The Rainbow Connection http://gayrainbowconnection.com Hosted Gay & Lesbian Accommodation in Alice Springs, Northern Territory Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:27:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en Tourism Industry Achiever Award http://gayrainbowconnection.com/tourism-industry-achiever-award/ http://gayrainbowconnection.com/tourism-industry-achiever-award/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:18:55 +0000 philwalcott http://gayrainbowconnection.com/?p=86 I was delighted to receive the 2008 Central Australian Tourism Industry Achiever Award at the Tourism Awards ceremony held here in Alice Springs on Friday 26th September at our fabulous Convention Centre. What an honour!! Through the conduits of The Rainbow Connection and Alice IS Wonderland, I have spent much of the past decade promoting the local region and the NT generally to national and global gay/lesbian travel markets with the proactive support of Tourism Central Australia, Tourism NT, Territory Discoveries and Tourism Australia. It’s been an absolute privilege to be associated with such a fabulous local gay & lesbian as well as mainstream community - this place is pretty easy to promote. It really IS a wonderland of great people, stunning country, old spirit and nurturing the ‘being’ in all of us. To my industry colleagues and friends my heartfelt thanks for this tremendous recognition of my efforts. To my life partner, Glenn, my loving thanks for all that you do to support my efforts, your encouragement of my development and your love. It is so special to have you as my ‘angel on Earth’ and I thank the Universe every day for you being such a special part of my life.

]]> http://gayrainbowconnection.com/tourism-industry-achiever-award/feed/ About The Rainbow Connection http://gayrainbowconnection.com/about-the-rainbow-connection/ http://gayrainbowconnection.com/about-the-rainbow-connection/#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:21:29 +0000 philwalcott http://gayrainbowconnection.com/?p=83 The Rainbow Connection was first established in April 1999 to provide designated accommodation for global and domestic gay / lesbian (LGBT communities) when they travel to explore and experience the many wonders that Central Australia holds.

The country surrounding Alice Springs specifically & Central Australia generally is magnificent in so many respects - to the point that the concept of Alice IS Wonderland was born to highlight this. We aim to provide our guests with an enduring experience that compliments their visit to our region. Alice Springs boasts a lively & vibrant LGBT community welcoming visitors that come for a few days, a week or years!! Some visitors end up staying to work for a while and ‘be’ in this fantastic place. There is plenty of work, the general community is warm and inviting, there are no traffic issues, the area is well-serviced with infrastructure and a dynamic tourism sector.

The property consists of a main home with a deluxe guest room (singles/couples) attached and an adjacent stand-alone second home that has three standard bedrooms (singles, couples, doubles or small groups). Glenn and I invite you to join us in Wonderland just whenever you can make it. Do yourselves a favour - we did!!

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