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WELCOME!
A number of you have asked that we introduce a "Travel
Section" for the gay traveller. So this section is yours! If you have visited anywhere listed, let us know your
comments and they will be published. An establishment might not be
listed - so let us know the details!
No travel section would be complete without photographs.
So pages in this section do have photos. But we keep them small so you
won't be waiting ages for downloads!
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any additions, suggestions, reviews, corrections etc.
GENERAL TRAVEL NEWS ARCHIVE
(links to external articles were good at time of
posting)
January 9, 2010
The Guardian - UK:
The World's Best Gay Ski Weeks.
By Rupert Mellor.
More than 20 ski resorts around the world host gay festivals - here's the pick of the crop ...
December 21, 2009
On Top Magazine - USA:
Gay Cruise To Sail From Shanghai, China. Add another first for Atlantis Events. Last year, the company set sail on the
first all-gay cruise from Hong Kong to Singapore with a sold-out ship, the Azamara Quest. And soon, the West Hollywood,
Calif.-based company will bring the first all-gay cruise to mainland China – along with a special $399 round-trip airfare
from any continental U.S. or Canadian city.
October 29, 2009
Czech News - Czech Republic:
Going Gay: A Queer Guide to Prague.
It was one of Prague's most popular Wednesday
dancing spots, club Mecca. By midnight, my girlfriends and I had
finished our rounds of the bar and lounge area and, cocktails in hand,
were pushing our way through a crowd of faces and bodies half obscured
by a thick cloud of artificial fog and the rhythmic patterns of
multicolored lights.
May 7, 2009
The Age - Australia:
Paradise Goes Gay to Boost Tourism. Tahiti is
promoting itself as a gay-friendly tourist destination for the
first time, to help boost the tropical island's ailing visitor
numbers.
May 6, 2009
YNet News - Israel:
El Al Appeals to European Gays. By
Yoav
Zeitun. Israel's national airline markets
special travel packages targeting European gay community in
hopes of flooding Tel Aviv with tourists ahead of Gay and
Lesbian Pride Month in June.
March 17, 2009
SF
Gay Travel Examiner - USA:
Ireland's 'Overnight' Gay Evolution. By Ed Walsh. Brian
Finnegan recalled going into a gay bar in Dublin 16 years ago. He had to
knock on the door to get in. A man on the other side pushed a peephole
door to the side and made sure Finnegan belonged there before opening the
door to let him inside.
March 15, 2009
HIV Travel - Germany:
HIV Travel
Information. If you are HIV positive travelling to another country
is always a challenge knowing whether you need a visa, can you enter the
country, can you bring medication, can you get travel insurance and more.
An invaluable resource.
January 6, 2009
Travel Trade Gazette - UK:
Alternative Holidays Cancels Ski Event. By Kay McLellan.
Alternative Holidays, the gay-themed events organiser, has revealed that
general manager Tony Manson has left the company with immediate effect,
forcing the cancellation of its 2009 ski week.
September 29, 2008
UK Gay News - UK
Gay-Friendly
Airline Endorses the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).
American Airlines, the world’s largest airline and a
founding member of the ‘oneworld Alliance’, has written Congress a letter of
support for the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which is
currently under consideration.
September 26, 2008
Gay Wired - USA:
Travel:
Desert Spa Adventure: Los Cabos. By
Maryann Hammers and Matthew Link (OutTraveler). Pristine
desert meets turquoise sea at the southernmost tip of Mexico's Baja
California peninsula.
September 8, 2008
UK Gay News - UK
Gay Holidaymakers Find Pink Pound
‘Pinched’.
The cutting of customers’ credit limits by banks in the
UK is having an impact on holidays, the specialist gay travel company Mantrav International claims.
September 7, 2008
Fairbanks News Miner - USA:
Travel: Fairbanks Tour Guide Finds Niche in Gay, Lesbian Market.
Token straight guy Matt Hage, who works as a magazine photographer based
in Anchorage, joins a dozen guests on a week-long tour with Out in Alaska, a
guide service that specialises in adventurous trips for gay and lesbian
travellers.
August 21, 2008
Lesbian & Gay Travel
Gay Friendly Hotels in India. Talking about the Gay and Lesbian
friendly hotels in India, there are not just hotels, which warmly welcome
you with an acceptance for the same sex relations, but also there are hotels
that are owned and run by Gay and Lesbian population in India.
(Lesbian & Gay Travel is a "newish" blog site on Wordpress)
August 20, 2008
UK Gay News - UK
Gay Friendly
American Airlines Launches In-Flight Mobile Broadband Internet.
American Airlines, the first US airline to target the gay community,
chalked-up another ‘first’ today when it launched an in-flight broadband
Internet, developed by Aircell’s Gogo, facility for passengers.
June 15, 2008
Sunday Times - UK:
Travel: Star-Spotting in Palm Springs.
Stanley Stewart visits the Coachella Valley,
where the Hollywood stars often play - and enclaves like Cathedral City have
gay resorts. This article is not specifically on gay Palm Springs.
March 10, 2008
International Gay Travel Leaders Condemn Jamaica’s Anti-Gay Climate.
Condemnation of Jamaica’s climate of fear, hatred and hostility towards all
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people has come today from the
International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA).
March 10, 2008:
World Radio Switzerland - Switzerland:
Swiss Company Bringing 'Attitude' to Hotel Industry.
By Alex Helmick. A new Swiss company wants to become the go-to place for gay
and lesbian travelers. Attitude Hotels, based in Zurich, is a membership
organization that launched last week, offering gay and lesbian travelers
insights into hotels geared towards them around the world. (Includes link
to audio report)
March 7, 2008
Los Angeles Times - USA:
Palm Springs' Image in Book Creates Uproar.
By Scott Gold. Subtlety is not always a hallmark of Palm Springs' gay
community. But then, unlike in many towns, it doesn't have to be. As many as
half of Palm Springs' 40,000-or-so adult residents are gay; it has become,
some locals contend, the gayest city in America.
January 19, 2008
New Site for Gay and Lesbian Holidays. A new holiday booking and
travel advice website is being launched for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender community. PlanitGay.com aims to make it easy for the
lesbian and gay community to find and book gay friendly holidays.
December 24, 2007
Still Where the Boys Are. The Fort Lauderdale tourism
board, looking to soften the city’s image after a tough year, invites
Advocate associate editor Neal Broverman to experience its
sun-drenched virtues. (The Advocate, USA)
December 23, 2007
Travel: Strip Off, Lose Your Inhibitions and Bronze Your Bum at Sandy Bay.
By Biénne Huisman. If you dare to go bare for an all-over tan, Sandy
Bay in Cape Town is the place to be. The beach attracts a
varied crowd: families, couples and loners of all races, and is especially
popular with the Mother City’s gay crowd. (The Times, South Africa)
December 11, 2007
Camp Camping in the Summer Sun. By Matt Akersten.
Over 1,500 campers are expected at
Manawatu's LGBT campsite Vinegar Hill for New Years Eve 2007-8, and a huge
number of gays and lesbians will head to Uretiti Beach in Northland for some
beachside fun in the sun. (GayNZ - New Zealand)
October 31, 2007
Minimalism, Torsos and Tango: It Must be Argentina's First Luxury Gay Hotel.
By
Rory Carroll in Buenos Aires. The receptionists
are slender young men in sleek suits, the brochure features chiselled male
torsos, the rooms are soundproofed and stocked with condoms and every now
and then Judy Garland croons in the bar: welcome to Latin America's first
luxury gay hotel. (The Guardian - UK)
June 29, 2007
Worldwide
Gay Ban on Novotel, Accor Hotels Urged By Thai Group. Commentary
It was a total shock to hear yesterday, through a Reuters agency report,
that a transvestite had been refused entry to the Novotel Hotel in Bangkok.
March 20, 2007
Gay Japan
Exploring Queer Spirits. Author Masashi Harada has
published a travel guidebook with a difference on Japan with a definite
twist.
November 13, 2006
Get Your Skates On For
Alternative Holidays’ Exclusive Gay Ski Event. Alternative Holidays
have announced the eagerly-anticipated details of its 2007 Gay Ski Event.
September 26, 2006
Canadian Website Selects World’s
Best Gay Bars.
Sidetrack in Chicago, I-Candy in Los Angeles and Boom in Minneapolis are
among the top 10 gay and gay-friendly bars in the United States, according
to the GayBar.com website.
June 20, 2006:
Two Adrenalin Filled, Dance Fuelled Gay Weekends Announced.
Forget
Florida
and the ‘Gay Days’ at Disney World. The Tussauds Group, who operate Alton
Towers and Thorpe Park, has set aside days in September specifically for gay
men and women – and their friends.
April 25, 2006:
World’s First Guide to
Gay and Lesbian Life in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Which
country is home to Asia’s fastest growing openly homosexual sub-culture?
Would you believe tiny Singapore?
April 10, 2006:
Travel:
Where the Boys Are This
Summer. This year’s sensational event
takes place from September 24 to 01 October 1 in Bodrum, on Turkey’s Aegean
Coast.
March 7, 2006:
Gay
Travel Group Man Around Group on Acquisition Trail.
The Man Around Group has acquired the German travel business Ulla Kartner, it was announced yesterday. The acquisition means
that the German market is added to the Group’s activities in the UK, Italy
and Spain.
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