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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. Travel
Association's IPW 2015, Orlando, FL.
For information, U.S. Suppliers,
Domestic 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.
h t t p : / / g m i c g l o b a l . s i t e - y m . c o m / -
page/2015conf1/
June 22-24 Home Based Travel
Agent Las Vegas 2015 Forum, Las
Vegas, NV. www.LVTravelShow.com
June 26-28 12th Beijing Inter-
national Tourism Expo (BITE) 2015,
China National Convention Centre,
Beijing, China. http://www.bitechina.-
com.cn
July 1-2 Technology For Associa-
tions Congress, London, England.
www.associationsnetwork.org
July 15-17 19th Annual Inter-
national African American Hotel
Ownership & Investment Summit &
Trade Show, Miami Marriott Biscayne
Bay Hotel, Miami, FL. horizons@-
gate.net or (954) 797-7102
July 15-17 Destination Marketing
Association International (DMAI)
2015 Annual Convention, Hilton
Austin, Austin, TX. Tel: (202) 296-
7888. Fax: (202)296-7889. Email:
info@destinationmarketing.org.
July 17-19 2nd Annual Inter-
national Multicultural & Heritage
Tourism Summit & Trade Show,
Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay Hotel,
Miami, FL. www.MulticulturalTour-
ismSummit.com
July 25-29 Global Business Travel
Association (GBTA) Convention 2015,
Orlando, FL. (800) 934-1957 or con-
ventionreg@gbta.org
August 5-8 National Sales Network
2015 Conference & Diversity Career
Fair, Houston, TX. www.salesnet-
work.org
August 24-27 Blacks In Govern-
ment (B.I.G.) 37th Annual National
Training Institute, Hilton Orlando.
Orlando, FL. (202) 667-3280 or
www.bignet.org.
September 25-26 APTA National
Forum 2015, The Boulders Resort,
Carefree, AZ. Please contact Valerie
Sewell to confirm your room reservation
from our room block at events@apta.biz
or (720) 283-4179.
August 30-September 1 20th
Annual International Aviation Forecast
Summit, Las Vegas, NV. For more infor-
mation or to register for the 20th Annual
International Aviation Forecast Summit,
please visit http://www.aviationfore-
castsummit.com.
September 16-17 Predict: CEIR's
Annual Exhibition Industry Outlook
Conference, Chicago, IL. For additional
information, visit www.ceir.org.
September 17 Small Business
Expo, Fort Mason Center, San
Francisco, CA. (212) 404-2345
September 18-19 LGBT Business
Expo, Merida, Mexico. For more infor-
mation about the LGBT Confex please
visit: http://www.lgbtconfex.com/
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Ann Brown
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Matthew Thomas
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Patricia Ann Jordan
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Patrice Kelly
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William G. Herbert
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