Hōʻike ka noiʻi a ka LGBT Meeting Professionals Association i ka piʻi ʻana o ka hopena o ka lālā

I kēia lā, hoʻolaha ka LGBT Meeting Professionals Association (LGBT MPA) i nā hopena o ka noiʻi kūʻokoʻa e hōʻike ana i ke ʻano o ka ulu ʻana o ka hui a me kāna hopena kālā a me ka ʻoihana.

ʻO ka LGBT MPA, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ʻAukake 2016, i kēia lā he 1200 mau lālā. ʻO ka noiʻi, i alakaʻi ʻia e Dr. Eric D. Olson o ka Iowa State University's Department of Apparel, Events, & Hospitality Management a kākoʻo ʻia e ka LGBT MPA a me ka Greater Fort Lauderdale CVB, e hāʻawi i kahi kiʻi maopopo o ka moʻomeheu o ka lālā, nā makemake papahana a me hopena kālā i manaʻo ʻia.

Nā mea koʻikoʻi o ka lālā:

· Ka lōʻihi o ka manawa ma ka ʻoihana hālāwai: 34% 11-20 makahiki a ukali ʻia e 27.8% ma lalo o 10 mau makahiki.*
· ʻO nā pōmaikaʻi nui loa o ka lālā: ka pūnaewele a me ka hoʻonaʻauao

"ʻAʻole mākou i kāhāhā i ka hopena o ka noiʻi e pili ana i ko mākou lālā a me nā noi hoʻomohala ʻoihana. ʻO ka ʻupena a me ka hoʻonaʻauao nā mea nui i kā mākou misionari a ʻelua kumu i hoʻomaka ai mākou i ka hui, "wahi a Dave Jefferys, ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka LGBT MPA. "ʻO ka mea kupanaha ka hopena kālā o kā mākou lālā."

Hoʻokahi hapakolu o nā lālā o LGBT MPA i hoʻolālā i nā hanana 6-10 a ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 2 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Eia hou, he kanakolukumamālima pakeneka o nā lālā i lilo ma waena o $100,000 a me $500,000 i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Lawe ʻia ma ke ʻano he awelika, hoʻolilo nā lālā o ka LGBT MPA 1200 ma kahi o $250,000 no kēlā me kēia hanana e unuhi ana i kahi ʻoi aku o $300 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki.

"He mea nui ka hopena kālā. Ma muli o nā helu helu wahi ʻoihana** hiki i kēlā helu wale nō ke hiki i $690 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki, "hoʻomau ʻo Jefferys.

"Ke hoʻokokoke koke nei mākou i kahi kūlana hou o ka mana i kā mākou ʻoihana," wahi a Jim Clapes, LGBT MPA Board Chairman a me Conference & Events Manager for the Drug Policy Alliance. "Hoʻokumu ʻia kēia mana i ka mea a mākou e hana ai me kā mākou pūnaewele - kūkulu mākou i ke kaiāulu. Hoʻopili mākou i nā hui ʻē aʻe, nā ʻāpana ʻoihana like ʻole a me nā mea kūʻai aku. Hoʻopili mākou a ʻokoʻa; ʻaʻole mākou he hui kūʻokoʻa. ʻO kēia ka mea nui i ko mākou mau lālā. He mana kēia.