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CONTENTS COVER STORY 32 For those destinations with great heritage tourism products the coming years should offer a windfall of opportunity like never before as we reach several impor- tant milestones in American history. Cashing In On HeritageTourismexplores this phenomenon. By Michael Bennett DEPARTMENTS 4 Publisher's Message 5 Calendar of Events 6 Newsmakers 8 In The News FEATURES 20 Meetings have taken on a life of their own.A lot more details are involved in making them a success. Bells and whistles aside, what meeting planners need to be armed with is information, information and more information. And that's exactly what Meeting the Needs of Your Meeting provides for meeting and incentive planners. By Darlene Donloe 10 Museum Notes 12 Speaking of People 13 Cruise News 14 Letters to Editor 16 Hotel Happenings 18 Site Review #1 – St. Lucia 19 Local Hero – Xernona Clayton 23 Fam Report #2 – Mazatlan 27 Site Review #2 – Columbia 30 Caribbean Corner 46 Fam Report #2 – Windsor Essex Pelee Island 52 Pacesetters – Linda G. Simmons 53 Travel Data 54 From the Motherland BLACK MEETINGS & TOURISM VOLUME 19, ISSUE 1, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012 25 AREA GUIDES NABHOOD News reports on up to the minute items of interest in the world of hotel development and the activities of the National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators and Developers. By Michael Bennett 56 Barbados 57 East Point 58 Louisiana 60 Philadelphia Floral garden, Windsor Ontario Black Meetings & Tourism January/February 2012: www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com 3 Photo Credit: Strathroy