{"id":137424,"date":"2025-01-16T11:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahloventures.com\/?p=137424"},"modified":"2025-01-15T22:20:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T20:20:35","slug":"tahlo-ventures-was-awarded-for-pioneering-lgbtq-tourism-at-travel-fair-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahloventures.com\/en\/tahlo-ventures-was-awarded-for-pioneering-lgbtq-tourism-at-travel-fair-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Tahlo Ventures was awarded for pioneering LGBTQ+ tourism at Travel Fair 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medina Helsinki Communications Oy, the founder of the We Speak Gay community, is presenting seven tourism operators with the We Speak Gay Trailblazer Awards for their work in promoting LGBTQ+ inclusivity and LGBTQ+ tourism in Finland. In addition to Tahlo Ventures, Visit Tampere was also awarded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe most important criterion in selecting the pioneers to be awarded has been open-minded, bold and visible year-round LGBTQ+ inclusive communication, which is essential in attracting LGBTQ+ customers,\u201d says Hannu Medina, founder of Medina Helsinki Communications Oy and We Speak Gay Community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the first time in Finland that tourism operators have been awarded for LGBTQ+ inclusive communication and LGBTQ+ friendliness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We now want to reward companies and travel destinations that have acted as bold examples and pioneers for others both locally and nationally.\u201d Medina continues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johanna Tahlo, the entrepreneur of Tahlo Ventures, says that the company has invested in rainbow communication since its foundation. The recognition received now warms the heart, especially because the work is not always easy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe&#8217;re a family business, so bringing family values into the accommodation and experience industry came naturally to us. Communicating about LGBTQ+ values generates a lot of discussion, and we&#8217;ve had to clear the path not only on social media but also in our local community and in many personal encounters.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0We&#8217;ll continue along this path in the future as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAt Tahlo, everyone is treated as their unique self, and no one is looked down upon. We&#8217;ll aim to further develop luxury accommodation packages specifically for LGBTQ+ couples worldwide while increasing awareness of Tahlo Ventures as a safe destination for the LGBTQ+ community. Our plans also include retreats tailored to this target group, and we are constantly looking for international partners.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medina Helsinki Communications Oy, the founder of the We Speak Gay community, is presenting seven tourism operators with the We Speak Gay Trailblazer Awards for their work in promoting LGBTQ+ inclusivity and LGBTQ+ tourism in Finland. In addition to Tahlo Ventures, Visit Tampere was also awarded. \u201cThe most important criterion in selecting the pioneers to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":137420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[192],"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-137424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-lgbtq-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahloventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahloventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahloventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahloventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahloventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tahloventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahloventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahloventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahloventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahloventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137424"},{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahloventures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=137424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}