Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett is driving future tourism investment for St. Thomas which is gearing up to become Jamaica’s newest tourist destination. In a meeting with German leisure, travel and tourism company, TUI Group, it was confirmed that the company is exploring expanding its footprints in Jamaica and is showing signs of interest to invest in St. Thomas.
ITB Berlin - LGBTQ+ Tourism Pavilion: Meeting place of the global LGBTQ+ tourism industry with big-name exhibitors and trendsetting events
04.03.2024 - 08:06 / traveldailynews.com / Theodore Koumelis / Itb Berlin
From 5 to 7 March at the LGBTQ+ Tourism Pavilion in Hall 4.1, LGBTQ+ tourism experts and interested parties can look forward to big-name exhibitors including the city of Valencia in Spain, the organiser of the Gay Games 2026, the LGBTQ+ cruise operator Vacaya, and Choose Chicago. Networking events and forward-looking lectures on the ITB segment’s own stage and at the ITB Berlin Convention round off events.
The LGBTQ+ Tourism Pavilion is one of the most important meeting places of the global LGBTQ+ tourism community and currently showcases the largest range of LGBTQ+ tourism products at any trade show. From 5 to 7 March in Hall, 4.1 LGBTQ+ tourism experts and interested parties will be gathering for insider meetings, events and press events, while ITB’s own LGBTQ+ Tourism Pavilion Stage and the ITB Berlin Convention will feature keynote speeches, interviews with experts and panel discussions. The TOMONTOUR Podcast Lounge is debuting in Hall 4.1, where during the show podcast recordings will take place with tourism experts and hotel managers featuring anecdotes from the day-to-day world of tourism. Afterwards, these will be available on all the usual streaming portals.
Big-name companies such as München Tourismus, IGLTA (International LGBTQ+ Travel Association), GNetwork Buenos Aires and TOMONTOUR are presenting a wide range of LGBTQ+ tourism products. This is the first time Choose Chicago and the LGBTQ+ Wedding Conference are taking part. This year’s official partners of the segment are Turisme Comunitat Valenciana, with Benidorm and Valencia – the latter is organising the Gay Games 2026 – along with Vacaya, a US operator of cruises and LGBTQ+ resorts.
On 5 March, day one of the show, the LGBTQ+ Media Brunch from 10 to 11.30 a.m. invites media representatives and bloggers to network with exhibitors including Choose Chicago and GnetWork Buenos Aires.
This will be followed at 11.30 a.m. by the official opening of the LGBTQ+ Tourism Pavilion, in the presence of Minister of Tourism of Comunitat Valenciana Nuria Montes de Diego, other representatives of Valencia, and Randle Roper, CEO of the US cruise operator Vacaya.
At 5 p.m., rounding off events on the Tuesday of ITB, the LGBTQ+ Networking Reception of TOMONTOUR will be taking place, the annual event featuring important actors from the global travel industry, which this year is again being sponsored by the IGLTA, Pink Pillow Berlin and Visit Brussels.
On all three days of the show the LGBTQ+ Tourism Pavilion Stage in Hall 4.1. features numerous presentations, lectures, interviews with experts and panel discussions.
On Tuesday, 5 March at 1.30 p.m., A3M Global Monitoring will present its “Travel Risk Map 2024”, a map of the world classifying travel risks
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