Marketing Tools for Tourism & Hospitality

Community Marketing, Inc. (CMI) has earned its reputation as the marketing innovator and leader for the LGBT tourism and hospitality industries. In 1992, we founded the Gay & Lesbian World Travel Expo series, and successfully produced the events in major cities across North America for 14 years before selling the division to HX Media. In 1997, Community Marketing developed “Gay Travel News,” and published it in print and online for 10 years. Now Gay Travel News is a proud part of the Instinct Magazine family.

Currently, CMI produces the annual International Conference on Gay & Lesbian Tourism (now in its 8th year), bringing together all the industry’s leaders for education and powerful networking; and take valuable training on-site with custom seminars and workshops. We publish the Gay & Lesbian Travel Industry Directory, which serves as the definitive desktop reference for travel agents, tour operators, meeting planners and the media. CMI objectively qualifies and then promotes genuinely gay-friendly hospitality through our TAG Approved® Accommodations program, founded in 1998 and with 1,000 members worldwide. We help connect LGBT meetings and events with gay-welcoming destinations through our Gay & Lesbian Convention & Visitors Bureau™ (GLCVB). And our periodic email newsletter (check "Gay and Lesbian Marketing Updates") helps gay and lesbian travelers decide where to go, how to get there, and what to do. And we can help you get your message to opt-in consumers, travel professionals and the LGBT media through our direct marketing tools, trusted for over a decade.

Over the past decade and a half, CMI’s Tourism and Hospitality Practice has supported the LGBT outreach campaigns for literally thousands of market leaders (both newcomers and long-time market veterans), including:

• American Airlines
• Hertz Rental Car
• Alaska Airlines
• Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
• Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism
• Switzerland Tourism
• Canadian Tourism Commission
• Qantas Vacations
• American Express Vacations

Please review these pages to explore how Community Marketing’s expertise can guide you through this extremely important step, and ultimately expedite your market entry (or growth, if you’re already in the market) saving you time and money.

Contact Community Marketing, Inc. for more information:
Email or call us at 415/437-3800