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Black Meetings & Tourism October/November 2009: www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Solomon J. Herbert ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/ EDITOR Gloria Herbert GRAPHIC DESIGN: POP MEDIA GROUP Robert Ingram 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. Walke SALES MANAGERS Ena Frias 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. September 29-October 1 3rd Annual The Motivation Show, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL. www.motivation- show.com September 30-October 3 National Association of African American Studies 2009 Regional Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. For more information contact Carol Martinez, LA Inc. The Los Angeles CVB at (213) 236-2357. September 30-October 4 The Association or the Study of African American Life and History 94th Annual Conference, Cincinnati, OH. (202) 865- 0053 October 1 Inaugural Sustainable Tourism Summit, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Monterey, CA. (916) 319-5426 October 2 16th Annual African American Mental Health Conference, Indianapolis, IN. The conference will be available for public viewing at http://nbcsl.framewelder.com/. October 2-3 Indiana Black Expo, Inc. Circle City Classic, Indianapolis, IN. (317) 925-2702 October 5-6 International Symposium on Pharmaceutical Meeting Planning, Westin Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. (800) 646-9851 October 8-13 Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Annual Convention, Presidente Intercontinental and Camino Real Guadalajara Expo, Guadalajara, Mexico. www.satw.org October 13-17 TEAMS Conference & Expo, New Orleans, LA. TEAMSconference.com October 14-18 National Association of Health Services Executives 24th Annual Educational Conference & Exhibition, Orlando, FL. (202) 429-6060 October 15 Black Economic Council's 4th Annual Economic Conference, Oakland Marriott City Center, Oakland, CA. www.bllackeconomiccouncil.org October 15-20 Project Enterprise Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Gala & Entrepreneur Week, New York, NY. (212) 678-6734 October 16 Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce 83rd Annual Awards Banquet, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, TX. (214) 421-5200 or www.dbcc.org October 16-18 Neal-Marshall Alumni Club Alumni Club Reunion XIX & Business Symposium, Bloomington, IL. (800) 824-3044 October 16-28 National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications 23rd Annual NAMIC Conference, Denver, CO. (212) 594-5985 October 17 Showbiz Expo, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA. (866) 240-8125 October 18-25 2009 Black Christ Festival Artist Retreat, Portobelo, Panama. (678) 949-9860 October 20-22 Expo Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. www.mexitronica.com October 23-24 New York State Dormitory Authority 24th Annual Minority, Women & Small Business Convention, Albany, NY. (518) 257-3000 October 23-25 Ebony Over Fifty Ole School Weekend, Myrtle Beach, SC. For more information contact Sabrina Hafer Bronson, 532 Gatsby Place, NW, Concord, NC 28027. October 23-25 Association of Black Women Physicians 28th Annual Charity & Scholarship Benefit, Los Angeles, CA. (310) 364-1438 October 25-28 National Minority Supplier Diversity Council Annual CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sponsored by Visit Florida october/november 2009 Black Meetings & tourisM The Authority on African-American Conventions & Leisure Travel 5 COMING IN DECEMBER 2009 COVER STORY CVB HEADS ANNUAL REPORT FEATURES • FAMILY FRIENDLY DESTINATIONS • 25 LARGEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONVENTIONS • WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN CHOOSING A HOTEL •HOW SERIOUS IS THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY ABOUT DIVERSITY • CASHING IN OR HERITAGE TOURISM • WHAT YOUR BUSINESS CARD SAYS ABOUT YOU • WHAT MUST YOU DO WHEN BEING THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST IS NOT ENOUGH AREA GUIDES NEBRASKA, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, MEXICO, WISCONSIN, CARIBBEAN REGIONAL