Axel Hotel is First Gay Hotel in Buenos Aires

Latin America gets first five-star hotel for gays (AFP): "With more than 12 million people, cosmopolitan Buenos Aires has gradually become more and more gay-friendly, with bars, restaurants, guest houses and now a five-star hotel meant for them. Buenos Aires leapt to the forefront of Latin American capital cities when civil unions for same-sex couples were legalized in 2002."

Now, the Axel Hotel, in the San Telmo district, welcomes the "300,000 gay visitors a year who spend 600 million dollars in the city, according to industry figures."

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