Ukuqala kwamava e-PROUD abanjwe kutsha nje eLondon (e-UK) yenze umnyhadala okhethekileyo weentsuku ezi-2 ze-b2b kunye nendlela yokuphila edibanisa ababoneleli abahambahambayo, abathengi kunye neendlela zokuphila ezijolise kuluntu lwehlabathi lwe-LGBTQ+ oluchitha minyaka le ngaphezulu kweebhiliyoni ezingama-200 zeedola ngokutsho. UNWTO.
Nangona kunjalo impembelelo entle yokhenketho lwe-LGBTQ + kunye nomsitho wamava we-PROUD, ifikelela ngaphaya kweenzuzo zoqoqosho, ikwakhanyisela ababonisi abaxhasa amalungelo e-LGBTQ+, ebonisa ukuthengisa okunamandla kunye nomfanekiso wophawu lonyamezelo kunye nentlonipho yeyantlukwano.
Ngo-2019 amava e-PROUD aya kuzisa iimpawu zokuhamba zeprimiyamu, iindawo, iimveliso kunye neenkonzo kunye nabathengi abafanelekileyo kunye neearhente ezivela e-USA, eYurophu naseLatin America. Olu hlelo lwesibini lwe-LGBTQ + ishishini lokuhamba liza kwenzeka eNew York kwi-Hotele ye-1 yaseBrooklyn Bridge, okwenzeka ngexesha elibalulekileyo kwiSixeko esingabhiyozeli kuphela i-World Pride kodwa kunye nesikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-50 yemvukelo ye-Stonewall ngo-2019.
Amava okuqala e-PROUD abonise indlela umhambi we-LGBTQ + abe yinxalenye eguquguqukayo yoshishino kunye nesithuthi esinamandla sophuhliso lweshishini kuwo wonke umboniso. Izibalo zibonisa ukuba i-akhawunti ye-Gay yokuhamba nge-10% yenkcitho yokuhamba, banquma kwiihotele ngokusekelwe kwimiba emibini ebalulekileyo; ixabiso kunye negama gay friendly. Ngokwe-avareji bathatha iihambo ezi-4-6 ngonyaka ngokuchasene ne-1-2 kwamanye amacandelo.
Izixeko ezikhethwe luluntu lweLGBTQ + njengezona zityelelwe kakhulu ziquka iNew York, iSydney, iAmsterdam, iRio de Janeiro, iBuenos Aires, iLondon, iParis, iBerlin neBarcelona.
Uphando lukwabonisa ukuba i-43% ye-40 + kunye ne-63% yamaqela amancinci akhetha ukubhukisha iiholide ezenziwe ngokufanelekileyo ngokusebenzisa i-arhente kune-intanethi, ukuxhasa amava e-PROUD Amava akhethwe ngesandla kwiprogram yomthengi enikezela ukuqeshwa okuhambelanayo kunye nababonisi.
"Amava e-PROUD aye kwaye aya kuqhubeka ebaluleke kakhulu kumanqanaba amaninzi. Akunjalo kuphela ukuba kukho ishishini elikhulu xa i-LGBTQ + ihamba, kodwa ixesha lifikile lokuba iihotele kunye neengcali zokuhamba zithathe uxanduva lwentlonipho kunye nokubaluleka ekufuneka siphathwe kwaye siqwalaselwe. Njengomntu ngamnye, oko sikwenzile ngokwethu ixesha elide kakhulu – ngoku lixesha lokuba ishishini ngokwalo liqaphele ixabiso lethu kwaye lilawule iimfuno zethu. I-PROUD yaseLondon indibonise iihotele kunye neengcali zokuhamba ezilungiselele ukuphakama kwaye zivume ihlabathi lethu - kwaye ayinguye wonke umntu oye wayizimasa i-LGBTQ + - endenza ndibe nebhongo ngakumbi. " Utshilo uTodd Cooper, uHERMES Ukuhamba eBrazil, omnye wabathengi bamazwe aphesheya abangama-65 abebezimase.
Ngokutsho kophando lwakutsha nje oluvela “UkuHamba ngoMdla,” iintsapho zamaGay ezinabantwana zikhetha iindawo ezinobuhlobo zosapho kunye neehotele kunezo zijolise kuphela kuluntu lwamaGay. Ezopolitiko kunye nokhuseleko zingundoqo umhambi gay xa ekhetha apho ukuya kwaye njengoko inani izibini gay abahambahambayo likhula, ngoko ke iibrendi kufuneka ziqwalasele indlela abazikhuthaza ngayo kwaye balawule ulindelo lundwendwe lwabo.
Ukuxhasa icandelo le-PROUD Experience ikwabonelela ngecandelo elahlukileyo leeKlasi eziPhambili ezidalwe ziingcali ezijongana nezifundo eziphambili kunye nemiba eli candelo elijongene nayo kunye nabo bonke abazimasayo kumsitho okwaziyo ukuba yinxalenye yeseshoni nganye.
“Njengoko umhlaba uvula amanani andayo kunye nokwahluka kwabahambi, ngokunjalo kuyakhula isidingo sokukhuthaza ukuqonda, ukonyusa ukwamkelwa kunye nokuqhubela phambili ukulingana. Lo msitho lithuba leshishini eliphambili njengoko uphando lubonisa abahambi abathandana nabantu abathandana nabo babekwe phakathi kwabona bantu bachitha imali eninzi kakhulu, uninzi lwabo luthanda amava odidi oluphezulu, kwaye bahamba rhoqo. " Uhlomle uSimon Mayle, uMlawuli woMsitho wamava we-PROUD.
"Impumelelo yesiqendu sokuqala ibonise indlela ishishini lokuhamba phambili elifuna ukuqhubela phambili, ke yibuyisele eNew York ngo-2019!" Yongeza uMayle.
Ukuxhasa uhlobo lwababonisi besiganeko bachaza impumelelo yabo: ULynne Narraway, MD UK & Ireland Seabourn Cruise Line, wathi: "Ndacinga ukuba umcimbi wawulungelelaniswe kakuhle, kwaye umgangatho wabathunywa wawubalaseleyo". Ngelixa uPaula McColgan, uMlawuli weNtengiso kunye neNtengiso, iNqununu yaseLondon yongeze yathi: “Sithatha intengiso yeLGBTQ+ ibalulekile kwihotele yethu apha eLondon. Ithuba lokudibana nabathengi bamanye amazwe kunye neearhente ezisebenza kweli candelo, ibiyinto yokwenyani. "
