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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 TECH NEWS EDITOR William G. Herbert CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Darlene Donloe Sonya Stinson Rufus McKinney Armanda Herbert Cheray O'Neal SALES MANAGERS Bonnie Herbert MARKETING/EDITORIAL John Wyche OFFICE MANAGER Dorothy Canty 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 MARCH/APRIL 2023 COVER STORY • A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY INGRAHAM FEATURES • AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETINGS, INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THE SOUTH • CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF PAUL LAWRENCE DUNBAR • EMERGING MARKETS TO WATCH • TEXAS GOLD SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION AREA GUIDES ANGUILLA, CONNECTICUT, DELEWARE, NEBRASKA, ILLINOIS, COLORADO, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, NEW JERSEY, MISSOURI, BVI 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. COMING IN MAY/JUNE 2023 B M & T ••• March/April 2023 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com February 27-March 1 Media Growth Executive Summit 2023, Fort Lauderdale, FL. mediagrowth.-com March 7 Power of Purpose, Westin Washington National Harbor, National Harbor, MD. To register visit NCBMP.com. March 24-27 Black Naturalists Association trip to Dominican Republic. www.blackandnaked.com March 25 The National Black Business Association Salute to Black Women Business Conference Vendor Affair & Awards, ,Los Angeles, CA. bbala.org March 6-31 7th Black Women in Media Conference and Awards, New York, NY. www.-blackwom- eninmedia.com March 23 US Black Chambers, Inc. in partnership with AT&T 2023 Power Women's Luncheon, AT&T Forum for Technology, Wash-ing- ton, DC. programs@usblackcham- bers.org March 27-30 Catersource + Special Event, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL. For more information visit https://- catersourcethespecialevent.informa- connect.com/2023/registrations/R egistration?_mc=barter_x_x_x_x_ x _ W I P A _ 0 1 - 1 8 - 2 0 2 3 & e l q - TrackId=566C4EB0801E1E6A37F DE2BC010ABC09&elqTrack=true March 30-31 Medicaid Managed Care Summit, Embassy Suites Downtown, Nashville, TN. https://brinetwork.com/2023- medicaid-managed-care-summit/ April 11 Greater Boston Hospitality Career Fair, hosted by the Greater Boston CVB, Boston, MA. For more information and to be added to the invitation list, please contact Greg DeShields at gde- shields@tourismdiversitymatters.org April 19-23 State of the Black World Conference V, Baltimore Convention Center and the inner Harbor Hotel, Baltimore, MD. For more information visit IBW21.org . April 26-27 The Hispanic Marketing Council 2023 Annual Summit, New York, NY. For details visit hispanicmarketingcouncil.org. May 9-11 Caribbean Travel Marketplace 41, Barbados. chtamar- ketplace.com May 12-25 Black Naturalists Association trip to Smokey Mount- ains, TN. www.blackandnaked.com May 31 Exhibition & Convent- ion Executive Forum, Grand Hyatt, Washington, DC. For more infor- mation contact Sam Lippman at sam@lippmanconnects.com or (703) 979-4904. June 15-19 Black Naturalists Association trip to Spain. www.- blackandnaked.com July 26-28 ColorComm's 8th Annual Conference, ColorComm, Inc., venue and destination TBD. https://www.colorcommnetwork.c om July 26-August 1 NAACP National Convention, Boston, MA. https://naacp.org/convention July 27 Live Research Webinar: Results from the Community Marketing & Insights 17th Annual LGBTQ Community Survey, 1:30pm EDT. Request your free webinar link by emailing research- @CMI.info with your name, title and company. MEETING PLANNER PACKAGES FOR GREAT SAVINGS B l a c k M e e t i n g s To u r i s m L LC