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Author: Dorian Grey
Since the Civil Partnership
Bill for gays and lesbians becomes law on in UK many gay
couples have decided to take the step and legalise their
relationship. And we are not talking about celebrities
but about the normal gay couples. Out Now Consulting, the
marketing agency with a team of specialised marketers with
high levels of expertise in understanding gay and lesbian
customers revealed that "a total of 274,000 couples in the
UK are expected to quickly get hitched which means that
gay honeymoons are going to be booming." In spite
of this new finding a report released at World Travel
Market, the annual business to business exhibition that
provides a unique opportunity for the whole global travel
trade industry to meet, network, negotiate and conduct
business, suggests that the travel trade is not taking
the sector seriously. World Travel Market Special Report
advises that the travel industry is failing to take the
potential of gay honeymoons - despite more than 250,000
couples expected to get married. Ian Johnson the director
of Out Now Consulting stated that in spite that "there
are nearly three million lesbians and gays in the UK
and more than half of them are in committed relationships,
the travel industry has to do much more if it is to capitalise
on the new development with new products, new targeted
marketing campaigns and more training for their staff." The
research made on 1,000 readers of Diva and Gay Times
shows that the average age of respondents was between
25-44 and the average income of £28,481 with almost
twenty per cent of them earning more than £40,000.
The description for the perfect gay honeymoon is romantic.
The Romantic atmosphere implies all places where you can
hold hands, coo at each other, and generally act like Doris
Day and Rock Hudson. The romantic accommodation doesn't
have to be a sumptuous suite (but it wouldn't hurt), but
it does have to be comfortable, airy, stylish and excitingly
different from your usual bedroom. Romantic dining could
mean a candlelight dinner at a table for two, a dining
room with a view, or a really good room service menu. The
most common locations for gay honeymoons are beach locations.
Hawaii is a honeymoon paradise, and a gay paradise, as
it came very close to allowing same-sex marriage licenses.
Hawaii has many gay-specific accommodations of the small
bed & breakfast variety and it also has many deluxe
mainstream resorts, and mixing a stay of the two varieties
offers you the best of all worlds. Not every couple is
looking for a beach holiday, and while some cities are
hard pressed to provide the kind of romance that a perfect
gay honeymoon requires many offer a perfect mix of gourmet
food, cool bars and plenty of sights, art and culture during
the day such as Florence, Rome & Venice in Italy, Barcelona
in Spain and Monte Carlo in Monaco. Plenty of Indian Ocean
destinations offer picture perfect beaches, turquoise oceans
and ooze charm and romance. Whilst couples that have got
married after a very long engagement may look to Morocco,
South Africa, or closer to home Italy, Spain and Greece
since they offer lots of diversions and activities, and
the ideal setting to rekindle romance.
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