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COVER STORY
• DESTINATIONS THAT OFFER ADDED VALUE
FOR THE BUDGET MINDED PLANNER
FEATURES
• A VIEW FROM THE TOP: CVB HEADS
REPORT ON STATE OF INDUSTRY
•ALL ABOUT INCLUSIVES
• HISTORIC HOTELS MAKE FOR
MEMORABLE MEETINGS
AREA GUIDES
PENNSYLVANIA, JAMAICA, NEBRASKA,
DELEWARE, CONNECTICUT
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
RELIGIOUS REVIEW EDITOR
Patrice Kelly
TECH NEWS EDITOR
William G. Herbert
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Rebecca Bernard
Edith Billups
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
HUMAN RESOURCES
Barbara Harper
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November 5-7 2017 ANA
Multicultural Marketing and Diversity
Conference, Fontainebleau Miami
Beach, FL. http://www.ana.net/con-
ference/show
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.
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November 17 An Evening With
Frederick Douglas, National Great
Blacks in Wax Museum, Baltimore,
MD. For information call Lou Fields at
(443) 983-7974.
November 29-December 2
National Coalition of Black Meeting
Planners, Oakland Marriott City
Center, Oakland, CA. (571) 366-1779
https://ncbmp.com/
December 4 4th Annual
Conference – Doing Business With
The Eurasian Economic Union –
Improving East-West Relations, the
Russian Cultural Centre, Washington,
DC. www.eurasiacenter.org
December 9 49th Annual Pioneer
of African American Achievement
Award Dinner, presented by the
Brotherhood Crusade, Beverly Hilton,
Beverly Hills, CA. (323) 846-1649
January 13 Black Business Expo on
Tour, Ontario Convention Airport
Hotel, Ontario, CA. (866) 493-3394
or www.scbbe.com
January 21-22 ALIS (the Americas
Lodging Investment Summit),
Residence Inn and Courtyard, Los
Angeles, CA. https://alisalaw18.regis-
terat.com/Home.aspx
January 22-24 ALIS the Americas
Lodging Investment Summit), JW
Marriott & Microsoft Theater, Los
Angels, CA. https://alisalaw18.regis-
terat.com/Home.aspx
April 21 Black Business Expo on
Tour, Ontario Convention Airport
Hotel, Ontario, CA. (866) 493-3394
or www.scbbe.com
July 22 Black Business Expo on
Tour, Ontario Convention Airport
Hotel, Ontario, CA. (866) 493-3394
or www.scbbe.com
January 13 Black Business Expo on
Tour, Ontario Convention Airport
Hotel, Ontario, CA. (866) 493-3394 or
www.scbbe.com
January 21-22 ALIS (the Americas
Lodging Investment Summit),
Residence Inn and Courtyard, Los
Angeles, CA. https://alisalaw18.regis-
terat.com/Home.aspx
January 22-24 ALIS (the Americas
Lodging Investment Summit), JW
Marriott & Microsoft Theater, Los
Angels, CA. https://alisalaw18.register-
at.com/Home.aspx
April 21 Black Business Expo on
Tour, Ontario Convention Airport
Hotel, Ontario, CA. (866) 493-3394 or
www.scbbe.com
July 22 Black Business Expo on
Tour, Ontario Convention Airport
Hotel, Ontario, CA. (866) 493-3394 or
www.scbbe.com
July 25-27 22nd Annual Inter-
national African American Hotel
Ownership & Investment Summit &
Trade Show, presented by (NAB-
HOOD), Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay
Hotel, Miami, FL. www.NABHOOD-
.com
July 27-29 5th Annual International
Multicultural & Heritage Tourism
Summit & Trade Show, Miami Marriott
Biscayne Bay Hotel, Miami, FL. www.-
MulticulturalTourismSummit.com
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