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May
5-6
On-Site
Health
Clinics
&
Occupational
Health,
Swisshotel,
Chicago,
IL.
For
more
information
visit
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summit/#registernow.
May
18-22
Caribbean
Travel
Marketplace,
Antigua
&
Barbuda.
For
more
information
visit
www.chtamarket-place.com.
May
24-31
Black
&
Naked
Homecoming,
Hedonism,
Negril,
Jamaica.
For
more
information
visit
https://-tri.ps/SiD6r.
May
29-31
Black
Naturalists
Association
Hedonism,
Jamaica.
For
more
information
visit
www.blackandnaked.com.
June
14
Black
Naturalists
Association
Haulover
Beach
Meeting
2025,
Miami,
FL.
For
more
information
visit
www.black-
andnaked.com.
June
28
Black
Naturalists
Association
Maryland
Health
Society,
Davidsonville,
MD.
For
more
information
visit
www.blackandn-
aked.com.
July
3-7
Black
Naturalists
Association
Ibiza,
Span.
For
more
information
visit
www.blackandnaked.com.
July
12-16
NAACP
National
Convention,
Charlotte,
NC.
For
more
information
visit
https://naacp.org/convention?emci=-
5b866804-7bda-ef11-88f8-0022482a9579&emdi=e80a7d0b-2ddb-
ef11-88f8-0022482a9579&ceid=1467586
July
16-18
United
States
Black
Chambers
(USBC)
National
Conference,
Washington
DC.
For
more
information
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/.
July
25-27
12th
Annual
International
Multicultural
&
Heritage
Tourism
Summit
&
Trade
Show,
Hyatt
Regency
Miami,
Miami,
FL.
For
more
information
visit
Multiculural-TourismSummit.com.
August
5-8
NSN's
Annual
Conference
and
Career
Fair,
Fountainebleau
as
Vegas.
For
more
information
visit
https://conf-
erence.salesnetwork.org/registration/.
August
20-25
Black
Naturalists
Association
Cap
D'agde,
France.
For
more
information
visit
www.blackandnaked.com.
October
7-9
IMEX
America,
Mandalay
Bay,
Las
Vegas,
NV.
For
more
information
visit
https://imexamerica.-com/newfront.
November
19-22,
National
Coalition
of
Black
Meeting
Professionals
(NCBMP),
Portland,
OR.
For
more
information
visit
https://ncbmp.com/?.
August
22-29
Black
Naturalists
Association
presents
Bare
Bon
Voyage:
The
Return
Split,
Croatia.
For
more
information
visit
https://tri.ps?QZdAe.
November
2-8
Black
Naturalists
Association
Phuket,
Thailand.
For
more
information
visit
www.blackand-naked.com.
December
2-7
Black
Naturalists
Association
Cape
Town,
South
Africa.
For
more
information
visit
www.blackandnaked.com.
December
9-12
National
Coalition
of
Black
Meeting
Professionals
(NCBMP),
Louisville,
KY.
For
more
information
visit
https://ncbmp.com/?.
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