2008 Media Placements

May

Marketing, Sales and Tourism Experts Create Sweet, New Lesbian Travel Company [172k PDF]
FinancialContent.com
05/06/08

out&aboutNew Service-oriented Lesbian Travel Company Established [192k PDF]
Out & About – Travel & Leisure
05/16/2008

Oakland Mom To Do AIDS Ride for Daughter [200k PDF]
Contra Costa Times
05/27/08

Diana Cage Show [62MB MP3]

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Audio Interview
05/08

New Lesbian Travel Company Partners with Carbonfund.org to go CarbonFree™
Sweet vacations integrate volunteer opportunities and green initiatives
[36k PDF]
CSRwire
05/28/08

New Lesbian Travel Company Partners with Carbonfund.org to go Carbon Neutral [128k PDF]
Terra Curve, terracurve.com
5/30/08

July

A Long-Term Commitment: Marketing to the LGBT community can extend far beyond the booming same-sex wedding industry in California. The key: Be sincere. [164k PDF]
Entrepreneur.com, MSNBC.com
07/25/08

FlawlesSo SWEET Never Felt So Right: Interview with SWEET CEO, Shannon Wentworth [620k PDF]
Flawles Magazine
07/28/08

Out in the Bay Radio interview [13MB MP3]

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Out in the Bay

Carnival Takes Christening Ceremony to New Depths [492k PDF]
San Francisco Chronicle
07/20/08

Lesbian Firm Offers Socially Conscious Cruise [184k PDF]
SFGate.com
07/20/08

August

A Long-Term Commitment [96k PDF]
Entrepreneur.com, smSmallBiz.com
08/04/08

Get Cruise-y with Sweet and Be Treated Like a Queen! [204k PDF]
Coach Sappho Website
08/08/08

Best Lesbian Links [324k PDF]
08/11/08

Largest Ever Lesbian Cruise To Cozumel [208k PDF]
This is Cozumel
08/19/08

New Lesbian Travel Company: Sweet [76k PDF]
About.com Lesbian Life
08/25/08

Sweet’s Maiden Voyage to Set Sail on Norwegian Spirit
Broadcast [3.8MB PDF]: KAIT, KLFY, KLKN, KLTV, KOLD, KOTA, KPAX, KPLC, KPSP, KRDO, KRIS, KRNV, KRON, KSLA, KTRE, KVBC, KVIA, KVOA, KWQC, KWWL, KLEX, WAFB, WAFF, WAVE, WBOC, WDAM, WDBJ, WECT, WFIE, WFLX, WHBF, WIS, WISH, WLBT, WLOX, WMC5, WOOD, WTVM, WTVR
Online [1.5MB PDF]: BYM Marine & Maritime News, PR Newswire, Carrentals.co.uk, eturbonews, individual.com, Inside Cruise, Leisure Group Travel, Macroworld, ntouchNews, Your Cruise Your Way
Print [832k PDF]: Banker and Tradesman, Forbes, The Houston Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Sun Herald, USA Today, Cruise Log
08/27/08

Nope, No Fabulousness Gene: Lifestyle choices make gays and lesbians trendier than heterosexuals—for now. [108k PDF]
Demo Dirt

08/29/08

September

Go MagWorkin’ It [1.7MB PDF]
Go Magazine
Sept. 2008
(online version [172k PDF])

Sweet’s Maiden Voyage to Set Sail on Norwegian Sprirt; Sweet’s Fall 2009 Western Caribbean cruise features ecotourism and voluntourism [372k PDF]
Out & About Newspaper
09/04/08

Cruise with a difference… Sweet [292k PDF]
EDGE News
Boston, Miami, Dallas
09/09/08

Lesbian Travel Company to Offer Maiden Voyage on NCL [80k PDF]
Frommer’s
09/10/08

Discover Something Sweet [90k PDF]
Getting OUT There with Rich
09/11/08

Philanthropy And Family a Sweet Combination [300k PDF]
Bay Windows Newspaper
09/17/08

MOMBIAN: Philanthropy And Family a "Sweet" Combination [588k PDF]
Windy City Times
09/17/08

Lesbian Cruises Carving Out Niche Thanks to Bay Area Firm [388k PDF]
San Francisco Examiner
9/18/08

How Sweet It Is! A New Lesbian Travel Company Offers Women the Chance to Volunteer While Vacationing [240k PDF]
Cherry Girl
09/21/08

October

curve2 2008 Media PlacementsA Sweet Affair: A new lesbian cruise line is riding the green wave [344k PDF]
Curve Magazine
October 2008

In Which Shannon Wentworth of Sweet (Lesbian travel co) Stirs up My Brain [132k PDF]
Lava Life
10/03/08

Lesbian Travel Company Plans First Cruise in 2009 [88k PDF]
Orbitz Travel Blog
10/24/08

NYTVolunteerism Voyage for Lesbian Travelers [180k PDF]
The New York Times
(online version [72k PDF])
10/26/08

How Sweet It Is: Voluntourism, Eco-Travel & Lesbians: A SheWired Exclusive with Sweet’s Founders [165k PDF]
247gay.com, gaybusinessworld.com, GayWired.com, navigaytion.com, qtmagazine.com, shewired.com
10/28/08

November

Interview with Shannon Wentworth [11.6MB MP3]

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Derek and Romaine on Sirius Radio
11/17/08

InLAMagA Sweet Way to Travel [604k PDF]
In Magazine, Los Angeles
(online version [160k PDF])
11/24/08

December

Sweet’s Maiden Voyage to Set Sail on Norwegian Spirit [608k PDF]
Multicultural Marketing News
Nov.-Dec. 2008

A Sweet Win-Win [128k PDF]
The New York Examiner
12/01/08

Carbon-free Cruising: Now That’s Sweet [352k PDF]
Care2
12/08/08

Voluntourism Interview [25.6MB MP3]

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Voluntourism.org
12/9

ozo 2008 Media PlacementsShannon Wentworth profile [220k PDF]
OzoLife
12/15/08