Faire & Awards Luncheon, presented by the
Black Business Association, Sheraton Grand Los
Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. (323) 291-9334 or
mail@bbala.org
March 29 2nd Charm City Cultural
Heritage Tourism Symposium African
American Tourism Day, presented by BAATC,
Baltimore, MD. Please email: loucfields@-
gmail.com to register.
March 29 17th Annual State of Maryland
Harriet Ross Tubman Day of Remembrance,
Reginald Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD.
Contact Louis C. Fields at (443) 983-7974 or
loucfields@gmail.com
for more information.
April 1-2 7th Annual Dallas Travel &
Adventure Show, Dallas market Hall, Dallas,
TX. https://travelshows.com/shows/dallas/
April 20-23 Health Journalism 2017,
Rosen Center Hotel, Orlando, FL. http://-
h e a l t h j o u r n a l i s m . o r g / c a l e n d a r -
details.php?id=1520
April 21-22 The African American
Leadership Weekend Conference, Holiday Inn
Sacramento – Capitol Plaza, Sacramento, CA.
(916) 463-0178
April 23 Black Women in Wine
Celebration and Fundraiser, South Beach Lady
Yacht, Miami, FL For further information,
please contact Marcia Jones, Marcia@urban-
connoissuers.com or (206) 851-8644.
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
ending 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.blackenterprise.com/events/entre
preneurs-summit/
May 22 The LaGrant Foundation 19th
Anniversary Scholarship & Donor Recognition
Reception, General Motors Heritage Center,
Detroit, MI. https://www.lagrantfounda-
tion.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, presented
by the CTO Foundation, Capitale, New York,
NY. www.CaribbeanWeek.com
http://www.blla.org/event/2017-boutique-
hotel-investment-conference/.
July 3-10 8th Annual eGroup X-Change
MICE Conference at Sea, Vancouver – Alaska
round-trip. david@egroupcommunications.-
com
July 11-18 NPN 20127 Southeast Asia
Leadership Summit & Music Festival at Sea,
Scenic Spirit" river cruise ship. http://www.npn-
cruise.com/southeast-asia-2017/
August 2-4 Game Changer NSN
Conference, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago,
IL. www.Salesnetwork.org
November 10-13 American Academy of
Ophthalmology (AAO), New Orleans, LA. For
more information, visit www.neworlean-
scvb.com.
November 15-19 National Alliance of
Black School Educators, New Orleans, LA.
http://www.nabse.org/conf_events.html
travel experience. We have not had them with us for several years and we
are pleased to announce their return. CLIA will be offering a few accred-
ited classes at the conference. If you need CLIA credits, here is another
reason you need to be in attendance.
CTA TESTING AT 2017 CONFERENCE
You still have time to join the vast number of travel professionals with
the CTA (Certified Travel Associate) designation. The CTA, focuses on
those "nuts and bolts" skills that you use daily – selling skills, customer
service skills, destination knowledge and communication skills. Don't
delay in your decision to join the ranks of our CTA's. TPOC is offering a
great savings for CTA materials and the test itself. Contact Yvonne
Brooks if you are interested, she can be reached at
ybrooks821@gmail.com
.
VISIT FLORIDA
VISIT FLORIDA has been a longtime supporter of TPOC. For
those of you that may not know, VISIT FLORIDA has a certification
program. The program includes 4 modules: Active, Beaches, Family and
Weddings and Honeymoons. Here is the link necessary to take this
course, http://visitflorida.recommend.com/courses.
Also, remember to
notify Brenda Bryant when you send clients to visit any parts of Florida
and once you have completed VISIT FLORIDA's certification program.
She can be reached at bbryant@visitflorida.org.
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