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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
MARCH/APRIL 2013
March National Society of Black
Engineers Convention, Milwaukee, WI.
GRAPHIC DESIGN: POP MEDIA
David Saunders
(800) 231-0903 or www.visitmilwauGROUP
Chris J. Walker
kee.org
Robert Ingram
SALES MANAGERS
March 1-3 Mammoth Blackout
GRAPHIC ARTIST/WEBMASTER
Regina Buggs
Solomon J. Hebert II
Weekend, the West Coasts Premier
Dwight Render
ASSOCIATION NEWS EDITOR
MARKETING/EDITORIAL
Urban Ski/Snowboard Weekend,
Penelope Blair
CONSULTANT'S
Mammoth Mountain, CA. (323) 929GAMING REPORT EDITOR
Hank Harris
7660 or Travel@BlackNLA.com
Ann Brown
Andrew Ingraham
March 3-7 Healthcare Information
GREAT GROUPS EDITOR
O.J. Webb
and Management Systems Society
Sonya Stinson
OFFICE MANAGER
(HIMSS), New Orleans, LA. For more
FOCUS ON M.I.C.E. EDITOR
Dorothy Canty
information, visit www.neworleansMatthew Thomas
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
cvb.com.
MUSEUM NOTES EDITOR
Tina Le
Patricia Ann Jordan
Victoria Head
March 13-16 American Choral
RELIGIOUS REVIEW EDITOR
Paul Herbert
Directors Association 2013 Annual
Patrice Kelly
Marvaughn Howard
Conference, Dallas, TX. (405) 232TECH NEWS EDITOR
HUMAN RESOURCES
8161
William G. Herbert
Barbara Harper
March 14-16 The African
VIEW FROM THE CHAMBER
For high quality article
American International Business Forum
EDITOR
reprints of 100 or more, 2013, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Atlanta,
Michael Bennett
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
please contact
GA. For further information on this
Rebecca Bernard
Reprint Management
event, please contact Titus Olowokere
Edith Billups
Services at (717)399-1900. at (404) 227-3300 or Kingsley Okeke at
(703) 682-7724.
Coming In MAY/JUNE 2013
March 16 The Black Love Lives
Conference, Houston Hall, University
COVER STORY
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETINGS,
http://www.blacklovelives.com
INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THE SOUTH
March 20-22 Hampton University Conference on the Black Family,
FEATURES
Hampton University, Hampton, VA.
• WHO WILL BE THE NEXT BLACK
http://events.hamptonu.edu/cbf
CVB PRESIDENT/CEO?
March 27-31 National Society of
Black Engineers, Indiana Convention
• TEXAS GOLD SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Center, Indianapolis, IN. (317) 6842473 or visitIndy.com
• MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS ASSESS
March 28 6th Annual iConomy
INDUSTRY TRENDS
Expo, sponsored by LatinTRENDS,
New York, NY. www.iconomyny.com
• LOOKING FOR AN AUTHENTIC AFRICAN EXPEApril 2 NGLC Media, Marketing
RIENCE? CHECK OUT INTRIGUING ETHIOPIA
& Entertainment Conference, sponsored by New Generation Latino
• HOTELS THAT CATER TO DELEGATES
Consortium, New York, NY. www.TRAVELING WITH FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
nglc.biz
April 2-4 2013 DTC National
AREA GUIDES
Conference and Advertising Awards
ILLINOIS, COLORADO, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Dinner, sponsored by DTC PerspNEW JERSEY, MISSOURI, NORTH DAKOTA, BVI
ectives, Washington, DC. www.dtcper-
spectives.com
April 3-4 Geoscape Presents the
9th Annual New Mainstream Business
Summit, Miami, FL. http://www.cvent.com/events/new-mainstreambusiness-summit/event-summary12c460805a5c43c99ffc01549e15a2a3.aspx
April 5 The annual educational
conference for Meeting Professionals
International Southern California
Chapter (MPISCC) will be held in collaboration with the other two Southern
California Chapters – Orange County
(MPIOC) and San Diego (SDMPI),
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego,
San Diego, CA. www.mpiscc.org
April 7-10 Green Meetings
Industry Council's Sustainable Meetings Conference, McCormick Place,
Chicago, IL www.sustainablemeetingsconferenced.com
April 8-9 2nd Annual HELP
Conference, Seaport Boston Hotel,
Boston, MA. www.HELPconference.com
April 9-13 Hispanicize 2013, presented by Hispanic Public Relations
Association (HPRA) and the Public
Relations Society of America (PRSA),
Miami, FL. www.Hispanicize.com
April 9-10, NAHP (National
Association of Hispanic Publications)
Media & Legislative Summit, Washington, DC. www.nahp.org
April 9-11 The Multicultural
Forum on Workplace Diversity, presented by University of St. Thomas,
Minneapolis, MN. http://www.stthomas.edu/mcf/default.html
April 11-12
Central State
University's Ninth Black Diaspora
Conference, Central State University,
Wilberforce, OH. ashuler@centralstate.edu
April 12 Annual Gay & Lesbian
Marketing Conference, sponsored by
Community Marketing, Inc., New York,
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