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July 9 ALIS Summer Update, Embassy Suites LAX North, Los Angeles, CA. For more information visit www.burba.com/ALLSSum- merUpdate July 9-10 Multicultural Women's National Conference, Working Mother Media, New York, NY. https://www.working-moth- er.com/confernce July 11 ALIS Summer Update, Hiltons at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL. For more information visit www.burba.com/ALLSSum- merUpdate July 23 ALIS Summer Update, Conrad Washington, DC, Washing- ton, DC. For more information visit w w w . b u r b a . c o m / A L L S S u m - merUpdate July 24 – 26 ColorComm's 6th Annual Conference, Color- Comm Media Group, Miami, FL http://www.colorcommconfer- ence.com July 24-26 23rd Annual International African American Hotel Ownership & Investment Summit & Trade Show, Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay Hotel, Miami, FL. For more information call (954) 7-7102 or visit www.sum - mit@NABHOOD.com. July 25 ALIS Summer Update, Boston University, Boston, MA. For more information visit www.burba.- com/ALLSSum-merUpdate July 26 The 3rd African Summit London, London, England. www.- africanleadership.co.uk July 26-28 6th Annual Internat- ional Multicultural & Heritage Tourism Summit & Trade Show, Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay Hotel, Mwwwiami, FL. For more informa- tion call (954) 792-2579 or visit www.-muwww.lticulturaltourism- summit.com. Jul 27-August 3 2019 ATA National Championships, Fort Lauderdale, FL. For more informa- tion visit www.yourata.org. August 7-9 National Sales Network (NSN) Conference, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, GA. For more information visit www.salesnetwork.org/profession- al-conference/. August 7-11 NABJ 19 Conven- tion & Career Fair, JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort & Spa, Miami, FL. For more information call (301) 405-0248 or visit www.nabjconvention.com. August 9-14 NOBLE's 43rd Annual Training Conference & Exhibit, Hyatt Regency New Orleans, New Orleans, LA. www.- noblenational.org August 13 MFHA Regional Roundtable, hosed by Eat'n Park, Pittsburgh, PA. For more informa- tion visit https://mfha.net/events.\ August 16-17 The Ron Brown Business & Economic Summit, pre- sented by the California Black Chamber of Commerce, Hilton Arden West, Sacramento, CA. www.calbcc.org August 17 California Black Chamber of Commerce Founda- tion's Annual Ron Brown Business & Youth Entrepreneur Summit - Building Economic Empowerment, San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront, San Francisco, CA. For more information email CBCC@CALBCCORG or Angelice@kdeefm.org. B M & T ••• July/August 2019 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com 5 PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Solomon J. Herbert ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/ EDITOR Gloria Herbert GRAPHIC DESIGN: POP MEDIA GROUP Robert Ingram GRAPHIC ARTIST/WEBMASTER Solomon J. Hebert II FOCUS ON M.I.C.E. EDITOR Matthew Thomas RELIGIOUS REVIEW EDITOR Patrice Kelly TECH NEWS EDITOR William G. Herbert CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Rebecca Bernard Edith Billups Victoria Head Brienne Herbert Roy Jay Cheray O'Neal SALES MANAGERS Regina Buggs MARKETING/EDITORIAL Andrew Ingraham O.J. Webb OFFICE MANAGER Dorothy Canty HUMAN RESOURCES Barbara Harper For high quality article reprints of 100 or more, please contact Reprint Management Services at (717)399-1900. The Authority on African-American Conventions & Leisure Travel JULY/AUGUST 2019 B l a c k M e e t i n g s To u r i s m COVER STORY • AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETINGS INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THE MIDWEST FEATURES • EMERGING LEADERS IN MEETINGS/ HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY • MEETINGS LOVE GOLF RESORTS • BM&T'S ANNUAL CONVENTION CENTER/CONFERENCE CENTER REVIEW • AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETINGS, INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THE CARIBBEAN • KATRINA'S CORNER • FRASERNET'S POWER NETWORKING • CONFERENCE DOES IT AGAIN! THERE'S NO PARTY LIKE A MILWAUKEE PARTY AREA GUIDES ALABAMA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, USVI, PHOENIX, HOUSTON Meeting and incentive planners can keep abreast of discount offers and package deals being offered by visiting Black Meetings & Tourism's website – blackmeetingsandtourism.com – and click- ing on the "Meeting Planner Packages" link. Here you will find many cost saving and often time sensitive deals that can help you bring your meeting in on time and under budget. MEETING PLANNER PACKAGES FOR GREAT SAVINGS COMING IN: SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 continue on page 28