Njengoba i-Miami Dade County iqhubeka nokuqashelwa njengenye yezindawo ezihamba phambili emhlabeni, i-Greater Miami LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce (MDGLCC) yethule Uhlelo Lokugunyazwa Kwezitifiketi Ze-Pink Flamingo Hospitality, iqinisa umlayezo wayo wokuthi i-Miami-Dade njengendawo iyindawo ephephile futhi eyamukelekayo. indawo ye LGBTQ + izivakashi.
I-Pink Flamingo Hospitality Certification Programme ihlanganisa ukuqeqeshwa mayelana nobunikazi bobulili kanye nokuthambekela kwezocansi kochwepheshe benkonzo yokwamukela izihambi, ukubahlinzeka ngamathuluzi okusabela ngendlela efanele kubo bonke abantu, into ebalulekile yokwakha indawo lapho zonke izivakashi zamukelekile. Lolu hlelo luxhaswe yi-Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, i-Miami Beach Visitor & Convention Authority, i-Confidante Miami Beach kanye ne-Carillon Miami Wellness Resort. Ozakwethu abengeziwe bamaqhinga bahlanganisa i-Greater Miami kanye ne-Beach Hotel Association kanye ne-Miami-Dade County.
"Inhloso yalolu hlelo ukwazisa izivakashi zethu ze-LGBTQ+ ukuthi i-Miami-Dade County iyindawo ebandakanya abantu abaningi ngempela," kusho uSteve Adkins, umongameli wenhlangano. I-MDGLCC. "Naphezu kwezinkulumo zezepolitiki eziphuma eTallahassee, indawo yethu yezwe ibilokhu ihola indlela ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi ukulingana akulona nje igama, kuyindlela yokuphila kubahlali nezivakashi ngokufanayo."
Esikhathini esiyizinyanga eziyi-12, izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-1.65 ze-LGBTQ+ zase-US ezivela ngaphandle kwesifunda zenze umthelela wezomnotho ongu-$1.7 billion emnothweni wasendaweni wase-Miami-Dade, ngokocwaningo lwakamuva olwenziwe yi-Community Marketing & Insights (CMI).
Olwenziwa ehlobo lika-2023, ucwaningo lwe-CMI lwaqinisekisa lokho abaningi embonini yezokuvakasha asebekwazi kakade - ukuthi ezokuvakasha ze-LGBTQ+ zibalulekile emnothweni wendawo. Futhi nakuba iningi labaphendula i-CMI livuma ukuthi imithetho nezinqubomgomo zesiFunda ziyasekela i-LGBTQ+, abanikazi bamahhotela bayazi ukuthi akumele bakhulume nje kuphela, kodwa futhi bahambe uhambo ukuze baqinise lowo mlayezo.
“Sesivele sinezinqubomgomo zokuqinisekisa ukuthi izivakashi zethu zithola ulwazi olusezingeni eliphezulu,” kusho u-Amy Johnson, umphathi jikelele weConfidante Miami Beach, iHyatt Hotel. “Kodwa-ke, uma kubhekwa ukwehlukahlukana komphakathi wethu, izivakashi zethu kanye nozakwethu, sijabule kakhulu ukunikeza ukuqeqeshwa kwe-Pink Flamingo kubasebenzi bethu ngesiNgisi, iSpanishi nesiCreole.”
Kwenziwe kutholakale ngaphansi kohlelo “ikhithi yamathuluzi” yemikhiqizo, iziphakamiso kanye nezinqubo ezingcono kakhulu indawo ngayinye engaqasha kalula futhi ngendlela eyongayo. I-Pink Flamingo Certification ivulekele amalungu e-MDGLCC anezinqubomgomo ze-HR ezinikeza izinzuzo ezilinganayo kubasebenzi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bathambekele kuphi kwezocansi noma ubunikazi bobulili. Uma isiqinisekisiwe, indawo izokwazi ukubonisa ilogo ye-Pink Flamingo futhi izoba nohlu lwayo lwemibhalo kuwebhusayithi enikelwe kuzo zonke izinto ze-LGBTQ+ e-Miami-Dade County.
Ngombono ovela ezinhlanganweni ezihlukahlukene kanye neKomidi Lokungenisa Izihambi le-MDGLCC eliholwa ngokubambisana ngu-Amy Johnson kanye no-Frank Bustamante, ukuqeqeshwa kwehora eli-1-1/2 kwathuthukiswa ngu-Diego Tomasino, umqeqeshi ophethe onguchwepheshe kwezokuhlukahluka kwezamabhizinisi nomsunguli we-CoachMap. Phakathi nesonto lokuqala lokwethulwa kwe-Pink Flamingo Initiative, amahhotela angu-30 asebhalisile, futhi u-Diego okwamanje uqeqesha abanye ukuba baqhube izikhathi ukuze bahlangabezane nesidingo esiqhubekayo.
