Concierge

Profiles of women in the hospitality and travel industry.

Enchanting Paradise: Camille Thomas’s Paradise in Puerto Rico

Women looking to be enchanted going into the holiday season don’t need to look any further than Puerto Rico.

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Classic Party Girl: Kathy Miller

A freshly minted 33 year old lesbian at the time, Kathy Miller, 57, was on the hunt for other professional women like herself during the early 1980s. The professional party girl for corporate and school events heard about the Dinah Shore Golf Tournament, so she made her way out to the California desert to check out the scene in Palm Springs.

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Ultimate Party Girl: Mariah Hanson

Throwing big parties was Mariah Hanson’s birthright it seems. During the past 20 years, Mariah, has brought The Dinah, the largest annual lesbian party in the world, in Palm Springs, Calif. to new heights.

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Ladies of the Night: Robin Gans and Sandy Sachs

It’s hard to imagine lesbian dance clubs without go-go dancers, hot disk jockeys spinning the latest dance mix, and large warehouse-like spaces packed with glittery women sipping the trendiest drinks and grinding the night away.

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A Girl for Every Port: GirlPorts.com

An avid worldwide traveler, Canadian Tanya Churchmuch wanted more from lesbian travel guides, but couldn’t find what she wanted.

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Playing All Day: Gina Gatta of Damron Dishes About A Girl Guide’s Work

It must be hard traveling the world to let people know where the best queer places are to go and what to see, but for Gina Gatta, president and editor-in-chief of Damron, the oldest LGBT travel guide company based in San Francisco, it’s all in a days work.

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Connie Wolf Takes Helm of Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center

by Heather Cassell Connie Wolf, the longtime former head of the Contemporary Jewish Museum, started the new year with a new job as the John and Jill Freidenrich director of Stanford University’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts. She followed the footsteps of the center’s founding director Thomas K. Seligman, who retired last year after […]

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The Perfect Moment: Dutcher Crossing

Every morning Debra Mathy wakes up and looks out her window across rows of grapevines over rolling hills sprinkled with houses.

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