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B M & T ••• March/April 2026 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com 5 T he Authority on African-American Conventions & Leisure Travel C A L E N DA R O F EV E N T S MARCH/APRIL 2026 COVER STORY • A CONVERSATION WITH RITA MCCLENNEY FEATURES • AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETINGS, INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THE SOUTH • TEXAS GOLD SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION • IS DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STILL A PRIROTY: MAJOR INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS REPORT • CUT MEETING COSTS WITHOUT CUTTING CORNERS • 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. COMING IN MAY/JUNE 2026 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 PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Solomon J. Herbert ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/ EDITOR Gloria Herbert GRAPHIC DESIGN: POP MEDIA GROUP Robert Ingram CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Darlene Donloe Sonya Stinson Rufus McKinney Sister Moutique Roy Jay Toni Walker Patrice Kelly Cheray O' Neal 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 . 2026 March 13-14 Young Professionals Summit, National Saes Network, JW Marriott Buckhead, Atlanta, GA. Register at SalesNetwork.org/YPSummit. March 19-20 6th Annual Behavioral Health Management Summit, Embassy Suites Downtown, Nash- ville, TN. For more information visit https://-brinet- work.com/register-your-team-today-2026-annual-behav- ioral-health-management-summit/. April 8-10 Niche Media Conference, Orlando, FL. For more information visit https://nichemediaevents.com/ April 9-10 The Power of Now Annual Conference, Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, Washington, DC. For more information visit conference@ourmayors.org. April 16-17 AHLA Foundation's Forward/26, Atlanta, GA. For more information visit https://www.ahla.com/. April 28 Select LA 2026 Investment Summits, Skirbal Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA. For more information call (213) 622-4300. May 23-30 Black Naturalist Association resents Black & Naked Homecoming, Hedonism Resort, Negril, Jamaica. For more information visit http://tri.ps/powRo. July 22-24 30th Annual International African American Hotel Ownership & Investment Summit & Trade Show, Hyatt Regency Miami, FL. For more information visit https//nabhood.net. July 24-26 13th Annual Multicultural & Heritage Tourism Summit & Trade Show, Hyatt Regency Miami, FL. For more information visit MulticulturalTourism- Summit.com. August 12-14 Beyond Excellence National Sales Network Conference & Career Fair, Marriott Marquis, Washington, DC. For more information visit https://confer- ence.salesnetwork.org/registration/, August 22-29 Black Naturalists Association presents Bare Bon Voyage: The Return Split, Croatia. For more infor- mation 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.black- andnaked.com. December 9-12 National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals (NCBMP), Louisville, KY. For more informa- tion visit https://ncbmp.com/?. December 4-7 National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals (NCBMP), Baltimore MD. For more informa- tion visit https://ncbmp.com or call (571) 366-1779. 2030