invitation-only roundtable is important to affirm Bermuda's position as a welcoming destination to all travelers, including the LGBTQ+ visitors,” said Kevin Dallas, CEO of the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
- “It's a privilege to work with IGLTAF and to be a part of this special event, which is pondering some of the key forward-looking issues facing travel and tourism,” said U.
- The invitation-only discussion will focus on responsible tourism through the lens of LGBTQ+ welcoming travel and is presented with support from Miles Partnership and Google.
