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ICI•pg_3-13__BMT_pg3-58 1/22/13 1:13 AM Page 5 BLACK MEETINGS & TOURISM C a l e n d a r O f E ve n t s Sponsored by Visit Florida The Authority on African-American Conventions & Leisure Travel PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Helen Broadus Solomon J. Herbert Victoria Head ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/ Brienne Herbert EDITOR Roy Jay Gloria Herbert Cheray O'Neal November/December 2012 November 10-13 National Association of Career Travel Agents (NACTA) GRAPHIC DESIGN: POP MEDIA David Saunders 2012 Annual Convention, Club Med GROUP Chris J. Walker Sandpiper Bay, Port St. Lucia, FL. Robert Ingram SALES MANAGER November 10-15 African American GRAPHIC ARTIST/WEBMASTER Regina Buggs Solomon J. Hebert II Success Foundation, Royal Caribbean's Dwight Render ASSOCIATION NEWS EDITOR MARKETING/EDITORIAL Liberty of the Seas, departing Ft. Lauderdale, Penelope Blair CONSULTANT'S FL and visiting ports in Belize City, Belize GAMING REPORT EDITOR Hank Harris and Cozumel, MX, before returning to Ft. Ann Brown Andrew Ingraham Lauderdale. Contact Karla Irby at (954) GREAT GROUPS EDITOR O.J. Webb 525-5117 or www.karla@regencytravel.biz. Sonya Stinson OFFICE MANAGER November 14-18 State of the Black FOCUS ON M.I.C.E. EDITOR Dorothy Canty World Conference, Howard University, Matthew Thomas ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES Washington, DC. Register before MUSEUM NOTES EDITOR Tina Le Patricia Ann Jordan Victoria Head September 10th for discount registration & RELIGIOUS REVIEW EDITOR Paul Herbert hotel accommodations. Register on line at Patrice Kelly Marvaughn Howard www.ibw21.org. For further information, TECH NEWS EDITOR HUMAN RESOURCES email info@ibw21.org or call (888) 774William G. Herbert Barbara Harper 2921. VIEW FROM THE CHAMBER For high quality article November 15-17 Applied Research EDITOR reprints of 100 or more, Center's (ARC) Facing Race national conMichael Bennett CONTRIBUTING WRITERS please contact ference, Baltimore, MD. Registration availRebecca Bernard Reprint Management able at arc.org/facingrace. Edith Billups Services at (717)399-1900. November 27-29 GIBTM, the leading event for meetings, incentives and busiComing In JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012 ness travel in the GCC Region, Abu Dhabi, USE. www.gibtm.com COVER STORY December 14 Food and Diversity: WALKING CITIES Possibilities for the New Food Paradigm, New York, NY http://linkd.in/uWbOgu FEATURES 2013 • HERITAGE TOURISM NOT ONLY A STRONG DRAW DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, TBD National FFA Convention, BUT ALL YEAR LONG Louisville, KY. www.ffa.org • CVB HEADS ANNUAL REPORT TBD National Society of Black • MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS ACCESS Engineers, Indiana Convention Center, INDUSTRY TRENDS Indianapolis, IN. (317) 684-2473 or • 25 LARGEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN visitIndy.com CONVENTIONS TBD National Fraternal Order of • BEST PRACTICES FOR HOSPITALITY Police (FOP), Cincinnati, OH. (615) 399INDUSTRY DIVERSITY 0900 or www.fop.net • ARE INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS STILL A VIABLE January 4-5 150th Anniversary OPTION FOR MEETING PLANNERS Celebration of the signing of the • ANNUAL CRUISE ROUNDUP Emancipation Proclamation, presented by the Black Economic Council (BEC), AREA GUIDES Emancipation Hall, Washington, DC. For NEBRASKA, PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE, more information: (866) 856-4570 or CONNECTICUT, LOUISIANA, Info@blackeconomiccouncil.org DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, JAMAICA January 20-22 Caribbean Market- place, Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas. www.caribbeanhotelandtourism.-com February 11-13 2013 Hospitality Law Conference, Omni Houston Hotel, Houston, TX. HospitalityLawyer.com March National Society of Black Engineers Convention, Milwaukee, WI. (800) 231-0903 or www.visitmilwaukee.org March 1-3 Mammoth Blackout Weekend, the West Coasts Premier Urban Ski/Snowboard Weekend, Mammoth Mountain, CA. (323) 929-7660 or Travel@BlackNLA.com March 3-7 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), New Orleans, LA. For more information, visit www.neworleanscvb.com. March 13-16 American Choral Directors Association 2013 Annual Conference, Dallas, TX. (405) 232-8161 April 20-23 American Association of Community Colleges, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA. For more information contact Delinda Frazier at dfrazier@aacc.nche.edu. April 26, 40th Whitney M. Young Jr. Awards Dinner, JW Marriott, LA Live, Los Angeles, CA. www.laul.org May 26-31 NAFSA: Association of International Educators' 2013 Annual Conference & International Education Expo, Louisville, KY. More information on the organization and conference at www.nafsa.org. June 18-20 Americas Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings Exhibition (AIBTM) Tradeshow, Baltimore, MD. www.aibtm.com August 5-7 IAEE Midyear Meeting and ASAE Annual meeting Co-locate at Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, GA. www.asaecenter.org and www.iaee.com August 24-31 Blacks in Government Annual August National Training Conference, Los Angeles, CA. For more information contact Carol Martinez, LA Inc. Continued on page 7 B M & T ••• November/December 2012 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com 5