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Black Meetings & tourisM The Authority on African-American Conventions & Leisure Travel PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Solomon J. Herbert ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/ EDITOR Gloria Herbert GRAPHIC DESIGN: POP MEDIA GROUP Robert Ingram GRAPHIC ARTIST/WEBMASTER Solomon J. Hebert II ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Darlene Donloe ASSOCIATION NEWS EDITOR Penelope Blair GAMING REPORT EDITOR Ann Brown GREAT GROUPS EDITOR Sonya Stinson FOCUS ON M.I.C.E. EDITOR Matthew Thomas MUSEUM NOTES EDITOR Patricia Ann Jordan RELIGIOUS REVIEW EDITOR Patrice Kelly TECH NEWS EDITOR William G. Herbert VIEW FROM THE CHAMBER EDITOR Michael Bennett CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Rebecca Bernard Edith Billups Helen Broadus Victoria Head Brienne Herbert Roy Jay Cheray O’Neal David Saunders Chris J. Walker SALES MANAGER Regina Buggs MARKETING/EDITORIAL CONSULTANT’S Deborah Edmondson Royal Hill, Jr. Andrew Ingraham O.J. Webb OFFICE MANAGER Dorothy Canty ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES Tina Le Victoria Head Pamela Thomas HUMAN RESOURCES Barbara Harper For high quality article reprints of 100 or more, please contact Reprint Management Services at (717)399-1900. January/February 2011 TBD Entertainment Software Association’s (ESA) Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA. For more information, please visit www.theESA.com. TBD Human Genome Meeting, sponsored by the Centre for Arab Genomic Studies (CAGS), Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC), Dubai. For further information, please e-mail Ms. Natasha Tomé-Zwarts, head of Marketing & Communication, Dubai Convention Bureau at n.tome@dub- aitourism.ae. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sponsored by Visit Florida TBD Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ. (602) 452-6243 January 6-8 The State of African American and African Diaspora Studies: Mythology, Pedagogy and Research, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and Graduate center of the City University of New York, New York, NY. (212) 491-2200 January 9-12 Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA)’s Annual Meeting, MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV. For more information about PCMA and the PCMA Annual Meeting, visit www.pcma.org. January 13-16 Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi) General Assembly Meeting, New Orleans, LA. (202) 722-0808 January 16-18 Caribbean Marketplace 2011, Montego Bay Convention Center, Jamaica, W.I. www.caribbeanhotelassociation.com Coming In March/April 2011 COVER STORY AFRICAN AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETINGS, INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THEWEST FEATURES • COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS ADD NEWTWIST (AND CREDIBILITY) TO INCENTIVE PROGRAMS • HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY TRENDS AND PREDICTIONS • THE VALUE OF A DIVERSEWORKFORCE AND THE COST OF NOT HAVING ONE • FLORIDA SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION AREA GUIDES WASHINGTON, DC.,WEST VIRGINIA, MISSISSIPPI, FIJI, KANSAS, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, INDIANA, MINNESOTA, ETHIOPIA, ALBERTA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, ST. LUCIA January 16-18 ONE Travel Conference, Langham Hotel, Pasadena, CA. (707) 224-3795 or www.ONEtravelconference.com January 20-24 2011 SATH 14th Annual World Congress for Travelers With Disabilities and the Mature, Navigator of the Seas, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. (561) 451-0052 January 25-28 D Religious Conference Management Association’s (RCMA) World Conference and Exposition, Tampa Bay Convention Center, Tampa, FL. For more information about RCMA, log on to www.rcmaweb.org. February 7-12 National Association of African American Studies 2011 National Conference, Los Angeles, CA. For more information contact Carol Martinez, LA Inc. The Los Angeles CVB at (213) 236-2357. February 11-13 2011 Boston Globe Travel Show, Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities for the 2011 show, contact Ted Petersen at (6170 929-7080 or visit www.bostonglo- betravelshow.com. February 26-27 The Makeup Show LA, California Market Center, Los Angeles, CA. www.themakeupshow.com March 14-17 27th Annual Cruise Shipping Miami, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, FL. For conference registration, visit www.cruiseshippingmiami.com/conference. For exhibitor information visit www.cruiseshippingmiami.com/exhibitors. March 23-25 2011 Custom Content Conference, The Mills House & Hibernian Hall, Charleston, SC. For more information, call (212) 989-4631 or email info@customcontentcouncil.com. March 27-29 Pharmaceutical Meeting Management Forum, Philadelphia, PA. (800) 817-8601 Continued on page 7 Black Meetings & Tourism January/February 2011: www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com 5