IGLTA imasankha membala woyamba waku Asia

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association yalengeza lero kuti mtsogoleri watsopano wazokopa alendo kuti alandire nthawi yopita ku bungwe la oyang'anira ake ndi Shiho Ikeuchi, Mtsogoleri wa Overseas Wotsatsa ku Hotel Granvia Kyoto. Ikeuchi, yemwe pano akuyimira IGLTA ngati kazembe wodzipereka ku Japan, ndiye membala woyamba wa board ya ku Asia m'mbiri yazaka 33.

Kusankhidwaku kukuwonetsa kudzipereka kwa bungweli pantchito yofikira anthu aku Asia, potengera kukula kwa kontinenti kwa alendo obwera ndi otuluka a LGBT. Mu 2015, IGLTA idakhazikitsa mgwirizano ndi Pacific Asia Travel Association, idachita nawo ITB Asia ku Singapore, ndipo idachita zokambirana zingapo za LGBT zamabizinesi okopa alendo ku Japan.

Michael McDowell, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti, Cultural Tourism, Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board, ndi Chris Stanley, Director wa Corporate and Incentive Sales Account, Silversea Cruises, aliyense adasankhidwanso kwa zaka ziwiri.

Bungwe latsopanoli liyamba kugwira ntchito kumapeto kwa msonkhano wa bungwe la IGLTA lisanachitike Msonkhano Wapadziko Lonse Wapachaka wa 33 ku Cape Town, 14-16 April. Kuphatikiza pa osankhidwa atatuwa, mamembala a board obwerera ndi awa: Jody Cole, woyambitsa Wild Rainbow African Safaris; Norma Dean, Mtsogoleri, Specialty Sales, Delta Air Lines; Richard Gray, Managing Director for LGBT Market, Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau; Rika Jean-Francois, Commissioner of Corporate Social Responsibility ku ITB Berlin/LGBT gawo la ITB; Tom Jenkins, Mtsogoleri Wamkulu, European Tour Operators Association (ETOA); Juan Julia, yemwe anayambitsa Axel Hotels; Dan Melesurgo, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti, Strategic Partnerships, American Society of Association Executives (ASAE); Jon Munoz, Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa Global Diversity and Inclusion, Hilton Padziko Lonse; ndi Ed Salvato, mkonzi wamkulu wa ManAboutWorld. John Tanzella, Purezidenti wa IGLTA / CEO, ali ndi mpando wosavotera pa board.