Hotel monteleone during gay pride
CHICAGO -- April 24, 2013 --As the Summer Season of Gay Event Parades and CelebrationsSwings Into High Gear, Preferred Hotel Group™ Adds Dozens of New Hotelsand Presence in Eight New Cities to its Groundbreaking Preferred Celebration Program
As LGBT communities from Austin to Amsterdam put the finishing touches on an ever-growing number of spirited summertime celebrations, Preferred Hotel Group welcomes 41 new properties to its Preferred Pride collection of TAG-approved or IGLTA-member hotels and resorts across the globe. Preferred Identity festival has also expanded its footprint for 2013 with presence in eight unused cities, including Austin (Texas, USA), Orlando (Florida, USA), Seattle (Washington, USA), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Vienna (Austria), Cape Town (South Africa), Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic), and Valletta (Malta).
“The expansion of our Preferred Pride portfolio underscores the historic strides made by the LGBT people recently,” said Rick Stiffler, Vice President of Leisure Sales for Preferred Hotel Group. “We are delighted to now offer nearly 130 gay-welcoming hotels in some of the world’s most popular destinations that LGBT travelers and their families can call place any tim
Top LGBTQ+ Hotels: Where To Stay During Pride Month
While the world celebrates LGBTQ+ Parade month, themes related to the importance of diversity and including LGBTQ+ people gain momentum. Celebrated annually in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots, during this month people establish events to spread awareness and fight prejudice and violence against the community, and work to achieve equal justice and opportunities for lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, and transgender people.
LGBTQ+ Pride month is also a time to celebrate the achievements of the community over the last decades, including the legalization of same-sex marriage.
In commemoration of LGBTQ+ Pride month, Expedia has compiled a list of their favorite LGBTQ-welcoming hotels across the world for those looking to travel for the festivities this June and beyond. According to the online travel agency, these hotels agree to enforce a zero-tolerance policy for discriminatory behavior.
See the list of Expedia‘s foremost LGBTQ-friendly hotels:
1. Hotel Palomar, Miami
Kimpton Hotel Palomar South Beach is a boutique hotel on Alton Route in South Beach. The hotel has 96 guestrooms that welcome visitors with an o
4-Star Hotel in 214 Royal Street,, New Orleans, USA
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Heated indoor pool. Famous carousel bar.
Hotel Description
Hotel Monteleone is something of an institution in Fresh Orleans. It has a famous carousel bar and it's rumoured to be the place where Truman Capote had his first and by no means last drink. Opened in 1886, it is still owned by the Monteleone family.
Located in the city's French Quarter, popular homosexual bars like Double Play are just around the corner, and the centre on Bourbon St. is just 10-15 minutes, where you'll find the The Bourbon Pub And Parade and Napoleon's Itch.
This charming hotel has a heated rooftop pool. You can dine onsite at the Criollo restaurant and guzzle at the beautiful Carousel bar, pictured above.
The rooms are decked out in a classic European manner. You can also opt for one of the l
6 historic LGBTQ sites to visit during Pride Month
Gay playwright Tennessee Williams lived in many French Quarter residences over the year, but this Dumaine Avenue townhouse is the only place he ever owned—and the last place he called home in New Orleans, according to reporting by The Times-Picayune.
Open since 1933, Café Lafitte in Exile claims to be the longest continually operating gay bar in America. Have a drink at any time (it’s uncover 24 hours a day) and then meander through the rest of the “Fruit Loop,” also known as the circuit of lgbtq+ bars concentrated on and near the intersection of Bourbon and St. Ann streets.
Curated by Wayne Phillips and housed in the historic Presbytère, Grand Illusions: The History and Artistry of Male lover Carnival in Modern Orleans is the first-ever exhibition of artifacts collected from gay krewes. Costumes, ball programs, posters, photographs, films, and more comprise the collection, which is on display through December 2020.
Gay screenwriter, novelist, and playwright Truman Capote was born in 1924 in New Orleans and lived in the Hotel Monteleone during his preliminary years. He returned frequently as an adult to refreshment at the hotel’s revolving Car