I-International LGBTQ+ Travel Association (IGLTA) izokwethula i-Hanns Ebensten Hall of Fame Award ku-George Neary, ummeli wesikhathi eside we-LGBTQ+ ezokuvakasha, phakathi neNgqungquthela Yonyaka Yama-36 Yomhlaba Wonke eNew York City (24-27 April). Iminyaka engu-20, u-Neary ugxile ekuthuthukiseni ezokuvakasha zamasiko, amagugu kanye ne-LGBTQ+ ngendima yakhe njengePhini Likamongameli Wezokuvakasha Kwamasiko we-Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Lo mklomelo uhlonipha uchwepheshe wezokuvakasha ovela ebulungwini benhlangano emazweni angaphezu kuka-80 obonise ukuzibophezela isikhathi eside ekwenzeni umhlaba ube indawo eyamukelekayo kakhudlwana kubahambi be-LGBTQ+. U-Hanns Ebensten, igama lalo mklomelo, uthathwa kakhulu njengoyise wohambo lwe-LGBTQ+, njengoba ehlele uhambo lokuqala lweqembu lezitabane ngo-1973.
“Siziqhenya kakhulu ngokuhlonipha uGeorge, ongagcinanga nje ngokuba yingqwele kwezokuvakasha eMiami, kodwa futhi ube umngani omkhulu nomsekeli wethu esisebenza kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke,” kusho uSihlalo weBhodi le-IGLTA uJuan Julià. , umsunguli nomongameli we-Axel Hotels ezinze e-Barcelona. “Ngisho 'esethatha umhlalaphansi,' uyaqhubeka nokwabelana ngobungcweti bakhe nezivakashi ezivakashela e-Miami ngokuvakasha okwenziwe ngokwezifiso ezibonisa ukuhlukahluka kwedolobha, umlando kanye nomphakathi we-LGBTQ+ onemibalabala. Imboni yethu inenhlanhla yokuba naye.”
Ngemva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi ku-GMCVB ngonyaka odlule, u-Neary wethula i-Tours 'R' Us, esebenzisa ulwazi lwakhe olubanzi lwe-Miami ukuhola i-LGBTQ+, ukuvakasha kweqembu lezobuciko namasiko edolobheni lakubo. Njengamanje usebenza ku-The Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council kanye neKomidi Lokuzigqaja LaseMiami Beach futhi uyilungu lebhodi elisungula iGreater Miami Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.
“Ngizizwa ngihloniphekile futhi ngithobekile ngokuqokelwa lo mklomelo weHall of Fame!” Kusho uNeary. “Ngikhumbula u-Hanns Ebensten nendlela akhangisa ngayo kumagazini i-After Dark ngezinhlelo zakhe zokuhamba futhi wayefisa ukuya e-Egypt nezinye izindawo ezingavamile. Ubeyingqalabutho kwezokuvakasha kwezitabane futhi ngijabule kakhulu ukuthola lo mklomelo oqanjwe ngokuhlonishwa kwakhe!”
Umklomelo we-Hanns Ebensten Hall of Fame uyingxenye ye-IGLTA Honours yalo nyaka, ekhethwe ibhodi yabaqondisi be-IGLTA futhi yethulwa ngokwesekwa yi-Visit Philadelphia. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe, sicela uvakashele iglta.org/convention.
I-IGLTA Annual Global Convention ibingeke ibe khona ngaphandle kokusekelwa ngomusa kwabaxhasi bethu. Izinga Lokwethula - I-NYC & Inkampani; Delta Air Lines; Izindawo ze-Disney ©; Izinga Elisemthethweni - I-Malta Tourism Authority; Vakashela i-Philadelphia; Izinga Lenkomfa -Vakashela eDallas; Vakashela i-St. Pete/Clearwater; Vakashela iWest Hollywood.
