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B M & T ••• November/December 2024 ••• 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 ASSISTANT EDITOR Solomon J. Hebert II CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Darlene Donloe Sonya Stinson Rufus McKinney Sister Moutique Roy Jay Zyan Avraham Solomon Herbet II SALES MANAGERS Bonnie Herbert MAR KETI NG / E DITOR IAL John Wyche F or high quality article reprints of 100 or more, please contact Reprint Management Services at (717)399-1900 . T he Authority on African-American Conventions & Leisure Travel C A L E N DA R O F E V E N T S NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024 COVER STORY • A CONVERSATION WITH TRACY BERKELEY FEATURES • TAKING THE FAMILY : TRAVEL FOR BUSINESS AND PLEASURE • DO MEETINGS AT THEME PARKS REALLY WORK • BLACKS IN PR AND ADVERTISING • ARE YOU BEHIND THE CURVE IN YOUR EFFORTS TO TARGET THE ETHNIC MARKET? • GRAND VENUES FOR GREAT MEETINGS AREA GUIDES NEBRASKA, PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE, CONNECTICUT, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, JAMAICA COMING IN JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025 M E E T I N G P L A N N E R PAC K AG E S F O R G R E AT S AV I N G S B l a c k M e e t i n g s To u r i s m L LC November 6-8 Black Men Xcel 2024, presented by Black Enterprise, JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort & Spa, Miami, FL. For more information visit https://www.-black- enterprise.com/event/black-men- xcel-2024/. November 7-12 Black Naturists Association Mystery Trip. For more information visit https://tri.ps/- b8ZXD November 13, YD Leadership Institute & Multicultural Women Executive Leadership Foundation 11th Annual Scholarship & Awards Gala, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, CA. For more information contact Rosemary Bernal Gomez, at Rose- mary@dryasmininstitute.comor (562) 544-7097. November 13-16 National Coal- ition of Black Meeting Professionals conference, Birming-ham. AL. for more information visit https://fruit- ion.swoogo.-com/-ncbmp2024- /home. November 18-20 2024 Carib- bean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum (C HIEF), Kovens Confere- nce center, North Miami, FL. For more information or to register, visit www.chtachief.com. December 8 CMEX Leadership Awards 2024, owes Coral Gables Ho7el, Miami, FL. For more informa- tion visit www.marketplaceexcel- lence.com. April 11-12 National Sales Network Early Career Develop- ment Live Summit, Loews Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, GA. For more infor- mation visit www.salesnetwork.org- /ecdsummit. May 24-31 Black & Naked Homecoming, Hedonism, Negril, Jamaica. For more information visit - https://tri.ps/SiD6r 2025