Travel industry rolling out the rainbow carpet
By Elaine Glusac, New York Times
Once the LGBT Memorial in New York City opens, which is expected this month, its designer, the multimedia artist Anthony Goicolea, plans to offer personal tours of the site in Hudson River Park through Airbnb’s Experience tours, exploring its composition of nine stones, some bisected by prismatic glass that radiate the colors of the LGBT flag.
“I’ll go over aspects of it that are not readily visible,” said Goicolea, including the fact that is it oriented toward the Statue of Liberty in a salute to equal justice.
This month is Pride month, a celebration of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities, and a time when the travel industry rolls out the rainbow carpet in special hotel and travel-related packages.