Florida gay travel equally affected by economic downturn
”The approach in the e-mails we receive now is: ‘What specials do you have?’ not ‘What are your rates?”’
Richard Gray, a hotel consultant who helped to pioneer gay travel in Broward County, Florida, on his estimate that gay travelers to Fort Lauderdale could decline some 15% and room rates off by 25%. The article mentions that Fort Lauderdale was ranked in a gay travel survey as #6, behind New York, Las Vegas, San Francisco as the top destinations. (Palm Beach Post)
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