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Black Meetings & Tourism February/March 2009: www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Solomon J. Herbert ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/ EDITOR Gloria Herbert GRAPHIC DESIGN: POP MEDIA GROUP Robert Ingram Richard Lawson GRAPHIC ARTIST/ PRODUCTION MANAGER 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 Roy Jay Cheray O'Neal David Saunders Ronnie Sykes Chris J. Walker STAFF WRITER Norman Mayers SALES MANAGERS 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 30-February 1 St. Louis Travel Show and Tastes of the World, St. Charles Convention Center, St. Charles, MO. For more information contact Kelly Mullins at (314) 481-8100 ext. 105 or toll-free at (877) 785-TRAVEL (8728) ext. 105. February 1-2 Opal Financial Group's Global Asset Allocation Summit, La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, CA. Sponsorship and Exhibiting Opport- unities are Available! Please contact jlane@opalgroup.ne or call (212) 532- 9898, ext. 275. February 3-5 AnCon, sponsored by the Society of Government Travel Professionals, Hilton Mark Center, Alexandria, VA. Please contact SGTP at info@sgtp.org for Questions or SGTP membership inquiries. February 3-6 2009 Supermarket Synergy Showcase, Paris Las Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas, NV. (703) 516-0700 February 5-6 Women Executive Supply Management Summit, Marriott San Antonio River Center, San Antonio, TX. (800) 888-6276 February 5-7 Texas Black Film Festival 2009, Dallas/Austin & Houston, Studio Movie Grill Dallas, Dallas, TX. www.texasblackfilmfestival.com February 7 Black College Expo, Houston, TX. (090) 396-0151 February 7 Speaking Essentials, Inc. Getting Started in Public Speaking, Los Angeles, CA. (310) 527-2511 February 10-12 West Pack, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA. WestPackShow.com February 10-13 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People – NAACP 2009 Image Awards, Los Angeles, CA. For more information con- tact Carol Martinez, LA Inc. The Los Angeles CVB at (213) 236-2357. February 12-15 Black Comedy Cruise – Voyage to Atlantis, Carnival Sensation and Atlantis Resort & Casino, Nassau, Bahamas. For more info Contact Libby Shields at Travel Time @ (800) 469-0091) or e-mail DaLibbi@aol.com, or visit www.BlackComedyCruise.com. February 11-14 Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit Hosted by State Farm, The Ritz-Carlton, Grande Lakes Orlando, FL. (800) 209-7229 February 18-21 NABE 38th Annual Conference - Bilingual Education: Strengthening America Through a Multilingual Society, Austin, TX, spon- sored by the National Association for Bilingual Education. (202) 898-1829 or www.nabe.org February 18-21 23rd Annual Educational Travel Conference, New Orleans, LA. (406) 745-4800 or www.travelearning.com February 19-22 Africa Travel Association's (ATA) Second Annual U.S.- Africa Seminar and Adventure Travel Expo, Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC. For more information Call (212) 447-1357 or visit www.africatravelassociation.org. February 19-22 Latino Media Conference: The State of Spanish Language Media, San Marcos, TX. www.centerforlatinomedia.com February 20-28 National Professionals Network Continuing Education Conference Cruise to Carnival in Brazil on Royal Caribbean's Splendour of the Seas, from Sao Paulo, stopping in ports at Parati, Rio De Janeiro, Salvador De Bahia and Ilhabela, Brazil. (877) 416-3005, (301) 565-0070 or npn- cruise@aol.com CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sponsored by Visit Florida FEBRUARY/MARCH 2009 Black Meetings & tourisM The Authority on African-American Conventions & Leisure Travel COMING IN APRIL/MAY 2009 COVER STORY AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETING, INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THE SOUTH FEATURES • WHO ARE CANDIDATES FOR THE NEXT AFRICAN-AMERICAN CVB PRESIDENT/CEO? • TEXAS GOLD SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION • RISKING YOUR JOB OR LOSING YOUR SOUL? • BEACHFRONT RESORTS MAKE FOR MEMORABLE MEETINGS • ISLAND GUIDE AREA GUIDES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIS, NEW JERSEY, MISSOURI, ILLINOIS, DENVER, CHINA, CARIBBEAN REGIONAL 5