Miami Beach Launches LGBT-Friendly Hospitality Program
Miami Beach Launches LGBT-Friendly Hospitality Program
The Miami-Dade Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (MDGLCC) and the LGBT Visitor Center on Miami Beach are announcing the launch of the Pink Flamingo Hospitality Program on Sept. 28, 2011. The Pink Flamingo Hospitality Program will be conducted by MDGLCC partner, Yes Institute, the industry source for knowledge on gender and orientation.
Yes Institute will provide one-hour educational workshops for hoteliers that address fears and misinformation that lead to discrimination by using a unique discussion method designed to turn “us versus them” into just “us,” so no one is seen as an outsider.
Several Miami Beach hotels will be offering “love birds” complete gay-friendly packages that can guarantee no questions asked when guests show up for their king-bedded suite and no raised eyebrows for holding hands poolside. Any demands to make their guest feel at home will be met.
The invitation-only Pink Flamingo Hospitality Program presentation will take place on Sept. 28 with a luncheon reception hosted by the LGBT Visitor Center at the Miami Beach Cinematheque.
Representatives from the Yes Institute, Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority, the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, Greater Miami and the Beaches Hotel Association and the MDGLCC will be on hand to communicate details of the program to members of the hospitality industry. All training will be on-site and hospitality industry executives and managers must be members of the chamber to participate.
Once certified in the Pink Flamingo Hospitality Program, hoteliers will be promoted on the MDGLCC website as a recommended stay for LGBT travelers and will receive tokens that guests can redeem for a gift bag at the LGBT Visitor Center. In exchange for the gift bag, visitors are asked to fill out a brief survey about their travel opinions. With the recent surge in gay marriage, Miami Beach hoteliers understand the many benefits of certification.
