LIST: UK TOUR OPERATORS OF LESBIAN & GAY HOLIDAYS

Amro Holidays		Amro is a gay owned travel agency specialising in hotels, resorts, accomodation, tours, cruises & sightseeing for gay & lesbian travellers.
Atlantis	0870 041 1039	Large US operator now marketing in the UK. Specialises in gay-only cruises and resorts throughout Europe, North America, Mexico & Africa.
ManTrav International	0845 643 0112	Worldwide gay holidays, especially Africa, Spain (Ibiza), Brazil, Europe & China. Most recent additions to their programme include Russia, Cambodia & Vietnam.
Thomson - Freedom Collection	0871 984 3099	Collection of gay-friendly holidays in Portugal, the Balearics, Canaries and Greece, launched in Jan 2010. Thomson have created categories of accommodation: 'Gay-Friendly', 'Gay-Exclusive', and 'Gay-Comfort' where staff have had "special training to make you feel at home". The programme also includes gay wedding packages.

Notes

• The Gay Hotel & Travel Guide is a useful directory of UK & overseas accommodation, holidays and other travel resources for gay travellers.
• Guess what gay-friendly-wedding-venues.com does. That's right. A V. useful online guide to wedding venues in the UK.
• International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) has a useful directory of companies working in the gay travel sector (but it is not comprehensive because it only lists their members. Eg only two UK tour operators).
• Aspen (Colorado, USA) holds a Gay Ski Week each year.
• Likewise, European Gay Ski Week is an annual event in the Alps.
• Gay Tours London is a tour guide service operated by four professional Blue Badge tourist guides from the gay and lesbian community.
• GaySail operate sailing holidays for the gay community (primarily gay men) in the Caribbean, Croatia, Greece and the Netherlands.
• Home Around the World is a home-swap site for gay & lesbian travellers.
• Purple Roofs is a comprehensive (American) accommodation directory for gay & lesbian travellers.