NEW YORK— OutTraveler.com, the brand dedicated to travelers journeying in style, has announced the launch of its redesigned Web site. The updated, user-friendly Web site gives readers quick and easy access to the best news, advice, and tips for the LGBT traveler. The new OutTraveler.com features daily editorial and photos from the world’s hottest LGBT-friendly cities, as well…
Two California men were arrested Wednesday in Dominica following police accounts that they had public gay sex – an illegal act in the Caribbean. Police say that John Robert Hart, 41, and Dennis Jay Mayer, 43, were seen having sex on the Celebrity Summit cruiseliner by someone on the ship’s dock. Police intervened and removed…
MIAMI – LAN Airlines has launched its new LGBT travel Web site dedicated specifically to gay and lesbian travelers. The airline’s new dedicated LGBT site, found at LANdiversity.com, showcases the diversity found throughout South America, and is a one-stop-shop resource for LGBT travel to South America. It includes detailed descriptions of key South American destinations…
On the heels of New York’s recent gay marriage legislation, Parkview Developers has announced plans to open the city’s first gay hotel. Aptly named The Out NYC, the hotel will feature a number of unique amenities specifically tailored for the LGBT community. The Boston Globe reports that the gay-centric hotel is set for construction on…
After a three-week campaign by prominent LGBT organizations urging Orbitz to examine several cases of anti-gay bigotry aired on Fox News, the online travel agency has decided to review its advertising policy with the news media corporation. According to a statement released today by Orbitz: “Orbitz has heard from the LGBT community about its concerns…
Concierge Travel, the Houston-based, LGBT-oriented travel company that recently announced a lesbian and gay cruise on the world’s largest cruise ship, has now launched plan for the first gay and lesbian cruise on Peru’s fabled Amazon River. The seven-night river cruise is scheduled to set sail on October 27, 2012. Guests will travel aboard the…
The International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) will hold its annual convention this week in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, playing host to attendees from amongst the group’s 2,300 members and featuring five hundred local business participants in what has been dubbed “the Super Bowl of gay travel opportunities.” Local hotelier and group member Karen Brown…
Resorts, Atlantic City’s oldest casino, has opened a new gay nightclub – the first of its kind in the local industry. Dubbed Prohibition and designed in keeping with the casino’s “Roaring 20’s” theme, the new club opened its doors with little fanfare and a last minute press release; yet according to Resorts’ LGBT marketing director…
This past February, Atlantis Events created the largest gay and lesbian cruise event to date when they chartered one of the world’s biggest cruise ships, the Allure of the Seas, for an LGBT group voyage. Now, based on the popularity of that sold out cruise, another major LGBT travel company Concierge Travel, has planned a…
Possible presidential hopeful and American tycoon Donald Trump has one of the most well-known names in the nation. Every one of his projects, from hotels and casinos to entertainment venues, bears the Trump brand: but now, having tarnished that name with gay and lesbian travelers thanks to his anti-gay political stance, Trump may pay the…
