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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 Washington,
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 official
Show website at www.international-
restaurantny.com.\
March 17-18 HICAP UPDATE –
Asia Pacific, Singapore. www.Burba.com
March 18-19 AOCAP – Asia pacific,,
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/
April 14-16 IT&CM China 2015,
Shanghai Convention & Exhibition
Center, Shanghai, China. www.itcmchi-
na.com
April 18 Africare CODA Corporate
Summit, U.S. Chambers of Commerce,
Washington, DC. Please contact Afri-
care Chief of Staff Kendra Davenport at
kdavenport@africare.org
or (202) 328-
5375.
April 18-21 American Association of
Community Colleges (AACC) Annual
Convention, Henry B. Gonzalez
Convention Center, San Antonio, TX.
For more information: (202) 416.4579
or registration@aacc.nche.edu.
April 26-29 22nd International
Tourism Safety Conference, Las Vegas
Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV. For
more information or to register for the
conference, visit (www.touristsafety.org.
April 27-28 CHRIS – Caribbean,
Miami, FL. www.Burba.com
April 28-30 HOLA – Latin
American, Miami, FL.
www.Burba.com
May North American Travel
Journalists Association (NATJA) 2015
Conference & Marketplace, Puerto
Vallarta, Mexico. www.visitpuertovallar-
ta.com
May 14-17 Travel Professionals of
Color (TPOC) National Association
13th Conference and Trade Show,
Crowne Plaza Atlanta Airport, East
Point, GA. (866) 901-1259 or www.-
tpocassociation.com.
May 30-June 3 U.S. Tr6avel
Association's IPW 2015, Orlando, FL.
For information, U.S. Suppliers, Dom-
estic Buyers and U.S. Journalists: ipwreg-
@ustravel.org.
June 8-11 Engage – The Verint
Systems Global Customer Conference
2015, Paris Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV.
www.verint.com/customerconference
June 11 Driving Innovation, Paris
Las Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas, NV. (877)
242-7724 or (diconference@verint.com
June 17-19 The GMIC Sustainable
Meetings Conference, Power to
Change, sponsored by The Green
Meetings Industry Council, Westin
Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta, GA.
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COVER STORY
• AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETINGS,
INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THE SOUTH
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• THE BENEFITS OF MEETING AT SEA
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