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• AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETINGS,
INCENTIVES AND TRAVELING IN THE MIDWEST
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INCENTIVES AND TRAVELING IN THE CARIBBEAN
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COMING IN: SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018
B L A C K M E E T I N G S T O U R I S M
July 10-13 Destinations International
Annual Convention, Anaheim Conven-
tion Center, Anaheim, CA. https://des-
tinationsinternational.org/
July 11 ALIS Summer Update,
Omni Frisco Hotel, Dallas/Frisco, TX..
http://www.alisconference.com/sum-
mer-update/summer-update-registra-
tion/
July 12 ALIS Summer Update,
Marriott Perimeter Center, Atlanta, GA.
http://www.alisconference.com/sum-
mer-update/summer-update-registra-
tion/
July 12-13 2018 Multicultural
Women's National Conference, New
York, NY. https://www.workingmoth-
er.com/mcw2018
July 13 Giving Voice to Our Youth
Atlanta Metropolitan State College,
Atlanta, GA. For more information visit
http://twef.org/
July 17 ALIS Summer Update,
Googleplax, San Francisco/Mountain
View, CA. http://www.alisconference.-
com/summer-update/summer-update-
registration/
July 17-19 Spirit of Peace Con-fer-
ence, African Burial Ground National
monument, New York, NY. https://-
www.africanviews.org/av-events
July 19 ALIS Summer Update,
Revere Hotel Boston Common, Boston,
MA. http://www.alisconference.com-
/summer-update/summer-update-reg-
istration/
July 22 Black Business Expo on Tour,
Ontario Convention Airport Hotel,
Ontario, CA. (866) 493-3394 or
www.scbbe.com
July 25-27 22nd Annual
International African American
Hotel Ownership & Investment
Summit & Trade Show, presented by
(NABHOOD), Miami Marriott
Biscayne Bay Hotel, Miami, FL.
www.NABHOOD-.com
July 26-28 USBC National Con-fer-
ence, Gaylord National Resort &
Convention Center, National Harbor,
MD. http://usblackchamber.org/
July 27-29 5th Annual International
Multicultural & Heritage Tourism Sum-
mit & Trade Show, Miami Marriott
Biscayne Bay Hotel, Miami, FL. www.-
MulticulturalTourismSummit.com
July 28-August 4 ATA National
Championships, USTA National
Campus, Orlando, FL. www.american-
tennisassociation.org
August 8-10 National Sales Network
22nd Annual Conference & Career Fair,
New Orleans Marriott, New Orleans,
LA. www.salesnetwork.org
August 11-15 National Medical
Association (NMA) 2018 Annual
Convention and Scientific Assembly,
Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando, FL.
http://convention.nmanet.org/
August 23 Women's Symposium
sponsored by the California Black
Chamber of Commerce, Hilton
Irvine/Orange County Airport, Irvine,
CA. www.calbcc.org
August 23-25 Ron Brown 2018
Business & Economic Summit, present-
ed by the California Black Chamber of
Commerce, Irvine, CA. (916) 463-0178
August 25 Youth Summit sponsored
by the California Black Chamber of
Commerce, Hilton Irvine/Orange
County Airport, Irvine, CA. www.cal-
bcc.org
August 28-29 2018 Southern
Lodging Summit, Memphis Cook
Convention Center, Memphis, TN. For
more information contact Deanna Ross
at (901) 581-5618 or admin@southern-
lodgingsummit-memphis.com.
September 14-15 Association for the
Promotion of Travel to Africa (APTA)
National Forum, Oxford Hotel, Denver,
CO. www.apta.bix
