LOS ANGELES, Kaleponi - Ua ʻōwili ʻia ʻo Los Angeles i ka ʻulaʻula no nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi LGBT mai 27 mau ʻāina ma ka International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association's 32nd Annual Global Convention i mālama ʻia mai ʻApelila 8-11.
Ua hui ka hanana i nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi mai 27 mau ʻāina no ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka ʻoihana pūnaewele i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻāina o ka mākaʻikaʻi LGBT. ʻO nā mea koʻikoʻi mai ka hālāwai IGLTA me:
• He aha hoʻokipa pilikino i mālama ʻia e ka Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board ma ka Getty Center me nā hana na Leslie Jordan, Tig Notaro, a me ka Gay Men's Chorus o Los Angeles, a me ka ʻike ʻana i ke komo ʻana i ka hōʻiliʻili nani o nā kiʻi Impressionist. Me ka ʻoi aku o 600 poʻe i hele mai, ʻo ia ka hanana hui hui hui nui loa o IGLTA.
• ʻO ka Hale Keʻokeʻo i hōʻike ʻia no ka manawa mua: ʻo Aditi Hardikar liaison LGBT i lawelawe ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi o nā mea haʻiʻōlelo nui; ʻO kāna haʻiʻōlelo i hāʻawi ʻia i ka lā hoʻokahi i hōʻike hou ai ʻo Pelekikena Obama i kāna kākoʻo LGBT ma ke kāhea ʻana e hoʻopau i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻohuli kāne kāne.
• ʻOi aku ka pālua ʻana o ke komo ʻana no ka hale kūʻai kūʻai/mea kūʻai aku i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka makahiki ʻelua, e huki ana i nā mea kūʻai aku e hōʻike ana ma mua o $946 miliona i nā puke huakaʻi LGBT makahiki ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
• ʻO ka lua o ka makahiki IGLTA Foundation hōʻiliʻili kālā, mālama ʻia ma Montage Beverly Hills me ka hui pū ʻana me The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, ua hoʻonui ʻia ma mua o $14,000 - mai ka $6,000 i ka makahiki i hala.
"Ua hōʻoia maoli ʻo Los Angeles iā ia iho kekahi o nā wahi hoʻokipa LGBT nui loa ma ka honua, mai nā wahi hoʻokipa a hiki i ka media kūloko a hiki i ke kākoʻo o kā mākou LGBT huakaʻi huakaʻi ma West Hollywood Park," wahi a IGLTA Pelekikena / CEO John Tanzella. “Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā manaʻo maikaʻi no ka papahana ʻaha kūkā o kēia makahiki ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe i loko o kā mākou moʻolelo 32 makahiki. Ua hoʻonohonoho kiʻekiʻe loa ka pā i kēia manawa a ua mākaukau mākou e hālāwai i kēlā paʻakikī i ka wā e hoʻomākaukau ai no kā mākou hui mua ma ʻApelika i 2016.
ʻAʻole hiki i ka IGLTA Annual Global Convention ke ʻole ke kākoʻo lokomaikaʻi o kā mākou poʻe kākoʻo. Kākoʻo Kūleʻa Kūleʻa - Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board; Papa Hōʻikeʻike - Delta Air Lines; ʻApelika Hema i ka mākaʻikaʻi; E kipa iā West Hollywood; Papa Kūleʻa - ʻOihana Hoʻomohala a me ka ʻOihana Hoʻokele ʻo Athens; Embratur; GayCities; IBM; Keʻena mākaʻikaʻi o Sepania, Andalucía, Gran Canaria Tourist Board, a me Madrid Region Tourism Board; Mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Toronto a me Ontario Tourism; E kipa iā St. Petersburg/Clearwater; VisitBritain; Papa Kūkākūkā - City of West Hollywood; ʻO ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike a me nā malihini kipa ʻo Greater Fort Lauderdale; Frontiers Media; Kinky Boots, Ka Mele; ʻO Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority; Keena Kalepa o Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian; Nā Kūkākūkā o waho & Wahi Hana; Media Banana Pink; ʻO ka hui Hotele makemake a me Montage Beverly Hills; Silversea.
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