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B M & T ••• March/April 2025 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com 5 T he Authority on African-American Conventions & Leisure Travel C A L E N DA R O F E V E N T S MARCH/APRIL 2025 COVER STORY • A CONVERSATION WITH LESLIE WRIGHT FEATURES • AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETINGS, INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THE SOUTH • RELAX, RECHARGE, REPEAT: HOW WELLNESS FOCUSED MEETINGS ARE REDEFINING THE CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE • MUSIC FESTIVALS ROUNDUP • ARE YOU BEHIND THE CURVE IN YOUR EFFORTS TO TARGET THE ETHNIC MARKET? AREA GUIDES ILLINOIS, COLORADO, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, NEW JERSEY, MISSOURI, NORTH DAKOTA, B.V.I., ANGUILLA, INDIANA, KANSAS, MINNISOTA COMING IN MAY/JUNE 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 March 3-6 Building & Bridging Cultures, Tulum, Mexico, presented by SITE. For more information visit https://- w e b . c v e n t . c o m / e v e n t / 2 6 d d 7 3 c 9 - 4 3 b 1 - 4 a 9 d - a b e 2 - ce5cf8a0b29e/summary?utm_source=SITE%20Global%20 C o m m u n i c a t i o n s & u t m _ c a m p a i g n = f f a 2 b 4 c c f 5 - site%20gc%20countdown%201_COPY_01&utm_medi- u m = e m a i l & u t m _ t e r m = 0 _ 1 e b 7 d f 1 e e c - f f a 2 b 4 c c f 5 - 214318566 March 8-9 Denver Travel & Adventure Show, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO. For more information visit https://travelshows.com/shows/denver/. March 15-16 San Francisco/Bay Area Travel & Adventure Show, Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA. For more information visit https://travelshows.com- /shows/san-francisco-bay-area/event-info/. March 23 Dallas Travel & Adventure Show, Dallas Market Hall, Dallas, TX. For more information visit https://travelshows.com/shows/dallas/event-info/. March 27-28 5th Annual Behavioral Health Manage- ment Summit, Loews Portofino Bay Hotel, Orlando, FL. For more information visit https://naacp.org/convention?- e m c i = 5 b 8 6 6 8 0 4 - 7 b d a - e f 1 1 - 8 8 f 8 - 0 0 2 2 4 8 2 a 9 5 7 9 & - e m d i = e 8 0 a 7 d 0 b - 2 d d b - e f 1 1 - 8 8 f 8 - 0 0 2 2 4 8 2 a 9 5 7 9 & - ceid=1467586. March 29-30 Washington, DC Travel & Adventure Show, Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC. For more information visit https://travelshows.com/- shows/washingtondc/event-info/. April 11-12 National Sales Network Early Career Development Live Summit, Loews Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, GA. For more information visit www.salesnetwork.org/ecdsummit. May 18-22 Caribbean Travel Marketplace, Antigua & Barbuda. For more information visit www.chtamarke- tplace.com. May 24-31 Black & Naked Homecoming, Hedonism, Negril, Jamaica. For more information visit https://- tri.ps/SiD6r. July 12-16 NAACP National Convention, Charlotte, NC. For more information visit https://naacp.org/conven- t i o n ? e m c i = 5 b 8 6 6 8 0 4 - 7 b d a - e f 1 1 - 8 8 f 8 - 0 0 2 2 4 - 82a9579&emdi=e80a7d0b-2ddb-ef11-88f8-0022482- a9579&ceid=1467586 July 16-18 United States Black Chambers (USBC) National Conference, Washington DC. For more informa- tion visit www.usblackchambers.org. July 23-25 29th Annual International African American Hotel Ownership & Investment Summit & Trade Show, Hyatt Regency Miami, Miami, FL. For more information visit https://nabhood.net/(EU). July 25-27 12th Annual International Multicultural & Heritage Tourism Summit & Trade Show, Hyatt Regency Miami, Miami, FL. For more information visit Multicul- uralTourismSummit.com. 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 For high quality article reprints of 100 or more, please contact Reprint Management Services at (717)399-1900 .