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January 13-15 Rev. Jesse Jackson's
18th Annual Rainbow PUSH Wall
Street Project Economic Summit, The
Sheraton New York Times Square
Hotel, New York, NY. To register,
visit: www.rainbowpushwallstreetpro-
ject.org or call (646) 569-5889.
January 14-15 HIFI – India,
Gurgaon Delhi (N..R.). www.Burba.-
com
January 26-27 ALIS Law, The Law
Conference for Hotel Owners and
Operators, Residence Inn and
Courtyard Los Angeles L.A. Live, Los
Angeles, CA. http://www.alisconfer-
ence.com/alis-law-registration
January 27-29 One Travel
Conference, Hilton McLean Tysons
Corner, Washington, DC Area.
ONEtravelconference.com
January 28-February 1 30th
Annual World Conference of Mayors
(WCM) Board Meeting, City Hall,
Eatonville, FL. (334) 727-4035 or
Repjf@aol.com
January 29-31 Air Jamaica Jazz and
Blues Festival, Montego Bay, Jamaica.
http://jamaicajazzandblues.com
February 4-6 PATA Adventure
Travel and Responsible Tourism
Conference and Mart 2015, Royal
Banquet Hall, Thimphu, Bhutan.
ATRTCM@PATA.org
or
www.PATA.org/adventure2015
February 7 Annual Black History
Month Breakfast with members of the
Aberdeen Gardens Historic and Civic
Association, Crowne Plaza Hampton
Marina Hotel, Hampton, VA. (757)
722-2345 or www.aberdeengardens.org
February 7 Black History Month
Celebration, recognizing the achieve-
ments of African-Americans in aviation,
space and technology, featuring Dr. D's
Mars Funky Physics Adventures, the
Tidewater Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen,
and many hands on activities and
demonstrations, Virginia Air & Space
Center, Hampton, VA. (757) 727-0900
or www.vasc.org
February 21-22 10th Annual Los
Angels Travel & Adventure Show, Long
Beach Convention Center, Long Beach,
CA. www.LAtravelshow.com
March 6-8 12th Annual World
Congress of SBMT on Brain, Spinal
Cord Mapping & Image Guided
Therapy, Los Angeles Convention
Center, Los Angeles, CA. For more
information email info@worldbrain-
mapping.org.
March 7-8 11th Annual Washing-
ton, DC Travel & Adventure Show,
Walter E. Washington Convention
Center, Washington, DC. Contact
Kerry Lynn Bohen at (703) 533-4823;
kbohen@aboutbwf.com.
March 8-10 International
Restaurant & Foodservice Show of New
York, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center,
New York, NY. For more information
on exhibiting or attending, visit the offi-
cial Show website at www.international-
restaurantny.com.
March 17-18 HICAP UPDATE –
Asia Pacific, Singapore. www.Burba.com
March 18-19 AOCAP – Asia pacif-
ic,, Singapore. www.Burba.com
March 19 2015 PR Week Awards
Dinner, Grand Hyatt, Grand Central,
New York, NY. Contact Nicole
Marshall nicole.marshall@prweek.com
March 24-26 Atlantic Builders
Convention 2015, Atlantic City
Convention Center, Atlantic City, NJ.
(609) 587-5577
April 6-7 The Hotel Equity and
Lender Perspective (HELP) Confer-
ence, Seaport Boston Hotel, Boston,
MA. For more information, please con-
tact: Ashlynn Crandell, Conference
Manager, HELP Conference at acran-
dell@helpconference.com or (978)
777-4100.
April 14-15 BIG Industry Show,
Denver, CO. http://www.bigindus-
tryshow.com/
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