Florianopolis welcomes IGLTA members!

Florianopolis is hosting this week the most important LGBT tourism event in the world, the IGLTA Annual Convention.

More than 250 travel & tourism professionals, from all sector of the trade, will attend the 3 days event that will include many networking and educational opportunities. Important organizations and business such as UNWTO, Google, Expedia and IBM, amongst many others will be in Floripa discussing the rapidly expanding LGBT market.

Attendees include more than 30 media outlets from the Americas & Europe that will help promote Floripa as an exciting new LGBT destination.

More information on the event: www.igltaconvention.org

More information on Gay & Lesbian Floripa

IGLTA discovers Florianopolis

Last week we co-hosted the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) bi-annual International Symposium here in Florianopolis.

This event, organised by Santa Catarina Tourist Board and the Brazilian Association of Gay & Lesbian Tourism (ABRAT-GLS), was the biggest international event for LGBT tourism ever organised in Brazil.

More than 300 people including IGLTA members from South America, USA, Canada & Australia participated. During 4 days travel agents, tour operators, local tourist boards and journalists had the opportunity to get to know some of Florianopolis attractions, join the discussions in the International LGBT Forum and network in a very busy market place.

Brazilian and international LGBT media also attended so we will add links to their articles as they come out.

Click here to read Roy Heale's comments about the trip on IGLTA's INSIDER OUT TRAVEL blog.