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In a bid to get locals to plan and hold theitr family reunionsin Baltimore, BACVA will spend $300,00 0 to highlight the and other city resource that might contain family histories and other information. In the future BACVA planx to expand the effort to attracgtdifferent groups, including Hispanic as well as gay, bisexual and transgender people, CEO Tom Noonan said. Noonamn outlined the plans at a press conference that featured impersonatorsz dramatizing the lives ofBillie Holiday, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, all born in Baltimore.
A new print ad featuring the wax figure of President Barack Obama at the National Grear Blacks in Wax museum in Baltimore will aid themarketinfg campaign. It will run in two national Heart & Soul and Radio advertisements will airin Va., Philadelphia and D.C. BACVA wants to tout Baltimore’s black venues and attractions, since an estimatedf 21 percent ofthe city’s visitorss are African-American, said Noonan. The Africa n American Travel Conference also plans to hold its conventiob at the convention center inApripl 2012.
The group will bring 2,500 group travepl planners and will take upto 1,000 room about 300 during the weekend, Noonan Landing the 2012 convention coincides with BACVA’s plans to focusz on the War of 1812 and other historicapl events to attract visitors.