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Black Meetings & Tourism August/September 2009: www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Solomon J. Herbert ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/ EDITOR Gloria Herbert GRAPHIC DESIGN: POP MEDIA GROUP Robert Ingram Richard Lawson GRAPHIC ARTIST/ PRODUCTION MANAGER Solomon J. Hebert II ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Darlene Donloe ASSOCIATION NEWS EDITOR Penelope Blair GAMING REPORT EDITOR Ann Brown GREAT GROUPS EDITOR Sonya Stinson FOCUS ON M.I.C.E. EDITOR Matthew Thomas MUSEUM NOTES EDITOR Patricia Ann Jordan RELIGIOUS REVIEW EDITOR Patrice Kelly TECH NEWS EDITOR William G. Herbert VIEW FROM THE CHAMBER EDITOR Michael Bennett CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Rebecca Bernard Edith Billups Helen Broadus Victoria Head Roy Jay Cheray O'Neal David Saunders Ronnie Sykes Chris J. Walker STAFF WRITER Norman Mayers SALES MANAGERS Regina Buggs MARKETING/EDITORIAL CONSULTANT'S Deborah Edmondson Royal Hill, Jr. Andrew Ingraham O.J. Webb OFFICE MANAGER Dorothy Canty ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES Tina Le Victoria Head Pamela Thomas HUMAN RESOURCES Barbara Harper For high quality article reprints of 100 or more, please contact Reprint Management Services at (717)399-1900. July 27-August 2 The National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women's Cubs, Inc. 74th National Convention, Buffalo, NY. (202) 483-4206 July 29-August 1 National Urban League Annual Conference, McCor- mick Place, Chicago, IL. (212) 558- 5300 July 29-August 1 2009 Annual International Council on Hotel, Rest- aurant and Institutional Education (ICHRIE) Conference, Hyatt Regency San Francisco at Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA. Telephone: (804) 346-4800 FAX: (804) 346-5009 Email: webmaster@chrie.org July 29-August 2 Commemorate Emancipation in Trinidad & Tobago African Heritage Festival, Trinidad & Tobago. (868) 628-5008 or www.panafricaanfestival.org July 31-August 2 National Book Club Conference, Atlanta, GA. (404) 539- 7769 July 31-August 9 National Professionals Network NPN Leadership Summit at Sea, M\Bermuda. (301) 984-9713 August Women of Faith Grand New Day Conference Tour, Tampa Bay, FL. www.WomenofFaith.com August 1-4 Miss Black USA Pageant, Washington, DC. www.missblackusa.org August 1-9 National Bar Association 84th Convention, San Diego, CA. (202) 842-3900 August 2-7 The VII Cine Fest Petrobras Brasil, NYC. (646) 827-9333 or www.brazilianfilmfestival.com August 3-8 North Carolina Black Repertory Company National Black Theater Festival, Winston-Salem, NC. (336) 723-2266 August 4-9 Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. 79th Grand Chapter Meeting, Washington, DC. (215) 228-7184 August 4-12 Golf, Spa, Shop and Surf Caribbean Escape 2009, Westin St. John, St. John, USVI. For more information please contact: Brenda Darcel Harris, Harris Meeting Management Associates at harrismeetingmgt@com- cast.net or (916) 792-2437. August 5-8 National Black Data Processing Associates Technology Conference, Career Fair & Tech Expo, Raleigh, NC. (301) 322-3434 August 5-8 The Organization of Black Airline Pilots, Inc. Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA. (800) 538-6227 August 5-8 The African-American Credit Union Coalition's Annual Conference, Harrah's Las Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas, NV. (866) 782-2282 or www.aacuc.org August 5-8 The Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival, Martha's Vineyard, MA. (774) 563-8752 or www.mvaaff.com August 5-9 NCBI Leadership for Diversity Institute, Hunt Valley, MD. (202) 785-9400, or http://ncbi.org August 5-9 Black Flight Attendants of America, Inc. 35th National Convention, Atlanta, GA. (888) 682-2322 August 5-9 National Association of Black Journalists 34th Annual CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sponsored by Visit Florida august/sePteMBer 2009 Black Meetings & tourisM The Authority on African-American Conventions & Leisure Travel 5 COMING IN OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2009 COVER STORY AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETING, INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THE NORTHEAST FEATURES • MOST INFLUENTIAL AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE HOSPITALITY/TRAVEL INDUSTRY • WHAT MUST YOU DO WHEN BEING THE BEST AND THE BRIGTEST IS NOT ENOUGH? • BOUTIQUE HOTELS FOR THAT UNIQUE MEETING EXPERIENCE • 25 LARGEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONVENTIONS • ANNUAL CONVENTION/CONFERENCE CENTER REVIEW AREA GUIDES IOWA, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, TENNESSEE, UTAH, OKLAHOMA, COSTA RICA, FORT WORTH, MANITOBA, SASKATCHEWAN, CARIBBEAN REGIONAL