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B M & T ••• May/June 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 MAY/JUNE COVER STORY • STRATEGIC ALLIANCES CREATE WIN-WIN SCENERIO FEATURES • BLACK AMERICA 250 SPECIAL SECTION • SECOND TIER – TOP CHOICE • VIRGINIA SPECIAL SECTION • CITIES WITH RIVERWALKS FOR ACTIVITIES BEYOND THE MEETING • MEETINGS LOVE GOLF RESORTS AREA GUIDES MICHIGAN, NEW YORK, OREGON, HAWAII, RHODE ISLAND, MARYLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE, BARBADOS COMING IN JULY/AUDUST 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 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 May 17-19 PATA Annual Summit, Sanya, Hainan, China. For more information visit https://www.pata.org/?. May 19 State of Small Business Summit, brought to you by USBC, The Hamilton Live, Washington, DC. For more information visit https://aeo2026sosbsummit.com/. May 23-30 Black Naturalist Association resents Black & Naked Homecoming, Hedonism Resort, Negril, Jamaica. For more information visit http://tri.ps/powRo. July 20-21 2026 Pediatric Behavioral Health Summit "Building Coordinated Systems of Care for Children and Adolescents, Aris Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV. July 22-24 30th Annual International African American Hotel Ownership & Investment Summit & Trade Show, Hyatt Regency Miami, FL. For more informa- tion 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://con- ference.salesnetwork.org/registration/, 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 infor- mation visit https://ncbmp.com/?. 2030 December 4-7 National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals (NCBMP), Baltimore MD. For more infor- mation visit https://ncbmp.com or call (571) 366-1779.