Travel Insured International to Intro New Insurance Plans at 2008 IGLTA Annual Convention in Vegas

April 22, 2008 - PRLog -- East Hartford, CT - Travel Insured International, the service-focused travel insurance company, is participating as a Trade Show exhibitor in the 2008 IGLTA [International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association] Annual Convention, taking place from April 30 to May 4 in Las Vegas.

IGLTA, celebrating its 25th anniversary at the 2008 convention, is based in Fort Lauderdale, FL. It began in 1983 with 25 founding members and today represents more than 1,000 members comprised of gay, lesbian and community-friendly travel professionals.

Travel Insured is a travel industry member of IGLTA, the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) and the local Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CABO). The company will introduce its new line Worldwide Trip Protector insurance plans to attendees at the convention, including plans serving comprehensive, luxury or basic travel protection needs. Each plan offers a menu of available upgrades and options.

The IGLTA trade show is scheduled to take place on Friday afternoon, May 2, at the Flamingo Hotel & Casino and Saturday May 3, at the Las Vegas Pride Festival.
Travel Insured will be represented by the company’s Director of National Accounts Kevin Herlihy and Travel Insured Marketing Projects Manager Jennifer Tracz.

Travel Insured maintains a page on its web site dedicated to the interests of the gay, lesbian and community-friendly travel industry that can be visited by both travel sellers and consumer travelers at www.travelinsured.com/rainbow .

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Travel Insured International, in E.Hartford, CT, was founded in 1993 by insurance executive Peter Gehris when he acquired the travel protection division of the Travelers Insurance Company.  Travel Insured delivers comprehensive primary protection benefits ranging from trip cancellation and trip interruption to emergency assistance and medical evacuation, default and bankruptcy, accident and sickness medical expense, accidental death and dismemberment, missed connection and baggage delay or loss.