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BLACK MEETINGS & TOURISM
The Authority on African-American
Conventions & Leisure Travel
PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Victoria Head
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/
Brienne Herbert
EDITOR
Roy Jay
Gloria Herbert
Cheray O'Neal
GRAPHIC DESIGN: POP MEDIA
GROUP
David Saunders
Robert Ingram
SALES MANAGERS
Sponsored by Visit Florida
Helen Broadus
Solomon J. Herbert
Calendar Of Events
July/August 2013
July 19 Careers & The Disabled's
Careers Expos, New York, NY.
GRAPHIC ARTIST/WEBMASTER
Regina Buggs
www.eop.com
Solomon J. Hebert II
Dwight Render
July 21-25 National Corvette
ASSOCIATION NEWS EDITOR
MARKETING/EDITORIAL
Restorers Society Convention,
Penelope Blair
CONSULTANT'S
Hampton Roads Convention Center,
GAMING REPORT EDITOR
Hank Harris
Hampton, VA. (757) 315-1610 or
Ann Brown
Andrew Ingraham
www.ncrs.org
GREAT GROUPS EDITOR
O.J. Webb
July 29-Aug 2 2013 Diversity Work
Sonya Stinson
OFFICE MANAGER
FOCUS ON M.I.C.E. EDITOR
Dorothy Canty
Conference, NTL Institute, Arlington,
Matthew Thomas
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
VA. http://www.cvent.com/events/MUSEUM NOTES EDITOR
Tina Le
diversity-work-conference-july-29Patricia Ann Jordan
Victoria Head
august-2-2013/event-summaryRELIGIOUS REVIEW EDITOR
Paul Herbert
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Patrice Kelly
Marvaughn Howard
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TECH NEWS EDITOR
HUMAN RESOURCES
July 29-August 3 96th ATA
William G. Herbert
Barbara Harper
National Championships, Fort
VIEW FROM THE CHAMBER
EDITOR
For high quality article
Lauderdale, FL. (954) 494-7596 or Michael Bennett
reprints of 100 or more, www.americantennisassociation.org/c
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
please contact
hampionship/tournament_info.php
Rebecca Bernard
Reprint Management
July 31-Aug 4, 2013 NABJ Annual
Edith Billups
Services at (717)399-1900. Convention & Career Fair, Orlando,
FL, www.nabj.org
Coming In SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2013
August 1-11 The 16th Annual
Black Boaters Summit, BVI and USVI.
COVER STORY
http://blackboaterssummit.com
WILL AFRICAN-AMERICANS STILL
August 5-7 IAEE Midyear Meeting
MEET & VACATION IN FLORIDA?
and ASAE Annual meeting Co-locate
FEATURES
at Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, GA.
• AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETINGS,
and
www.asaecenter.org
INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THE MIDWEST
www.iaee.com
August 7-10 National Sales
• WOULD YOUR BOSS FIRE YOU IF SHE KNEW YOU
Network's 17th Annual Conference
WERE LEAVING SO MUCH MONEYON THE TABLE?
and Career Fair, Sheraton Chicago
Hotel & Towers, Chicago, IL.
• MEETING AT THE BEACH HOW TO IMPLEMENT
www.salesnetwork.org
A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
August 8-9 Diversity Career Fair,
River Exhibit Hall, Sheraton Chicago
• BM&T'S ANNUAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN
Hotel & Towers, Chicago, IL.
REUNIONS FOCUS
www.salesnetwork.org
August 8-11, NAAAP (National
• AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETINGS, INCEN- Association of Asian American
TIVES & TRAVELING IN THE CARIBBEAN
Professionals)
International
Convention, Toronto, Canada.
• THE BENEFITS OF RESORT MEETINGS
http://www.naaapconvention.org
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
August 14-16 Hispanic Retail 360
AREA GUIDES
Summit, presented by Stagnito Media,
MASSACHUSETTS, ALASKA, ALABAMA,
Las Vegas, NV. http://www.hispanicARIZONA, USVI
retail360.com
Chris J. Walker
August 14-17
VA State
Firefighters Association & Auxiliary
127th Annual Conference & Expo,
Hampton Roads Convention Center,
Hampton, VA. (757) 810-8335 or
www.vsfa.org/conference-expo/
August 15-17
Ron Brown
Business & Economic Summit,
Radisson Hotel & Conference Center,
Fresno, CA. (916) 463-0179
August 16-20 Third Annual
African Landing Commemoration
Day, Hampton, VA. (757) 380-1319
or www.project1619.org
August 17-18 Fiesta In America
2013, Secaucus, NJ. www.fiestainamerica.com
August 22-25 9th Annual LGBT
Media Summit, sponsored by National
Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association,
Boston,
MA.
http://www.nlgja.org/events/9thannual-lgbt-media-summit
August 24-26 Excellence in
Journalism 2013 Information, presented by NAHJ, SPJ and RTDNA ,
Anaheim, CA. http://excellenceinjournalism.org
August 24-31
Blacks in
Government Annual August National
Training Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
For more information contact Carol
Martinez, LA Inc. The Los Angeles
CVB at (213) 236-2357.
September PATA Travel Mart
(PTM2013), City of Chengdu, Sichua
Province, China. www.PATA.org
September 24-27 Ecotourism and
Sustainable Tourism Conference
(ESTC), organized by The
International Ecotourism Society, cohosted by Kenya Tourist Board and
Ecotourism Kenya and in cooperation
with the World Tourism Organization
(UNWTO),
Nairobi,
Kenya.
www.ecotourismconference.org
September 25-27
LHRA
International Hotel & Restaurant
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