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CONTENTS BLACK MEETINGS & TOURISM VOLUME 18, ISSUE 5, MAY/JUNE 2011 C O V E R S T O RY 33 The South is well-known for its deeply rooted African-American heritage, civil rights history and influ- ential culinary and musical traditions. Think of Birmingham’s Civil Rights District, Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood, Mississippi Delta blues, New Orleans jazz, Memphis barbecue joints and South Carolina Low Country cooking. The African- American Guide to Meetings, Incentives & Traveling in the South is your roadmap to visiting the region. By Sonya Stinson D E PA RTMENT S 4 Publisher’s Message 5 Calendar of Events 6 Newsmakers 8 In The News 10 Museum Notes 12 Hotel Happenings 14 Site Review – Puerto Vallarta 18 Pacesetters – Djuan Rivers 23 Property Profile #1 – Frenchman’s Reef 25 Religious Review 28 Property Profile #2 – Hyatt Regency Bonaventure 32 Caribbean Corner 56 Cruise News 57 From the Motherland 58 Travel Data F E AT U R E S 20 Good business is business that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and emerge with a variety of views. It is the variety of views that will allow today’s business leaders to adapt to a rapidly changing demo- graphic. The Value of a Diverse Workforce and the Cost of Not Having One explores this subject in detail. By Michael Bennett AREA GUIDES 55 The Bahamas 56 Kansas City 58 New Jersey 60 Southern California 66 Denver 68 Austin Martin Luther King Statue Black Meetings & Tourism May/June 2011: www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com 3 Photo Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg