
Black Travel Expo Schedule
Friday – June 9, 2023
TERMINAL
-
6:00pm – 8:00pm - Official Black Travel Expo Kickoff
The Kentucky Derby Experience, Sponsored by Louisville Tourism at The Gathering Spot 384 Northyards Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30313
Saturday – June 10, 2023
-
8:00am Doors Open - The Gathering Spot, 384 Northyards Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30313
-
8:45am Warm-up | Ice Breaker by DaShaun Johnson
-
Welcome to the Black Travel Expo! | Host Tomeka Jones
-
Opening Remarks by Founder, Maurice Foley, and various Sponsors.
-
10:00am – 10:30am - Blacks in Travel & Tourism | Stephanie Jones
- 10:30am DE&I in the Travel Industry | Panel Discussion
-
Moderator - Karen Brown
-
Danny Andrews - Lawyer and DEI Consultant
-
Naima Greenwood - CEO, Yardstick
-
-
Travel Spotlights
-
11:00am – 11:15am Spice & Roots presentation by Kai Cash
-
11:15am – 11:30am Passport for Change presentation by Nyra Constant - (Terminal)
-
-
11:30am Keynote Speaker: Darrien Watson - Co-Founder of Squad Trip
-
11:45am Panel Discussion – Travel Tech Talk: Moderated by Taricka Clinton
-
Moderator: Taricka Clinton
-
Shar Wynter (The Xpat App)
-
Lawrence Phillips (Greenbook Global)
-
Charles Shima (ZaNiheza)
-
Mandy Bowman (Official Black Wall Street)
-
12:15pm – 12:30pm - Q&A April Brown - Audience Moderator
-
-
12:00pm – 1:00pm - Lunch
-
1:00pm – 1:15pm - Keynote Speaker, Charles Shima of ZaNiheza
-
1:15 – 1:30pm Simone R. Davis is the Director of REAL ID at TSA.
-
1:30pm – 1:40pm – Amawaterways
-
1:45pm – 2:15pm Keynote Speaker - Jay Cameron
-
2:15pm – 3:15pm Black Men Who Travel
-
Ronnie Dunston (Road to 100 Countries)
-
Belvin Baldwin (Showtime Travel)
-
Mike Henderson (BAG Travel)
-
Leroy Adams (Tee Buddy Pass Magazine)
-
-
3:15pm – 3:30pm Q&A Audience Moderator – TBA
-
3:30pm – 3:35 Lawrence Phillips of Greenbook Global
-
3:35pm – 4:00pm Keynote Speaker – Heather Proctor/Black in Portugal
-
4:00 – 4:30pm Panel Discussion – The Expat Life
-
Moderator with Tomeka Jones
-
Nubia Younge (Black in Travel/Black in Tulum)
-
Travis Levius
-
Danny Andrews
-
Tiffanie Anderson (Away to Africa)
-
-
-
4:30pm – 4:45pm Q&A Audience Moderator - TBA
-
4:45pm – 5:15pm DJ The Money Coach – Investing in property in Zanzibar, Tanzania
-
5:30pm Expo Closing Remarks and Announcements
2023 Black Travel Expo
Speakers & Panelists

