What Does The Travel Industry Have To Be Proud Of?
New York City is hosting WorldPride next month, an international celebration timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, which marked the beginning of the modern LGBT rights movement. The city is expecting three million visitors to join the festivities. That’s an astonishing number for those of us in the industry who remember when “gay travel” was just an oft-ignored niche. Today, the annual value of total spending by LGBT travelers is estimated to be north of $200 billion, according to Out Now Consulting. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock.com That purchasing power is set to grow even higher. A 2018 study by Kantar Consulting and Hornet showed that while 8% of baby boomers identify as LGBTQI+, a whopping 31% of Centennials, aka Generation Z, locate themselves somewhere along that spectrum. (The QI+ part…