Last year I joined the Adventure Travel Trade Association’s (ATTA) World Summit in Namibia. It was an amazing experience, and gave me fabulous ideas for a new adventure tour that we plan to offer in last 2015 or in 2016. I decided to give it another go and I signed up for the Ireland Summit […]
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At Home in a Distant Land: Puglia, May 2014
By Philip Sheldon, CEO Last winter, my staff challenged me to name the last time I went on a real vacation, rather than travel for a conference, a family visit or to research or lead an HE Travel gay tour. I couldn’t remember. So I checked our calendar of great spring and summer tours, and […]
Is Dallas a Gay Hotspot? Is Everything Bigger in “Gay Texas?” (Part 3)
By Zachary Moses This is Part 3 in a three-part series. To start at the beginning, click here for Part 1. If you missed the last segment, read Part 2. Continuing the night on the town… Our next bar stop was the Dallas Eagle, a leather and fetish bar. Soon after arriving I was chatted […]
Is Dallas a Gay Hotspot? (Part 2)
Is Everything Bigger in “Gay Texas?” This is Part 2 in a three-part series. If you missed Part 1, click here! Day 3: The Food Keeps Coming. They Should Call This the Dallas Food Tour! When the alarm went off this morning, I felt like a roulette ball was spinning around the inside of my […]
Gay Africa Tour Research: Civilized and Not So Civilized (Part 4)
This is the last in a four-part series. Click to read Part 1 OR Part 2 or Part 3. I thought they would never find everyone at the outdoor reception to take us back to our hotels. It was dark, people were drunk, and the party was clearly still going. Even though the town of Swakopmund is very small, the […]
Gay Africa Tour Research: Flying Kites, and Fire Pits (Part 3)
This is Part 3 in a four-part series. Click to read Part 1 OR Part 2. Today was the big day of the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) opening ceremony for their world summit in Swakopmund, Namibia. Today we were to hear a speech from Hifikepunye Pohamba, the President of Namibia, who was pleased and proud to […]