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COVER STORY
• AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO MEETINGS,
INCENTIVES & TRAVELING IN THE SOUTH
FEATURES
• CARNIVAL CORPORATION CEO ARNOLD
DONALD TOPS LIST OF GLOBAL
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• MEET ME IN CUBA!
• THE SHERATON GRAND LOS CABOS
HACIENDA DEL MAR RESORT THE PERFECT
MICE PARADISE
AREA GUIDES
DENVER, MISSOURI, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
March 4-5 National Preppers &
Survivalists Expo, Baton Rouge, New
Orleans & Gonzales, LA. www.NPS-
Exxpo.com or (504) 281-4430
March 7-9 Res/Con New Orleans,
New Orleans Ernest N. Morial
Convention Center, New Orleans, LA
http://resconnola.com/
March 9 17th Annual State of
Maryland Harriet Ross Tubman Day of
Remembrance, Maryland General
Assembly, Miller Senate Building,
Annapolis, MD. Contact Louis C. Fields
at (443) 983-7974 or loucfields@-
gmail.com for more information.
March 10-12 17th Annual State of
Maryland Harriet Ross Tubman Day of
Remembrance, Maryland Eastern Shore.
Contact Louis C. Fields at (443) 983-
7974 or loucfields@gmail.com
for more
information.
March 16 Empowering Tomorrow's
Leaders 2nd Annual Visionary Awards
Luncheon, Wyndham San Diego
Bayside, San Diego, CA. Contact Clara
Carter at clara@mccsn.com for more
information.
March 21-23 Airline Distribution
2017, Kowloon Shangri-La, Kowloon,
Hong Kong. For more information con-
tact marketing@uatp.com
or visit
UATP.com
March 25 Black Women in Media
presents Celebrating The Pioneers
Awards Ceremony, New York, NY.
www.blackwomeninmedia.com
March 25 2017 Salute to Black
Women Business Conference Vendor
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 informa-
tion.
April 1-2 7th Annual Dallas Travel &
Adventure Show, Dallas market Hall,
Dallas, TX. https://travelshowscom/-
shows/dallas/
April 20-23 Health Journalism 2017,
Rosen Center Hotel, Orlando, FL.
http://healthjournalism.org/calendar-
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 fur-
ther information, please contact Marcia
Jones, Marcia@urbanconnoissuers.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 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 Entre-
preneurs Summit, Marriott Marquis,
Houston. http://www.black-enter-
prise.com/events/entrepreneurs-sum-
mit/
May 22 The LaGrant Foundation
19th Anniversary Scholarship & Donor
Recognition Reception, General Motors
Heritage Center, Detroit, MI.
https://www.lagrantfoundation.org/
The Authority on African-American
Conventions & Leisure Travel
March/April 2017
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