TripOut Gay Travel announces 2009 award winners

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TripOut announces 2009 award winners

More than 100,000 votes were cast and the winners have been chosen in the first TripOut Gay Travel Awards. The readers picked their favorites to showcase the places the LGBTcommunity loves to visit, where and with whom they choose to spend their time and money, and which destinations and businesses do the best job of weloming LGBT visitors.

Best U.S. Destination
Winner

• New York City

Fellow Nominees

• New Orleans
• Philadelphia
• Portland, Oregon
• Provincetown
• San Francisco

Best Global Destination
Winner

• Rio de Janeiro

Fellow Nominees

• Barcelona
• Buenos Aires
• London
• Montreal
• Sydney

Best Breakout Destination
Winner

• Curacao

Fellow Nominees

• Bogota, Colombia
• Croatia
• Mumbai
• Santiago, Chile
• Shanghai

Best Gay Bar in the World
Winner

• The Abbey, Los Angeles

Fellow Nominees

• Exit, Amsterdam
• Heaven, London
• Le Drugstore, Montreal
• Sidetrack, Chicago
• The Week, Rio & Sao Paulo

Best Annual Gay Destination Event
Winner

• Madrid Pride

Fellow Nominees

• Amsterdam Pride
• Burning Man
• Dinah Shore Weekend/The Dinah
• Pride Toronto
• Sydney Mardi Gras

Best LGBT Tour Operator
Winner

• Atlantis Events

Fellow Nominees

• Alyson Adventures
• R Family Vacations
• Sweet
• Undersea Expeditions
• Zoom Vacations

Best Airline
Winner

• American Airlines

Fellow Nominees

• Delta Airlines
• JetBlue Airlines
• Qantas Airlines
• Southwest Airlines
• Virgin America Airlines

Best Hotel Chain/Collection
Winner

• W Hotels

Fellow Nominees

• Ace Hotels
• Four Seasons
• Hyatt Hotels
• Joie de Vivre Hotels
• Kimpton Hotels

Best Ultimate Luxury Hotel or Resort
Winner

• Wynn Las Vegas

Fellow Nominees

• Fountainebleau Resort, Miami
• Four Seasons, Maui
• Mandarin Oriental Dhari Dhevi, Chiang Mai
• Park Hyatt Hotel, Tokyo
• Singita Lodge & Game Reserves, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Sexiest Place on Earth
Winner

• Paris, the Marais

Fellow Nominees

• Buenos Aires, the Palermo neighborhoods
• Fort Lauderdale, the beaches and bars
• Las Vegas, any hotel room
• Madrid, the Chueca neighborhood
• Mykonos, Elia Beach

Gay+ Award for Achievement in Making this World Gayer
Winner

• Richard Gray
• Richard Gray Consulting
• Fort Lauderdale, Florida

For more info: TripOut Gay Travel