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LGBTQ+ Travel Association picks Puerto Rico for 2023 Global Convention
The International LGBTQ+ Travel Association will convene in San Juan, Puerto Rico for its 2023 Global Convention.
IGLTA celebrates its 40th anniversary next year and this is the first convention in the Caribbean since 1985.
“We are proud to choose Puerto Rico, a destination with diversity in its DNA,” said IGLTA Board Chair Felipe Cardenas.
Holding our signature educational and networking event there provides the great potential of making a strong, positive impact not only on their local LGBTQ+ communities, but on LGBTQ+ tourism throughout the Caribbean.”
Discover Puerto Rico began its work in the LGBTQ+ segment in parallel with the DMO’s launch in 2018.
A year later, baseline research showed 19% of LGBTQ+ travellers identified Puerto Rico as an LGBTQ+ welcoming destination.
In 2020, that number increased to 41%.
Noting education as the first step toward change, the DMO provided their teams with training around LGBTQ+ language, imagery, the market, history, and evolving Industry standards for how to make LGBTQ+ people feel more welcomed.
“Puerto Rico is honored to be selected as the host destination,” said Leah Chandler, CMO of Discover Puerto Rico.
IGLTA’s board of directors determines each year’s host city through an extensive bidding process that considers the association’s diverse membership as well as the destination’s support for LGBTQ+ tourism.
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