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B M & T ••• September/October 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 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER COVER STORY • A CONVERSATION WITH STEPHANIE MAYS BOYD FEATURES • AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETINGS, INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THE NORTHEAST • STATE OF THE INDUSTRY: CRUISE SECTOR REVIEW • BM&T'S ANNAL AFRCIAN-AMERICANS REUNONS FOCUS • A VIEW FROM THE TOP: CVB HEADS REPORT ON STATE OF THE INDUSTRY •BM&T'S ANNUAL CONVENTION CENTER/CONFERENCE CENTER REVIEW AREA GUIDES IOWA. OHIO, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, TENNESSEE, UTAH, OKLAHOMA, COSTA RICA, ARKANSAS, WISCONSIN, FORT WORTH, LOUISIANA, SASKATCHEWAN, TRINIAD & TOBAGO COMING IN NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 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 September 16-20 Congressional Black Caucus Foundation 50th Anniversary ALC, Washington, DC. For more information visit cbcfing.org/alc. September 17 National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals State of Black Tourism, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington, DC. For more information and to register visit sobt.ncbmp.com. September 19 Please join the National Association of Black Hotel Owners Operators & Developers (NAB- HOOD) during the Congressional Black Caucus for a complementary workshop on Hotel Ownership, Investments & Multicultural Tourism at the African American owned Marriott Courtyard/Residence Inn Downtown Convention Center Hotel Washington DC. For more information and to register visit nabhood.net. September 23-24 Association for the Study of African American Life and History 111th Annual Conference at Hampton Roads in Norfolk, VA To reg- ister visit https://asalh.org/conference/registration/. October 1 Visit Baltimore's B-Side Annual Meeting, Baltimore Museum of Industry, Baltimore, MD. For more information visit baltimore.org. October 2 Men of Honor Awards Presentation, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando., FL. For more infor- mation visit onyxmoh.com. October 3 Men of Honor Gala, Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando., FL. For more information visit onyx- moh.com. October 6-17 National Professionals Network's Secrets of Egypt & the Nile 11-night cruise aboard the AmaDablia. For more information and to register visit https://fs24.formsite.com/andonges/7onqm0rbbj/ind ex. October 13-15 IMEX America, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV. For more information visit https://ame- rica.imexevents.com/newfront. October 21-23 15th Annual Pan African Global Trade & Investment Conference, Ridge Royal Hotel., Cape Coast, Ghana. To register visit panafricanglobal- tradeconference.com. October 26-27, 2026 Mental Health Summit, JW Marriott Bonner Creek, Orlando, FL/ For more infor- mation visit https://brinetwork.com/register-your- team-today-2026-mental-health-summit/. November 2-8 Black Naturalists Association Phuket, Thailand. For more information visit www.- blackandnaked.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/?.