PinkPavillions Targets Gay Market
JANUARY 11, 2006. PinkPavilions.com is being launched to list privately owned gay friendly vacation rentals worldwide.
PinkPavilions.com objective is to provide gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender travelers with free access to friendly vacation rentals all over the world, through an online experience, in a Web site tailored to deliver a rewarding user experience - without annoying, distracting and irrelevant external advertising links, pop ups or banners.
Through PinkPavilions.com user friendly tools, gay and lesbian travelers seeking a vacation home rental can easily search, find, compare and book vacation homes, condos, private villas, guest houses and independently owned inns around the world.
Each vacation rental listing contains photos, description, amenities, availability calendar and owner's contact information. PinkPavilions.com is solely dedicated to connecting GLBT travelers with friendly rental property owners worldwide.
PinkPavilions.com is a lesbian owned and operated business and its founders are intimately aware of sensitive issues facing GLBT travelers: "PinkPavilions.com was born in response to a popular vacation rental web site refusing to allow openly gay ads promoting their properties on their web site", said Michele Durst, web application developer and co-founder of PinkPavilions.com.
Durst and partner Liz Spadaro teamed up with Mediamix Design & Publishing Inc. - a lesbian owned web development company - to create a full-fledged gay friendly, community oriented travel web site. PinkPavilions.com welcomes all GLBT friendly vacation rental owners - regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
Vacation rental property owners can advertise their properties to a select, and highly profitable consumer market year-round for a low annual fee, and take advantage of the founders' extensive experience in web development, branding and Internet marketing.
The gay and lesbian consumer is increasingly loyal to businesses that support the GLBT community.
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