NEW YORK: NYC & Co., New York City's marketing, tourism, and partnership organization, launched a year-long campaign to promote LGBT travel to the city. "The Rainbow Pilgrimage" campaign commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which are often credited with starting the gay rights movement in the city.

The first phase of the campaign focused on a press conference, with the City Council's first openly gay speaker, Christine Quinn, to announce the campaign on April 7. It ...