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3 CONTENTS 17 17 VOLUME 25, ISSUE 11, 2018 4 Publisher's Message 5 Calendar of Events 6 In The News 8 Hotel Happenings 10 Newsmakers 12 Katrina's Corner 13 TPOC News Briefs 26 Caribbean Corner 28 Cruise News 30 From The Motherland 32 Louisiana 34 Ohio 37 Fort Worth 38 Northern California 39 Trinidad & Tobago 40 Tennessee 16 16 B M & T November/December 2018 www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com BL ACK MEETING & TOURISM COVER STORY FEATURES DEPARTMENT AREA GUIDES On Monday, January 8, 2018, H.R. 1242, the "400 Years of African-American History Commission Act," which estab- lishes a group of select individuals to oversee and coordi- nate events and activities commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of 20 enslaved Africans brought with European settlers to Jamestown, Virginia in 1619, was officially signed into law. Continuing The 400 Year Journey: Where Our Travels Take Us (Following the NEW Green Book) takes a look back on the history of people of African descent in this country, making it clear that we are not strangers to travel. By Gloria and Solomon Herbert 24 24 14 14 Destination DC Announces Record 22.8 Million Visitors To The Nation's Capital In 2017 And Previews New Advertising Campaign. Elliott L. Ferguson, II, president and CEO of Destination DC, con- firmed the banner year for DC's tourism industry at the organization's annual Marketing Outlook Meeting held at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium with city leaders, stake- holders and local tourism and hospitality businesses. With today's mobile and global workforce, it can be diffi- cult to connect with team members. A group can be at the home office while one team member is at the airport, anoth- er in the field office and still another at a trade show, yet somehow, all need to work together as easily across distance as they would in the same room. Boundary-breaking new technology by Stay Well Meetings, launched at MGM Grand, makes coming together simpler for everyone.. Read the whole story in Now New Collaborative Technology Is Actualized At MGM. By Victoria Head Monument Dedicated to Adam Clyton Powell Jr. Photo Credit: PoPmedia Group Cincinnati Region's Tourism Industry Supports Record Number Of Jobs In 2017 reports Travel and tourism generated $5.3 billion in economic impact to local communities in the Cincinnati region, and supported more than 80,000 hospitality industry jobs, according to a new report commissioned by the Cincinnati USA Convention & Visitors Bureau, meetNKY and the Cincinnati USA Regional Tourism Network.