Ua hoʻokipa ka International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi hele ʻo Cape Town ʻo Martina Barth i kāna hui honua i kēia mahina. ʻO Barth, he lōʻihi kona ʻoihana ma ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa, e lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻohui - ʻApelika Hema.
Ua hana ʻo IGLTA i ka mōʻaukala me kāna hui ʻo Cape Town ma 2016, ka hālāwai kūkā mua LGBTQ ma ka ʻāina ʻApelika. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hana a Barth i mea e pili pono ai me ka poʻe i komo i kēlā hanana kūleʻa a hoʻonui i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka lālā o IGLTA ma ʻApelika Hema, ka ʻāina holomua loa ma ʻApelika no nā kuleana LGBTQ. E kākoʻo ʻia ʻo ia ma kāna kuleana e ka ʻelele manawaleʻa lōʻihi o IGLTA no ʻApelika Hema, ʻo David Ryan o Rhino Africa.
"Ua hāʻawi kā mākou hui ʻāina i Cape Town i kahi manawa kupaianaha e holomua ai ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma ka huakaʻi LGBTQ," wahi a John Tanzella, Pelekikena / CEO o IGLTA. "ʻO Martina, nona nā kumu ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ikaika a ʻo ia hoʻi kekahi o kā mākou convention emcees, ʻo ia ke koho maopopo e pani iā mākou i kā mākou hoʻoikaika mau ʻana e kākoʻo i nā ʻoihana huakaʻi hoʻokipa LGBTQ ma ʻApelika Hema a hoʻomau i ka neʻe ʻana o kēlā kūkākūkā."
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Barth ma Kelemānia a ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i kahi hapa o kona wā ʻōpio ma South Carolina (US) ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o kona home ma Cape Town, kahi pahu lele ʻāina i hoʻonohonoho i ke kahua no ke ola i ka huakaʻi. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana ma nā hana hōkele, me ka maka mau i ka ʻaoʻao kūʻai aku a kūʻai aku o ka ʻoihana. Ua hana pū ʻo Barth me ka Radisson Hotel Group a me Starwood Hotels & Resorts ma mua o kāna hana i kēia manawa e kiaʻi ana i nā kūʻai kūʻai honua no nā hōkele kiʻekiʻe ma ʻApelika Hema.
"ʻOliʻoli wau e hoʻohui i ʻApelika Hema me ke kaiāulu LGBTQ ma o ka pūnaewele ākea o IGLTA," wahi a Barth. “Maikaʻi ka nui o ka ulu ʻana o nā helu mākaʻikaʻi a ʻo IGLTA ke ala kūpono. ʻO ʻApelika Hema e mālama ana i ka Annual Global Convention ma Cape Town ma 2016 ka hoʻomaka maikaʻi loa, a ke manaʻo nei au e kōkua i nā hoa huakaʻi o ʻApelika Hema e komo i kēia mākeke ulu, e hana ana i kahi pūnaewele huakaʻi LGBTQ ikaika.
