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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 MAY/JUNE 2023 COVER STORY • A CONVERSATION WITH GREG DESHIELDS FEATURES • EMERGING MARKETS TO WATCH • CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF PAUL LAWRENCE DUNBAR • GREAT GAMING ROUNDUP • MEETING AT SEA • NEW ORLEANS CELEBRATES GMID 2023 AND ITS THEME, "MEETINGS MATTER" AREA GUIDES BARBADOS, HAWAII, MARYLAND, MICHIGAN, NEW YO\RK, OREGON, SAN ANTONIO 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 JULY/AUGUST 2023 B M & T ••• May/June 2023 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com May 9-11 Caribbean Travel Marketplace 41, Barbados. chtamar- ketplace.com May 12-25 Black Naturalists Association trip to Smokey Mountains, TN. www.blackand- naked.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 9-11 2023 Black Travel Expo Atlanta, The Gathering Spot, Atlanta, GA. For more information visit https://www.blacktravelexpo.- co/event-details/atlanta2023. June 15-19 Black Naturalists Association trip to Spain. www- .blackandnaked.com July 13 Americas Lodging Investment Summit, Ritz-Carlton Atlanta, Atlanta, GA. For more infor- mation go to ALISSUMMER.com July 18 Americas Lodging Investment Summit, Hilton Boston Back Bay, Boston, MA. For more information go to ALISSUMMER- .com July 18-20 Destinations International 2023 Annual Conven- tion, Dallas, TX. For more informa- tion visit destnationsinternational- .org. July 19-21 27th Annual African American Hotel Ownership & Investment Summit & Trade Show, Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL. For more information visit -www.NABHOOD.net . July 21-23 Annual Internati- onal Multicultural & Heritage Tourism Summit & Trade Show, Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL. For more information call (954) 797-7102. July 22 Apex Awards gala, pre- sented by Black Meetings & Tourism, Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL. For more information email touris - man@aol.com. . July 26 Americas Lodging Investment Summit, Hyatt Regency SOMA, San Francisco, CA. For more information go to ALISSUM- MER.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. August 2-3 National Sales Network Annual Conference & Career Fair, Sheraton Dallas Hotel, Dallas, TX. https://www.salesnet- work.org/2023-professional-cfn/ August 6-9 Equity Through Economics, Education and Equality Leadership Con clave, sponsored by Future of Black Tourism, at Salamander Washington DC, Washington, DC. For more infor- mation visit www.futureofblack - tourism.com. August 26-September 27 Black Naturalists Association trip to Croatia. www.blackandnaked.com September 21 NCBMP 10th Annual State of Black Tourism, Washington, DC. For more infor- mation visit ncbmp.com/. 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