QueerVadis: Giovanna Ceccherini & Aalap Shah
September 2024
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Giovanna Ceccherini & Aalap Shah, where we talk about all things related to LGBTQ+ travel from an Italian focus, including a discussion on their new program, QueerVadis, an LGBTQ+ tourism certification program they've recently launched.
Join us as we chat about Queervadis, and why LGBTQ+ tourism visibility matters. We also touch on some of the work Giovanna's team...
| [LINK] https://www.queervadis.com
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Jess Drucker: Rainbow Relocation Strategies
May 2024
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Jess Drucker, founder of Rainbow Relocation Strategies based in NYC. Join us as we chat about Jess's background, ranging from a destination-focused marketer, podcaster and author, and how she's taken that experience to become an international relocation strategist & consultant with a focus on the LGBTQ+ community. Jess also has a podcast, Adventure Calls, where she in...
| [LINK] https://jessicadrucker.com
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Shiho Ikeuchi: IGLTA Convention - Osaka 2024
May 2024
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Shiho Ikeuchi, GM of the Ace Hotel in Kyoto and board member of the IGLTA. Join us as we chat about her work in shining a spotlight over the years about the vibrant LGBTQ+ community in Japan, including their recent Rainbow Pride festival in Tokyo. It was through the work of Shiho and other key LGBTQ+ leaders in Japan that have helped bring the upcoming IGLTA Conventio...
| [LINK] http://www.iglta.org
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Missy Spears: QueerKentucky.com / Bourbon & Belonging
May 2024
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Missy Spears, Executive Director of QueerKentucky.com. Join us as we chat about an event they are producing, Bourbon & Belonging: Kentucky’s Queer Bourbon Week - Oct 2-6, 2024. Hosted by Queer Kentucky, this week-long celebration will feature tastings, tours, and gatherings designed to showcase Kentucky’s rich bourbon and southern hospitality, to LGBTQ+ visitors from ...
| [LINK] https://www.bourbonandbelonging.com/
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Christopher MacLellan: Aging Gayfully & LGBTQ+ Senior Travel
May 2024
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Christopher MacLellan of Aging Gayfully, where we have a discussion on all things related to LGBTQ+ senior travel. Join us as we chat about some of the unique needs LGBTQ+ seniors have when traveling, including on-site medical care, limited mobility and a strong consideration for safety. Cruise travel is a very popular option for LGBTQ+ seniors, and allows for both mi...
| [LINK] https://www.aginggayfully.com
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Auston Matta: Two Bad Tourists
April 2024
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Auston Matta, co-founder of Two Bad Tourists based in Madrid, Spain. Join us as we chat about their work over the years, and how they have evolved from a more focused influencer/content creator world, to one that includes the worlds of marketing LGBTQ+ travel and selling LGBTQ+ travel as well. We also chat about their strengths on platforms such as Facebook, where the...
| [LINK] https://www.twobadtourists.com
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Nomadic Boys
April 2024
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Sebastien and Stefan, co-founders of the Nomadic Boys, started as a platform to record their romantic adventures, write about the different gay scenes and of course, their culinary discoveries. Join us as we chat about how they got started in 2014, and how they've grown over the years with a strong foundation in written content, photos and video, distributed across al...
| [LINK] https://nomadicboys.com/
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Meg Ten Eyck: EveryQueer & Queer Media Summit
February 2024
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Meg Ten Eyck, founder of EveryQueer & the upcoming Queer Media Summit coming to NYC Feb 9-11, 2025. Join us as we chat about Meg's 17 years in the LGBTQ+ travel, lifestyle and new media world, where she started out as a blogger and continued to grow as social media evolved during this time. We also touch on her take on the evolution of social media with respect to in...
| [LINK] https://everyqueer.com/
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Provincetown Business Guild
February 2024
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Carmen da Silva and Trevor Pittinger of the Provincetown Business Guild. Join us as we chat about the work they've done since 1978 in promoting LGBTQ+ tourism to Provincetown. They have focused on events through the years, starting with Carnival and now including a wide variety of events, usually held during their peak summer season, including Bear Week, Women's Week,...
| [LINK] https://ptown.org/
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Giuseppe Giulio
February 2024
#ILoveGay Today reconnects with Giuseppe Giulio from Milan, Italy. Join us as we chat about some of his most recent work in the LGBTQ+ tourism industry, where he both represents Gay.IT, as well as tourism organizations including IGLTA, GNetwork360, the NY Travel & Adventure Show, FITUR and more. | [LINK] https://www.gay.it/
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Kirstie Pike and Christine Diaz: She Comes With Baggage
January 2024
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Kirstie Pike and Christine Diaz from On Airplane Mode, where we chat about their new podcast, She Comes With Baggage, debuting January 22, 2024. Join us as we chat about some of their original work in creating one of the leading LGBTQ+ travel platforms in the US with their community of over 650k+ followers.
In their new podcast, they will be exploring the nuances o...
| [LINK] https://www.shecomeswithbaggagemedia.com/
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Juan Vargas: Miles Partnership
November 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Juan F. Vargas, DEI Account Director for Miles Partnership, based out of Dallas, TX. We chat first about what Miles Partnership is all about, and how their work in DEI fits in with their business model. Along with Carla Vaca Pinacho and Melissa Cherry, Juan has been quite active attending a variety of DEI-focused events over the past month (where we've crossed paths ...
| [LINK] https://www.milespartnership.com/juan-vargas
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Julio Cesar Calvo
July 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Julio Cesar Calvo, a man who has been spearheading all things LGBTQ+ in Costa Rica, and bringing their message of inclusiveness to the rest of the world. Join us as we chat about the work he's done in tourism and LGBTQ+ business, including his more recent focus on American ex-pats making the decision to move to Costa Rica. We explore some of the ins and outs of this l...
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Rachel Covello: FLOCC - Florida Out Coast Convention
July 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Rachel Covello of Out Coast Florida and the upcoming FLOCC - LGBTQ+ Florida Out Coast Convention coming to Tampa July 31 - August 3, 2023. We chat about some of the various sponsors and speakers of this unique, first-time event, as well as some of the hurdles involved in bringing an LGBTQ+ tourism convention to Florida at a time of political headwinds as they are toda...
| [LINK] https://www.flocc.lgbt
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Chad Intrachooto: Tourism Authority of Thailand
April 2023
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Chad Intrachooto of the Tourism Authority of Thailand. We chat about Chad's 15+ year history with TAT, as well as their dedication to the LGBTQ+ travel marketplace, including being a part of IGLTA, as well as working with key partners & influencers to help tell the story of #GoThaiBeFree. | [LINK] https://www.gothaibefree.com
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