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#ILoveGay Today CVB Videos


Peter Gamez, CEO of Visit Oakland
We chat about Peter's history in the travel & hospitality industry, including when we first met when he was an executive at Joie de Vivre hotels, an LGBTQ-friendly hotel chain based in San Francisco. ...
  
Todd O'Leary: Sonoma County Tourism
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Todd O'Leary, VP, Marketing and Communications at Sonoma County Tourism. Known for decades in the LGBTQ+ community as a holiday getaway in Guerneville and the Russian Riv...
  
Justin Barnette - South Africa Tourism
Join us as we record #ILoveGay Today Live at the #IGLTA2021 convention in Atlanta. Guest host Aaron Paiva Leyton meets up with Justin Barnette of South Africa Tourism. They chat about South Africa being reopened to international travel this year, where LGBTQ+ travelers can enjoy Cape Town, Johannesburg, wine tasting, safaris and more.
  
Christina Glynn: Visit Santa Cruz
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Christina Glynn of Visit Santa Cruz. We chat about their outreach to the LGBTQ+ traveler, focusing on some of what makes Santa Cruz unique, including redwood forest hikes...
  
Julie Stow and Aaron Murphy - Cedar Rapids Tourism
Join us as we record #ILoveGay Today Live at the Connect Thrive Summit 2021 in Las Vegas. Drop on in as we meet with Julie Stow and Aaron Murphy of Cedar Rapids Tourism. We chat about how they are bri...
  
Paul Gauger - Visit Britain
Join us as we record #ILoveGay Today Live at the #IGLTA2021 convention in Atlanta. Guest host Aaron Paiva Leyton meets up with Paul Gauger of Visit Britain. Listen in as they chat about both Visit Bri...
  
Brad Fuhr - GayDesertGuide.com / KGAY 106.5
Join us as we record #ILoveGay Today Live at the #IGLTA2021 convention in Atlanta. Drop on in as we meet with Brad Fuhr of GayDesertGuide.com in Palm Springs. We chat about his company's role in helpi...
  
Eri Kimura & Shintaro Koizumi - Osaka CVB
Join us as we record #ILoveGay Today Live at the #IGLTA2021 convention in Atlanta. Guest host Aaron Paiva Leyton meets up with Eri Kimura & Shintaro Koizumi of the Osaka CVB. They chat about some of the new initiatives Osaka has launched in promoting Osaka as an LGBTQ-friendly and welcoming destination.
  
Dan Rios - Greater Miami CVB
Join us as we record #ILoveGay Today Live at the #IGLTA2021 convention in Atlanta. Drop on in as we meet with Dan Rios, LGBTQ+ Marketing Director for the Greater Miami CVB. He has been incredibly busy...
  
Travis Currie: Discover Atlanta
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Travis Currie of Discover Atlanta, our host from last week's #IGLTA2021 convention. Travis and his team took great care of us as we started the week and the conference in...
  
Michelle Fridman: Minister of Tourism of the State of Yucatan
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Michelle Fridman, Minister of Tourism of the State of Yucatan. We chat about their most recent news, where same-sex marriage is now legal in their state. With the LGBTQ-f...
  
Rachel Covello: OUTCOAST Gay Florida Travel
#ILoveGay Today meets up again with Rachel Covello of OUTCOAST: Gay Florida Travel. We chat about her history and her work helping Florida-based tourism companies, destinations, hotels, restaurants an...
  
Michelle Windhausen & Ellie Perez: Visit Gay Long Beach & Safe Spaces Alliance
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Michelle Windhausen & Ellie Perez from Visit Gay Long Beach & Safe Spaces Alliance in Long Beach, CA. Join us as they share with us how their dedication to focusing on ex...
  
Giuseppe Giulio: Gay.it & GayFriendlyItaly.com
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Giuseppe Giulio from Gay.it & GayFriendlyItaly.com, and overall one of the top ambassadors for all things LGBTQ+ in, and travel to, Italy! We chat about how Italy is open...
  
Richard Gray: Visit Lauderdale
#ILoveGay Today meets up with Richard Gray, Sr VP of Diversity & Inclusion for Visit Lauderdale. Richard just celebrated his 25th anniversary with Visit Lauderdale, where he has headed up LGBTQ+ marke...
  
"Voices of Australia" - GALTA: Louise Terry
#ILoveGay Today presents our special edition "Voices of Australia" with a focus on LGBTQ+ travel, in partnership with GALTA [Gay & Lesbian Tourism Australia) and their site, Visit Gay Australia. Today...
  
Connect Thrive Summit: Leah Chandler - Discover Puerto Rico
#ILoveGay Today is recording live, on stage, at the Connect Thrive Summit in Orlando, Florida. Today we meet up with Leah Chandler of Discover Puerto Rico. We chat about some of their most recent init...
  
Connect Thrive Summit: Rachel Covello - Outcoast "Gay Florida Travel"
#ILoveGay Today is recording live, on stage, at the Connect Thrive Summit in Orlando, Florida. Today we meet up with Rachel Covello of Outcoast Florida, an online site that specializes in all things r...
  
Connect Thrive Summit: Sam Eddinger - Visit Florida
#ILoveGay Today is recording live, on stage, at the Connect Thrive Summit in Orlando, Florida. Today we meet up with Sam Eddinger of Visit Florida. We chat about some of their history in the LGBTQ+ tr...
  
Paul Gauger: Visit Britain
#ILoveGay Today catches up with Paul Gauger of Visit Britain, where we chat about both Visit Britain's history in the LGBTQ+ travel marketplace, as well as some of their more recent #LoveIsGreatBritain campaigns and the work they've done with LGBTQ+ travel influencers in getting the word out.
  
Gustavo Rivas-Solis: ENroute Communications
#ILoveGay Today is all about travel to Mexico... today we catch up with Gustavo Rivas-Solis, who has spent a good part of his career helping to put Mexico on the LGBTQ+ travel destination map. He's st...