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BLACK MEETINGS & TOURISM
The Authority on African-American
Conventions & Leisure Travel
PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Rebecca Bernard
Solomon J. Herbert
Edith Billups
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/
Victoria Head
EDITOR
Brienne Herbert
Gloria Herbert
Roy Jay
GRAPHIC DESIGN: POP MEDIA
GROUP
Cheray O'Neal
Robert Ingram
Regina Buggs
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013
November 3-5 ANA Multicultural
Marketing & Diversity Conference, Los
GRAPHIC ARTIST/WEBMASTER
Dwight Render
Angeles, CA. http://www.ana.net/conSolomon J. Hebert II
MARKETING/EDITORIAL
ference/show/id/MCC-NOV13
CONSULTANT'S
ASSOCIATION NEWS EDITOR
November 7 Los Angeles Small
Hank Harris
Penelope Blair
Business Expo, California Market
Andrew Ingraham
GAMING REPORT EDITOR
Center, Los Angeles, CA. (313) 312O.J. Webb
Ann Brown
5566
OFFICE MANAGER
GREAT GROUPS EDITOR
November 9 9th Annual Small
Dorothy Canty
Sonya Stinson
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
FOCUS ON M.I.C.E. EDITOR
Business Gala Awards Dinner &
Victoria Head
Matthew Thomas
Dance, sponsored by the Regional
Paul Herbert
MUSEUM NOTES EDITOR
Black Chamber of Commerce, The
HUMAN RESOURCES
Patricia Ann Jordan
Marina City Club, Marina Del Rey, CA.
Barbara Harper
RELIGIOUS REVIEW EDITOR
(818) 464-3484
Patrice Kelly
For high quality article
November 9-12 International
TECH NEWS EDITOR
reprints of 100 or more, Hotel, Motel & Restaurant Show,
William G. Herbert
please contact
Jacob J. Javits Center, New York, NY.
VIEW FROM THE CHAMBER
EDITOR
Reprint Management
www.ihmrs.com
Michael Bennett
Services at (717)399-1900.
November 10 Lou Field's 20th
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Anniversary celebration, sponsored by
Baltimore African-American Tourism
Council of MD, National Great Blacks
in Wax Museum, Baltimore, MD. For
Coming In JANUARY/FRBUARY 2014 more information: please call (443) 9837974 or Email: loucfields@gmail.com.
November 14
PI Southern
COVER STORY
California Chapter 2013 Annual
• 20 UNFORGETTABLE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
Fundraiser, Create Nightclub, HollyHERITAGE SITES/VENUES
wood, CA. www.mpiscc.org
November 15-18
American
FEATURES
Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO),
• GROWTH OF DIVERSITY AT CVB'S
New Orleans, LA. For more information, visit www.neworleanscvb.com.
• SHOULD THERE BE A CVB REPORT CARD?
November 19-21 2013 PhoCusWright Conference, Hollywood/Ft.
• WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW IS COSTING YOU
Lauderdale, FL. phocuswrightconference.com or (860) 350-4084, ext. 500
• CRUISE CONFERENCES: ARE THEY COST EFFECTIVE?
December 4 The Power To Be
Better in Good Times and Bad, A live
• CASHING IN ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN
seminar by Zhivargo Laing, Miami/Ft.
SPORTS TOURISM
Lauderdale area, FL. For more information contact Bevin Springer at (201)
AREA GUIDES
861-2056 or bevan@marketplaceexcelNEBRASKA, PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE,
lence.com.
CONNECTICUT, LOUISIANA,
December 4-8 National Coalition
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,
of Black Meeting Planners (NCBMP)
JAMAICA, BAHAMAS
Fall
Conference,
Pennsylvania
Convention Center and Philadelphia
Marriott Downtown, Philadelphia, PA.
SALES MANAGERS
(301) 860-0200 or www.ncbmp.com/conferencereg
December 5 The Power To Be
Better in Good Times and Bad, A live
seminar by Zhivargo Laing, New York,
NY. For more information contact
Bevin Springer at (201) 861-2056 or
bevan@marketplaceexcellence.com.
December 10-12 Expo! Expo!, the
International Association of Exhibitions
and Events' (IAEE) Annual Meeting &
Exhibition, George R. Brown Con-vention Center, Hilton of the Americas,
Houston, TX. Visit www.iaee.com/expo for more information.
December 11-13 4th Annual Pan
African Global Trade and Investment
Conference, Oriental Hotel, Lagos,
Nigeria. (26) 321-7041 or alwash9727@aol.com
December 11-13 CMI's 2013
LGBT Travel Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. http://www.communitymarketinginc.com
2014
January 10-14 Craft & Hobby
Association (CHA) 2014 Mega Show
Conference & Trade Show, Anaheim
Convention Center, Anaheim, CA. For
more information visit www.craftandhobby.org.
January 18-19 Los Angeles Times
Travel Show, Los Angeles Convention
Center, Los Angeles, CA. For tickets and
more information, go to latimes.comtravelshow.
January 25-26 4th Annual Bay
Area Travel & Adventure Show, Santa
Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara,
CA. For tickets and event information,
visit www.adventureexpo.com, email
info@adventureexpo.com, or call (203)
878-2577.
January 31-February 1 2014 SITE
Executive Summit, Paradisus Palma
Real Golf & Spa Resort, Punta Cana,
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