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COVER STORY
• TAKING THE FAMILY: TRAVEL FOR
BUSINESS & PLEASURE
FEATURES
• CARMEL BY THE SEA:
THE DREAM GETAWAY
• BM&T'S GREAT GAMING ROUNDUP
• BM&T'S CHAMPIONS AWARDS AND
MENTORING PROGRAM POISED TO UNFOLD
DURING CBCF'S LEGISLATIVE WEEKEND IN DC
AREA GUIDES
DETROIT, BALTIMORE, AUSTIN, BARBADOS
May 3-5 Belize Tourism Expo
(BETEX 2017). Visit www.betex.bz
or
contact them at info@betex.bz for more
information.
May 6-7 2017 Scuba Show, Long
Beach Convention Center, Long Beach,
CA. www.scubashow.com
May 6-13 These Women Mean
Business Cruise presented by the
Information Diva and Victoria Falk
aboard MSC Divina, beginning and end-
ing in Miami, with stops in ports at Ocho
Rios, Jamaica, Gorge Town, Cayman
Islands, Cozumel, Mexico, and Nassau,
Bahamas. (310) 497-1640
May 8-12 2017 Humane Society of
the U.S. Animal Care Expo, Ocean
Center and the Hilton Daytona Beach
Resort, Daytona Beach, FL. www.-
DaytonaBeachMeetings.com
May 17-20 Black Enterprise
Entrepreneurs Summit, Marriott
Marquis, Houston. http://www.black-
enterprise.com/events/entrepreneurs-
summit/
May 22 The LaGrant Foundation
19th Anniversary Scholarship & Donor
Recognition Reception, General Motors
Heritage Center, Detroit, MI. https://-
www.lagrantfoundation.org/
May 25 13th Annual Diversity Day
Business Symposium Summit & Health
& Job Expo, hosted by the Regional
Black Chamber of Commerce & its
United Community Partners, LAX
Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, CA (818)
464-3484 or rbccinfo@yahoo.com
May 31 Asian American Advertising
Federation (3AF) 2017 Asian
Marketing Boot Camp, Los Angeles,
CA. www.3af.org
June 1-2 Asian American
Advertising Federation (3AF) 2017
Asian Marketing Summit, Los Angeles,
CA. www.3af.org
June 7 Boutique Hotel Investment
Conference, The Times Center, New
York, NY. For more information visit
June 9 Rum & Rhythm Benefit, pre-
sented by the CTO Foundation,
Capitale, New York, NY. www.Carib-
beanWeek.com
http://www.blla.org/event/2017-
boutique-hotel-investment-confer-
ence/.
July 3-10 8th Annual eGroup X-
Change MICE Conference at Sea,
Vancouver – Alaska round-trip.
david@egroupcommunications.com
July 4-8 International AIM
Convention COGIC, Cincinnati, OH.
(901) 947-9358
July 11-18 NPN 20127 Southeast
Asia Leadership Summit & Music
Festival at Sea, Scenic Spirit" river cruise
ship. http://www.npncruise.com/-
southeast-asia-2017/
August 2-4 Game Changer NSN
Conference, Hyatt Regency Chicago,
Chicago, IL. www.Salesnetwork.org
August 9-13 NABJ Convention &
Career Fair, New Orleans, LA. (301)
505-0248 or www.nabj.org
August 17 Women's Symposium,
sponsored by California Black Chamber
of Commerce, Oakland, CA. (916)
463-0178 or www.calbcc.org
August 17-19 Ron Brown Business
& Economic Summit, sponsored by
California Black Chamber of Com-
merce, Oakland, CA. (916) 463-0178
or www.calbcc.org
August 19 Youth Summit, spon-
sored by California Black Chamber of
Commerce, Oakland, CA. (916) 463-
0178 or www.calbcc.org
September 15-16 APTA National
Forum 2017, Bahia Resort Hotel, San
Diego, CA. (858) 488-0551
October 1-4 Travel Agent Miami
2017 Forum, Miami Hyatt, Miami, FL.
www.TravelSMG.com
November 10-13 American
Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO),
New Orleans, LA. For more informa-
tion, visit www.neworleanscvb.com.
November 15-19 National Alliance
of Black School Educators, New
Orleans, LA. http://www.nabse.-
org/conf_events.html
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Conventions & Leisure Travel
MAY/JUNE 2017
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