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5 B M & T ••• July/August 2015 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com July 1-2 Technology For Associa- tions Congress, London, England. www.associationsnetwork.org July 15-17 19th Annual International 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 Internat- ional Multicultural & Heritage Tourism Summit & Trade Show, Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay Hotel, Miami, FL. www.MulticulturalTourismSummit. 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. August 25-26 2nd Annual State of Black Business Conference, presented by the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce, The Fairmont Dallas, Dallas, TX. DALLASBLACKCHAM- BER.ORG August 29 Annual Ron Brown Business & Economic Youth Summit, Sacramento Arden West Hilton Hotel, Sacramento, CA. (916) 463-0177 or cbcc@calbcc.org 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/ 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. October 5-9 2015 FCCA Conference & Trade Show, Cozumel, Mexico. To register and/or learn more, please visit http://www.regonline.com- /fccacozumel. October 8 Small Business Expo, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA. (212) 404-2345 December 10 Small Business Expo, Atlanta Convention Center, Atlanta, GA. (212) 404-2345 January 3-13 American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (BCEC), Boston, MA. (617) 954-2168 May 8-12 2017 Humane Society of the U.S. Animal Care Expo, Ocean Center and the Hilton Daytona Beach Resort, Daytona Bea ch, FL. www.Day- tonaBeachMeetings.com November 10-13 American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), New Orleans, LA. For more informa- tion, visit www.neworleanscvb.com. PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Solomon J. Herbert ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/ EDITOR Gloria Herbert GRAPHIC DESIGN: POP MEDIA GROUP Robert Ingram GRAPHIC ARTIST/WEBMASTER Solomon J. Hebert II FOCUS ON M.I.C.E. EDITOR Matthew Thomas MUSEUM NOTES EDITOR Patricia Ann Jordan RELIGIOUS REVIEW EDITOR Patrice Kelly TECH NEWS EDITOR William G. Herbert VIEW FROM THE CHAMBER EDITOR Michael Bennett CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Rebecca Bernard Edith B illups Victoria Head Brienne Herbert Roy Jay Cheray O'Neal SALES MANAGERS Regina Buggs Willa Robinson MARKETING/EDITORIAL CONSULTANT'S Hank Harris Andrew Ingraham O.J. Webb OFFICE MANAGER Dorothy Canty ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES Victoria Head Paul Herbert HUMAN RESOURCES Barbara Harper For high quality article reprints of 100 or more, please contact Reprint Management Services at (717)399-1900. The Authority on African-American Conventions & Leisure Travel COVER STORY • AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETINGS, INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THE MIDWEST FEATURES • BM&T'S ANNUAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN REUNIONS FOCUS • AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETINGS, INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THE CARIBBEAN • SPA MEETINGS: MIXING BUSINESS WITH PLEASURE • BM&T'S ANNUAL CONVENTION CENTER/CONFERENCE CENTER REVIEW AREA GUIDES NEVADA, MASSACHUSETTS, ALASKA, ALABAMA, NEW MAEXICO, WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, ARIZONA, HOUSTON, ONTARIO QUEBEC, USVI COMING IN: SEPTEMNBER/OCTOBER 2015 JULY/AUGUST 2015 B L A C K M E E T I N G S & T O U R I S M 2016 2017