ATLANTA, May 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines
(NYSE: DAL), a long-time supporter of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgender (LGBT) community, celebrates Pride Month this June
as an official airline sponsor of nine Pride festivals
across the U.S. and Canada.
For several years Delta has teamed up annually with some of the
largest regional Pride events around the world. Its 2016
partnerships include the Cadillac Barbie IN Pride Parade and Circle
City IN Pride Festival in Indianapolis, LA Pride, the Nashville Pride
Equality Walk, Motor City Pride in Detroit, NYC Heritage of
Pride, Seattle PrideFest, Twin Cities Pride in Minneapolis, Utah Pride Festival in Salt
Lake City and The 519's Green Space Festival at Toronto Pride.
Delta is also the Official Airline of Atlanta Pride, the
Official Sponsor of Tokyo Rainbow Pride, the presenting sponsor of
the GLAAD Media Awards and a Platinum Sponsor of the International
Gay and Lesbian Travel Association. Additionally, Delta supports
LGBT efforts as a sponsor of GNETWORK 360 in Argentina and the
Brazilian Association for Gay Tourism.
Representatives of Delta's Employee Equality Network in each
city as well as friends, family and volunteers will don Delta gear
to march in the parades.
As part of this year's celebration, Delta is offering a special
First Class and Delta Comfort+ fare sale on flights from many
domestic airports to festival destinations in the U.S and
Canada. First Class and Delta
Comfort+ amenities include added legroom, complimentary beer, wine
and spirits and complimentary Delta Studio entertainment. For
details, terms, and applicable fees of the fare sale, visit
delta.com/flyproud.
Delta is celebrating Pride month along with its hotel partner
Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG®). SPG is offering a "Stay Proud"
promotion that includes discounts up to 15 percent, and up to 20
percent for SPG Members, on hotel stays during June, July and
August. All rooms must be booked between May
15 and June 30, and more details, including terms and
applicable fees, can be found at spg.to/stayproud.
Like Delta, Starwood prides itself on its longstanding
commitment to the LGBT community, with philanthropic partners such
as the Human Rights Campaign, corporate advocacy initiatives
promoting equal rights nationwide and LGBT-focused brand programs
and hotel events. SPG also has an official LGBT company manifest
promoting an inclusive environment where all associates, guests,
customers, partners and community members are invited, embraced,
valued and respected.
For more information on LGBT travel destinations served by
Delta, visit delta.com/prideinflight.
About Delta
Delta Air Lines serves nearly 180 million customers each year.
In 2016, Delta was named to Fortune's top 50 Most Admired Companies
in addition to being named the most admired airline for the fifth
time in six years. Additionally, Delta has ranked No.1 in the
Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for an unprecedented
five consecutive years. With an industry-leading global network,
Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 330
destinations in 61 countries on six continents. Headquartered in
Atlanta, Delta employs nearly
80,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more
than 800 aircraft. The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam
global alliance and participates in the industry's leading
transatlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia
as well as a joint venture with Virgin Atlantic. Including its
worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than
15,000 daily flights, with key hubs and markets including
Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St.
Paul, New York-JFK and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake
City, Seattle and Tokyo-Narita. Delta has invested billions of
dollars in airport facilities, global products and services, and
technology to enhance the customer experience in the air and on the
ground. Additional information is available on the Delta News Hub,
as well as delta.com, Twitter @DeltaNewsHub, Google.com/+Delta,
Facebook.com/delta and Delta's blog takingoff.delta.com.
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