BlAck MEEtiNgs & toURisM
The Authority on African-American Conventions & Leisure Travel
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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011
January 8 Sixteenth Annual Urban Wheels Awards," Detroit, MI. www.decisivemagazine.com/sites/all/- urban-wheel-awards/urban-wheel- awards.htm
January 8-11 Professional
Convention Management Association (PCMA)'s Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. For more information about PCMA and the PCMA Annual Meeting, visit www.pcma.org.
January 9-15 ASEAN Tourism Forum 2012, Golden Kawanua Convention Centre, Manado, Republic of Indonesia. www.atfind- onesia.com
January 15 P.F Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon and 1/2 Marathon through Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe, AZ. www.visitphoenix.com
January 16-22 Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction at WestWorld, Phoenix, AZ. www.visitphoenix.com
January 17-19 International Disaster Conference & Expo, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA. http://www.internationaldisaster- conference.com/about.html
January 27-29 Los Angeles Times Travel Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA. www.latimes.com/travelshow
January 30-February 5 Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale, AZ. www.visitphoenix.com
February 1-3 The American Advertising Federation's Most Promising Minority Students 2012, New York, NY. www.aaf.org/default.asp?id=213
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETINGS,
February 7-9 ISM Diversity Summits - 4th Annual Women Executive Supply Management Summit," Dallas, TX. www.ism.ws/education/con- tent.cfm?ItemNumber=21797
February 7-9 Diversity Summits - 9th Annual Black Executive Supply Management Summit," Grapevine, TX. www.ism.ws/education/content.- cfm?ItemNumber=21795
February 7-11 Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) presents PATA Adventure Travel and Responsible Tourism Conference and Mart 2011, Fulbari Resort and Spa, Pokhara, Nepal. For registration and more informa- tion visit www.PATA.org/adventure2011.
February 8 Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund Lunar Year Gala, New York, NY. www.aaldef.org
February 8 Cultural Competency: Why - and How - Every Company Must Develop This Skill for Internal and Cross-Border Diversity, New York, NY. http://bit.ly/yIh2v0
February 8-9 ISM Diversity Summits - 5th Annual Hispanic Supply Management Summit," Dallas, TX. www.ism.ws/education/content.cfm?- ItemNumber=21799
February 8-9 ISM Diversity Summits - 4th Annual Women Executive Supply Management Summit, Dallas, Institute for Supply Management. www.ism.ws/education/content.cfm?ItemNumber=21797
February 8-9 ISM Diversity Summits - 9th Annual Black Executive Supply Management Summit, Grapevine, TX, Institute for Supply Management. www.ism.ws/education/content.cfm?ItemNumber=21795
February 9 Latina Style 50: Awards Ceremony and Diversity Conference," Washington, DC. http://latina50.latinastyle.com
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