Paint the Town Red

IPW 2022 Pride Reception + Red Party

STORY AND PHOTOS BY JOHN SOTOMAYOR

The International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) held the IPW 2022 Pride Reception + Red Party on Saturday, June 4th at House of Blues Orlando as a networking event for those in the LGBTQ tourism industry. One Magic Kingdom hosted the Red Party, which included a RuPaul’s Drag Race special guest performance, electronic dance music by DJ Paulo, and a “red athletic spirit” dress code.

The IGLTA is the world’s leading network of LGBTQ-welcoming tourism businesses. They provide free resources and information for LGBTQ+ travelers including a list of global gay pride events. IGLTA’s members include LGBTQ+ and LGBTQ-friendly accommodations, destinations, service providers, Travel Advisors, tour operators, events and travel media in more than 80 countries.

1 Denise Zyuzin & Marc Graser

2 Uwerin Jong of Out There, Michael Martin & Glenn Reimer, both from US Travel Association

3 Sherri Mikus, Justice Roes & Meg Ten Eyck of EveryQueer, & Christine Diaz & Kirstie Pike of On Airplane Mode

4 Miriam Vazquez of Visit Florida & Bill Huelsman of One Magical Weekend

5 DJ JB Burgos

6 Alen Beck of Fun Travel Guide, Al Ferguson of Hotspots Magazine, Matt Skallerud of Pink Media & Ray Mack of Fun Travel Guide

7 Joey Amato of Pride Journeys & Mindi Hertzog

1 Gathering for the IPW 2022 Pride Reception

2 House of Blues staff er

3 Tom Kiely of West Hollywood Travel, Tourism Board & Nick Wyland

4 IGLTA staff

5 John Sotomayor of Embrace Magazine with Pony Charvet of Key West Tourism Council

6 Peter Hopwood of Staff Travel & Ruben Gonzalez of Magic Village

7 Nicole Keeler & Josh Kedley

8 Danielle Suarez & Liz Vinson

9 Matt Schlinz, Casey Schlinz, Victor Collazo (Volunteer Coordinator) & Kelly Heuss

10 Julie Gurley & Barbara Christ

11 Tom Kiely & Fraid Taheri, both from Visit West Hollywood

12 Joseph Emde, Caroline Christ, Lauren Christ, Matthew Glose & Chris Hightower

13 Dirk Zielinski of Cruising Reise Gmbh & Hans Gesk of Visit USA Committee, Germany

14 Sorin Dutu & Monica Bogodai

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