GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE VACATION SUPPLEMENT March 19, 1993

OUT & ABOUT Redefines Gay Travel Publications

OUT & ABOUT is the first gay travel publication to blend up-to-the minute travel information with highly objective reporting. It is published monthly, so it contains the most current information possible; and it has no advertising, so it is free form the bias of other gay travel publications.

Each issue of OUT & ABOUT contains several feature articles, covering well-known gay locations, up-and-coming destinations, and other topics of interest to gay travelers.

Each issue also contains: City Briefs: profiling major and minor metropolitan areas and those hotels, restaurants, clubs, gyms and sights which are marketed directly to, or have a special appeal to, the gay market. Bed & Breakfast reviews, savings tips, gay travel O & A, culinary and literary columns and business and last-minute travel information. "For years, gay travelers have had to rely on listings which are often out of date or focused on sex only," says publisher David Alport. "Who among

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many gay travelers want to eat at a city's best or most interesting restaurants, or to stay at its most discriminating hotels. As long as these places welcome us with open arms, we want our readers to know about them," says editor Billy Kolber.

OUR & ABOUT has hired writers and travel professional throughout the U.S. and abroad to gather information. Each is armed with strict guidelines on what passes for quality and what should be passed over.

"Our primary objective," says Kolber, "is to be the advance team' for out readers--the friend who just got back, if you will. Goal number one is to steer readers to the best gay and gayfriendly places in town. But we won't hesitate to steer them away from the not-so-great either."

OUT & ABOUT has made a calculated, if risky, decision to accept no advertising. But this will allow it to report on travel without the need to appeal to the relatively small universe of gay travel advertisers.

"Though we certainly miss the advertising revenue, not having it gives us the freedom to report to our readers honestly and to produce the best travel editorial out there. we are banking on the belief that gay travelers are ready for something new, different and better," says Alport.

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people who place a high priority on their travel. Relative to the money most people spend on just one vacation, the $49/year subscription (10 issues) is a very solid investment.

In addition, the OUT & ABOUT'S Calender, a 2-page center-spread, highlights all of the upcoming events of interest to gay travelers, plus upcoming tour and cruise departures. The Calender is an invaluable tool for knowing when and where to travel.

Though OUT & ABOUT is written primarily for gay men, "easily 70% of the information is applicable to lesbians as well," according to publisher Alport. "We've gotten very positive feedback from our gay and lesbian readers, in the short time since mailing our first issue."

Both Alport and Kolber spent more than five years affiliated with American Express, the former at its corporate headquarters in New York and the latter as manager of the Amex Representative office in New Haven, CT. There are also members of the IGTA (International Gay Travel Association). And they both are avid travelers themselves. For more information or subscriptions to OUT & ABOUT (49$ for one year; $89 for two years, call 1-800-029ABOUT, or send a check to OUT & ABOUT, INC., 542 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Back issues are available.

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