ʻO ka uku no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ʻike a me ka ʻae ʻana i ka LGBT + Community i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi honua: ma ka Annual Global Convention, e hana ʻia mai 24 a 27 ʻApelila ma Hilton Midtown New York City, e hōʻike ʻia ka International LGBT + Travel Association (IGLTA). ITB Berlin me ka makana Vanguard.
I kēlā me kēia makahiki, me ka IGLTA Foundation (www.iglta.org/The-IGLTA-Foundation), ka hui aloha lehulehu o ka IGLTA, hāʻawi ka papa alakaʻi i ka IGLTA Honors. ʻO ka poʻe i loaʻa he poʻe, hui a hui paha i hoʻomaikaʻi i ka pilina i loko o ke kaiāulu mākaʻikaʻi a hoʻonui i ka ʻike o ka huakaʻi LGBT + a puni ka honua. Ua hoʻolauleʻa ka LGBT Travel Pavilion o ITB Berlin i kona hoʻomaka ʻana i ka makahiki 2010, a mai ia manawa ua lilo ia i kumu hoʻohālike i manaʻo nui ʻia no ka hōʻike ʻana i ka māhele huakaʻi kāne a me nā wahine male ma kahi hōʻike huakaʻi honua. Ma waho aʻe o ka wahi hōʻike nui me kona wahi hālāwai kūkā, kākoʻo i nā hanana e like me ka LGBT + Media Brunch, nā hanana pūnaewele, nā haʻi'ōlelo hoʻonaʻauao, ka LGBT + ITB Convention Seminar - mai nā makahiki 2 pū kekahi me ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi makana ITB Pioneer -, a , e like me kēia makahiki ʻo ka International LGBT + Leadership Summit, e huki i nā malihini he nui.
ʻO ka hoʻokō o ITB ua hiki ke hoʻonoho i kēia māhele ma ITB Asia ma Singapore a hoʻonohonoho i nā kula ITB International ma kēia kumuhana e like me kēia ma Malta a me Iapana.
"Haʻaheo ʻo ITB Berlin e noho i ka hana paionia ma kēia kumuhana koʻikoʻi, a ʻo ia ka mea e loaʻa i kahi makana hanohano no kāna mau hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻolaha i ka ʻike honua o LGBT + huakaʻi", wahi a Rika Jean-François, luna CSR o ITB Berlin a kuleana no keia mahele. "ʻO ka mea i hoʻomaka ma ke ʻano he mau paionia kaiāulu e hōʻike ana ma ʻaneʻi a ma ʻaneʻi a puni ʻo ITB Berlin i nā makahiki i lilo i kahua ʻike ʻia. Me kā mākou hoahele ʻo Diversity Tourism ua hana mākou i kahi hui kūʻokoʻa honua.
"Ua hiki mākou i kēia manawa ma ITB Berlin ua hana mākou i kekahi o nā LGBT+ Travel Pavilions hiki ke ola, me nā mea hōʻikeʻike a me nā poʻe e komo ana i nā kūkākūkā kūkākūkā mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua", pehea ʻo Thomas Bömkes, LGBT + consultant no Ua wehewehe ʻo ITB Berlin a me ka Luna Hoʻokele o Diversity Tourism GmbH i ka piʻi ʻana o kēia mākeke. Ua hoʻohui ʻo Rika Jean-François: "E hāʻawi kēia makana iā mākou i ka ikaika e hoʻomau i ka pale ʻana i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi LGBT + i ka hoʻokae ʻana i kēlā me kēia ʻāina o ka honua a me ka hōʻoia e hiki iā lākou, e like me nā mea huakaʻi ʻē aʻe, ke kipa aku i nā wahi i mahalo ʻia ai ka poʻe kūloko. ko lakou moe kolohe. Ua kuhikuhi ʻo Thomas Bömkes, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia ka hiki ke hoʻokele waiwai o kēia mākeke huakaʻi: "Ua hōʻike nā haʻawina ʻo ka ʻae ʻana i ka ʻokoʻa hiki ke kōkua nui i ka holomua waiwai o kahi huakaʻi."
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka mākaʻikaʻi LGBT ma ITB Berlin mai ka Nineties. Ma muli o ke kulekele CSR o ITB Berlin e hāpai ana i ka ʻokoʻa a me ka pale ʻana i nā pono kanaka i ka mākaʻikaʻi a ma muli o ka hoihoi nui i hōʻike ʻia e nā mea hōʻikeʻike a me nā malihini, ua hoʻolaha ʻia ʻo Gay & Lesbian Travel i kahi ʻāpana i kona pono ponoʻī ma ITB Berlin 2010. Openness, creativity a ʻo ka pilina olaola nā hiʻohiʻona nui o kēia māhele i lilo i mea ākea loa ma ITB Berlin. Ke haʻaheo nei ka LGBT Travel Pavilion i kēia manawa i ka hōʻike nui loa o ka honua i nā huahana no ka mākeke huakaʻi kāne a me nā lesbian o kekahi hōʻike kālepa ma ka honua.
