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B M & T ••• July/August 2014 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com
July 16-19 18th Annual Inter-
national African American Hotel
Ownership & Investment Summit &
Trade Show, Miami Marriott Biscayne
Bay Hotel, Miami, FL. www.NAB-
HOOD.com
July 18-20 International Multi-cul-
tural & Heritage Tourism Summit &
Trade Show, Maimi Marriott Biscayne
Bay Hotel, Miami, FL. www.Multi-
culturalTourismSummit.com
July 21-23 Destination Marketing
Association International (DMAI)
Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV.
http://www.destinationmarketing.org
July 30-August 3 2014 NABJ
Convention and Career Fair, Boston,
MA. http://www.nabj.org/?page=-
2014Registration
July 31-August 3 Eastern Regional
Conference of the National Association
of Hispanic and Latino Studies, Tampa,
FL. )www.naaas.org
August 2-4 Farm to Table
International Symposium, (F2Ti),
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center,
New Orleans, LA. https://reg.f2t-int.-
com/2014/attendee_registration.cfm
August 6-9 National Sales Network
18th Annual Conference & Career Fair,
Hyatt Regency, Dallas, TX. salesnet-
wrok.org
August 8-10 39th Annual American
Craft Council San Francisco Show, Fort
Mason Center, San Francisco, CA.
craftcouncil.org
August 13-15 Hispanic Retail 360
Summit 2014, Stagnito Media, San
Antonio, TX. http://www.hispanicre-
tail360.com/ Contact: Michael Hath-
erill, mhatherill@stagnitomail.com
or
(201) 855-7610.
August 13-16 2014 AAJA National
Convention, AAJA, Washington, DC.
http://www.aaja.org/category/conven-
tion/d-c-2014/
August 21 2014 Scholarship
Awards & Gala, in partnership with the
Regional Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce & Regional Hispanic
Institute, University of Southern
California Town and Gown Ballroom,
Los Angeles, CA. http://regionalhis-
paniccc.org
August 23 Celebrando Latinas, El
Latino San Diego, San Diego, CA. Visit
http://celebrandolatinas.com/,
or con-
tact Natalie Richards, at Natalie.richards-
@ellatino.net or (619) 426-1491.
August 24 Festival Peachtree Latino
2014, The Southern Latino Foundation,
Atlanta, GA Visit www.festivalpeach-
treelatino.com of contact: Rafael Ortega
at (678) 966-0322.
September 4-6 NAAAP Inter-
national Convention National Assoc-
iation of Asian American Professionals
(NAAAP), Anaheim., CA. http://-
www.naaapconvention.org
September 7-10 Safe Harbor
Retreat 2014, The Marriott/Robert
Trent Jones, Prattville, AL. safehar-
bor2014.com
September 12-14 MPI Southern
California Chapter Weekend Educ-
ational Summit (WES), Omni Rancho
Las Palmas Resort & Spa, Rancho
Mirage, CA. www.mpiscc.org
September 16-17 28th Annual
NAMIC Conference, New York
Marriott Marquis Hotel, New York, NY.
http://namic.site-ym.com/events/-
event_details.asp?id=379265
September 16-19 Caribbean
Tourism Organization in collaboration
with The Government of the US Virgin
Islands, presents The State of the
Industry Conference (SOTIC),
Marriott Frenchman's Reef & Morning
Star Beach Resort, St. Thomas, USVI.
For more information contact CTO at
(212) 635-9530, CTOny@carib-
tourism.com, or
www.OneCaribbean.org.
September 16-20 36th Annual
Black MBA Association Conference &
Exposition, Georgia World Conference
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Solomon J. Herbert
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Gloria Herbert
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Robert Ingram
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Solomon J. Hebert II
ASSOCIATION NEWS EDITOR
Penelope Blair
GAMING REPORT EDITOR
Ann Brown
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
Victoria Head
Brienne Herbert
Roy Jay
Cheray O'Neal
SALES MANAGERS
Regina Buggs
Willa Robinson
MARKETING/EDITORIAL
CONSULTANT'S
Hank Harris
Andrew Ingraham
O.J. Webb
OFFICE MANAGER
Dorothy Canty
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Victoria Head
Paul Herbert
HUMAN RESOURCES
Barbara Harper
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COVER STORY
• ARNOLD DONALD TAKES
CARNIVAL TO NEW HEIGHTS
FEATURES
• AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETINGS,
INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THE MIDWEST
• BM&T'S ANNUAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN
REUNIONS FOCUS
• THE BLACK MIDDLE CLASS: WHO ARE
THEY, WHERE ARE THEY, AND WHAT ARE
THEIR TRAVELING HABITS?
• AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETINGS,
INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THE CARIBBEAN
• WHAT PLANNERS LOOK FOR
DURING SITE INSPECTION
AREA GUIDES
NEVADA, MASSACHUSETTS, ALASKA,
ALABAMA, NEW MEXICO, WASHINGTON,
NORTH CAROLINA, ARIZONA, HOUSTON,
ONTARIO, QUEBEC, USVI
Coming In SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2014
JULY/AUGUST 2014
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