‘Travel To: Tomorrow’ Ep.9 - John Tanzella
‘Travel To: Tomorrow,’ a podcast on the future of travel and tourism hosted by PATA CEO Dr Mario Hardy
With a global pandemic impacting travellers and tourism businesses around the world, Travel To: Tomorrow provides a dose of imagination, insight and inspiration for navigating a path forward. In this podcast series, PATA CEO Dr Mario Hardy talks to prominent speakers, leading futurists and industry pioneers to define the emerging future of the travel and tourism industry.
Episode 9: John Tanzella
In collaboration with PATA, IGLTA, the world's leading network of LGBTQ+ welcoming tourism businesses, recently published the PATA VE Bulletin titled: Connecting with the Resilient LGBTQ+ Travel Market.
The report features results from IGLTA’s Post COVID-19 LGBTQ+ Travel Survey as well as key trends and tips to help the tourism industry reap the benefits of charting an inclusive path to recovery.
In this episode of Travel to Tomorrow, John Tanzella, President/CEO of IGLTA, talks about the evolution and the current state of LGBTQ+ community in the industry. Based on the report, he shares why LGBTQ+ is a more resilient tourism segment, its growing travel trends, and tips to attract the segment.
Conversation Markers:
1.31 - John talks about IGLTA and its missions
6.40 - The meaning of LGBTQ+
8.30 - The evolution of LGBTQ+ in the tourism industry
14.45 - Why LGBTQ+ is a more resilient tourism segment
22.06 - Tips to attract the LGBTQ+ travel community
27.37 - LGBTQ+’s growing travel trends
31.08 Tips for destinations to market to the LGBTQ+