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May 11 Travursity Travel
Showcase, Newark, NJ. Register at
www.travursity.com or email info@-
travursity.com for further informa-
tion.
May 9-13 Romance Travel
Forum, Moon Palace Jamaica
Grande, Jamaica. www.caribbean-
hotelandtourism.com
May 17-18 Online Marketing
Strategies for Travel – The Americas
& Caribbean 2016, Miami, FL.
Contact: Alexandra Close alexan-
dra@eyefortravel.com.
May 23 18th Anniversary
Scholarship & Donor Recognition
Reception, World of Coca-Cola,
Atlanta, GA. erickainiguez@lagrant-
.com
May 23 4th Annual Conference:
Doing Business With The BRICS,
Ronald Reagan Building &
International Trade center, Wash-
ington, DC. Please contact Michael
Cooper, at The Eurasia Center (202)
494-0773 or Director@eurasiacen-
ter.org.
May 26 California Black
Chamber of Commerce & Council
of Chambers Salute to Outstanding
Public Officials, Sheraton Gateway,
Los Angeles, CA. cbcc@calbcc.org |
(916) 463-0178 | www.calbcc.org
June 2 Caribbean Media
Marketplace, New York Marriott
Marquis, New York, NY. Contact
Sylma Brown at sbrown@carib-
tourism.com.
June 2-3 The 2016 3AF Asian
Marketing Summit, Line Hotel, Los
Angeles, CA. For more information
or questions, please contact Genny
Hom-Franzen, 3AF Executive
Director, at ghomfranzen@3af.org.
June 12 Odunde Festival,
Philadelphia, PA. www.Odunde.com
June 15-16 EyeforTravel's Asia
Pacific Summit 2016 (TDS Asia),
Singapore. Contact: Shreya
Ganapathy -
shreya@eyefortravel.com.
June 21-27 Palm Spring
International Shortfest (Short Film
Festival & Film Market), Camelot
Theatre, Palm Springs, CA. For
more information and tickets call
(760) 322-2930 or (800) 898-7526
or visit www.psfilmfest.org.
June 22-24 National Association
of Black Accountants, Hollywood,
FL. www.nabainc.org
June 22-26 Alpha Phi Alpha 71st
Biennial Convention, Renaissance
Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland, OH.
www.apa1906.net
June 29-July 2 40th National
Assembly Links, Inc., Las Vegas, NV.
www.linsinc.org
July 19 ALIS (Investment
Lodging Investment Summit)
Summer Update conference, Sea-
port Boston Hotel, Boston, MA.
www.alisconference.com
July 20 ALIS (Investment
Lodging Investment Summit)
Summer Update conference,
Google's Offices, San Francisco, CA.
www.alisconference.com
July 26 ALIS (Investment
Lodging Investment Summit)
Summer Update conference, Choice
Hotels International HQ in
Rockville, MD. www.alisconfer-
ence.com
July 27 ALIS (Investment
Lodging Investment Summit)
Summer Update conference, Omni
Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX.
www.alisconference.com
July 27-29 20th Annual
International African American
Hotel Ownership & Investment
Summit & Trade Show, Miami
Marriott Biscayne Bay Hotel, Miami,
FL. www.NABHOOD.com
July 29-31 3rd Annual
International Multicultural &
Heritage Summit & Trade Show,
Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay Hotel,
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