The I-International LGBTQ + Travel Association (IGLTA) imemezele namuhla ukuthi ihlela ukuletha uhlelo lwama-37 lomhlangano wayo womhlaba wonke e-W Atlanta-Midtown, 8-11 September 2021. Lokhu kungokokuqala ngqa ukuba umcimbi omkhulu wenhlangano wezemfundo nokuxhumana ubanjelwe enhloko-dolobha yaseGeorgia nokuvela kwawo okokuqala. endaweni yehhotela i-W.
Ukusuka kude nezinsuku zayo zendabuko zika-Ephreli/Meyi kufike njengoba i-IGLTA iphinda ihlaziya umhlangano wayo ngalesi sikhathi sokwehla kobhubhane.
"Sibheke ngabomvu ukuqalisa kabusha umhlangano wethu nokudala amathuba okuxhumana abalulekile omphakathi wethu womhlaba wonke we-LGBTQ+ amabhizinisi ezokuvakasha amukelayo," kusho uMongameli/i-CEO ye-IGLTA uJohn Tanzella. “Sizoyiqapha ngeso lokhozi izinkombandlela zokuhamba nezamabhizinisi ukuze siqinisekise ukubuya okuphephile, futhi ukuhambisa umcimbi ngoSepthemba kusinika isikhathi esengeziwe sokuzilungiselela.
“Ngokuncoma kwebhodi lethu kanye nokuphendula izicelo zobulungu bethu, sihlela ukugcina i-IGLTA Global Convention ngasekupheleni kwekota yesithathu noma ekuqaleni kwesine iqhubekela phambili. Ukushintsha kwesizini kuzodala ukungqubuzana okumbalwa neminye imicimbi yemboni. "
Indawo yeMakethe yoMthengi/Umphakeli eqhutshwa i-IGLTA izobanjwa ngosuku lokuqala, ibeke inkundla yezinsuku ezine zebhizinisi. Umcimbi wokuvula ebusuku uzoba se-Georgia Aquarium emangalisayo, esebenzisanayo, exhasa lo mcimbi. I-Voyage, umqoqi wezimali we-IGLTA Foundation waminyaka yonke oba phakathi nomhlangano, izoyisa ingqikithi yohambo kwelinye izinga ngokuhlelwa ngaphansi kwamaphiko e-747 e-Delta Flight Museum, ngokuhlonishwa kwe-Delta Air Lines kanye ne-ATL Airport District CVB.
"Egameni lawo wonke umphakathi wase-Atlanta wokungenisa izihambi, sikujabulele ukusingatha i-2021 IGLTA Global Convention futhi samukele abakhona abavela emhlabeni wonke," kusho uWilliam Pate, umongameli kanye ne-CEO, i-Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau. “Naphezu kwenkathi enzima imboni yethu eqhuba ngayo, ukuhamba kunamandla futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukukhombisa ukuthi yini eyenza i-Atlanta ibe indawo enhle yabahambi be-LGBTQ+.”
Igqama ngokuhlukahlukana esifundeni, i-Atlanta isingatha umcimbi omkhulukazi we-LGBTQ+ Pride e-Southeastern United States, kanye neminye imicimbi eminingi ehanjelwe kahle ye-LGBTQ+, efana ne-Out on Film, Black Gay Pride kanye ne-Atlanta Queer Literary Festival. Indawo yaseMidtown, lapho ihhotela likhona, iqukethe ukugxiliswa kwedolobha okukhulu kwamabhizinisi e-LGBTQ+.
“Sihlonishwe ngokuba yiW Hotel yokuqala ukusingatha umhlangano we-IGLTA. Umcimbi ohambisana nomlando omude womkhiqizo wethu wokufakwa kwe-LGBTQ+,” kusho u-Fabrizio Calvo Poli, Umphathi Jikelele, W Atlanta-Midtown. “Sibheke ngabomvu ukwamukela ochwepheshe bezokuvakasha abavela emhlabeni wonke endaweni yethu, emaphakathi nesifunda sase-Atlanta LGBTQ+ futhi ekhombisa ukuhlukahluka kwedolobha.”
Umhlangano uzozuza ekusekelweni kozakwethu abathathu besikhathi eside be-IGLTA: I-Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau ibilokhu i-IGLTA Global Partner kusukela ngo-2013, i-Delta Air Lines, enekomkhulu e-Atlanta, ibe yi-IGLTA Global Partner kusukela ngo-2006, kanye ne-Marriott International, umzali wama-W Hotels, ube nguzakwethu we-IGLTA Global kusukela ngo-2015.
