News release:
PlanetOut Inc. (Nasdaq: LGBTD), the leading media and entertainment company exclusively focused on the gay and lesbian market, has joined as a media sponsor, presenter and exhibitor at the South Florida Travel Expo scheduled for November 17-18, 2007 at the Fort Lauderdale Convention Center.
Based in San Francisco, PlanetOut offers advertisers access to one of the most extensive multi-channel networks within the LGBT community. PlanetOut's digital media brands include Gay.com, PlanetOut.com, Advocate.com, Out.com, OutTraveler.com and HIVPlusMag.com. PlanetOut print media brands include The Advocate, Out and The Out Traveler.
In addition to PlanetOut’s sponsorship of the South Florida Travel Expo, Ed Salvato, editor-in-chief of The Out Traveler and corporate director of travel media for PlanetOut Inc., is scheduled to present a workshop for consumers on Saturday, November 17, 2007. “Gay Travel: Hot new destinations, events, tours, and cruises” will be presented jointly by Salvato and other top journalists. The one-hour panel starts at 1:30 p.m. and will cover the latest on cruises and land tours for gay travelers, as well as gay hot spots.
“It’s exciting and an honor to participate in the inaugural South Florida Travel Expo,” Salvato said. “My fellow presenters and I look forward to sharing some perspectives learned from many years in the gay and lesbian travel market.”
As a media partner, PlanetOut believes it can help drive its extensive audiences to the South Florida Travel Expo. The gay travel and cruise industry has grown tremendously over the past ten years and during that time PlanetOut’s digital and print brands have focused on many aspects of gay travel. Today, the company’s Web sites feature a vast array of global activities and destinations catering to gay and lesbian travelers.
Showcasing travel destinations from around the world, the South Florida Travel Expo will highlight both cultural exhibits and vacation activities. A diverse set of travel experts, representing every segment of the travel industry, will offer detailed information on trips to every region of the world.
In addition to the many travel related exhibits, the South Florida Travel Expo will feature Destination Pavilions showcasing both overseas and domestic destinations and tourism boards. Vacation Experience Areas will offer a taste of traveling to various destinations around the world, including culinary tasting and cooking demonstrations, luxury spa treatments, and activities such as golfing, diving and kayaking pools, along with original and indigenous music and dance from diverse cultures.
The show is open to the public on Saturday, November 17 and Sunday, November 18. Exhibitors will offer special travel packages and pricing to travelers who book trips at the show. Also on Saturday, November 17th, the American Society of Travel Agents, South Florida Chapter, is holding its annual technical conference, which is open exclusively to travel agents and professionals from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
For more information, please contact MSE Management at 877-604-2867 or visit www.southfloridatravelexpo.com
About PlanetOut Inc.
PlanetOut Inc. is the leading global media and entertainment company exclusively serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
PlanetOut's digital media brands include Gay.com, PlanetOut.com, Advocate.com, Out.com, OutTraveler.com and HIVPlusMag.com. PlanetOut print media brands include The Advocate, Out, The Out Traveler and HIVPlus, as well as SpecPub, Inc. titles. Transaction services brands include e-commerce Web sites Kleptomaniac.com and BuyGay.com, and book publisher Alyson Publications.
PlanetOut, based in San Francisco with additional offices in New York and Los Angeles, offers Global 1000 and local advertisers access to what it believes to be the most extensive multi-channel, multi-platform network of gay and lesbian people in the world. For more information, please visit http://www.planetoutinc.com.
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