Multicultural Travel News

Greater Fort Lauderdale held their 95th annual national championships of the American Tennis Association (ATA), America’s oldest African American sports organization on July 29 – August 4 at Jimmy Evert Tennis Center in Holiday Park and the Tennis Club of Fort Lauderdale. Having the ATA tournament in Fort Lauderdale is an example of the efforts made by the Multicultural Business Development of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau (GFLCVB).  The CVB is setting its sights on becoming the destination of choice for major African American and organizations of color (such as the ATA, Black Tennis Hall of Fame and 100 Black Men of America) to build its headquarters and host their annual conferences which bring together thousands annually from national and global networks. Fort Lauderdale city made the debut of the redevelopment of historic Sistrunk Boulevard, a historic African American community which honors one of Fort Lauderdale’s first black pioneer doctors. The redevelopment of Sistrunk Boulevard celebrates the 10-decade-long history of the black community in Fort Lauderdale and the accomplishments and important contributions to the city. Greater Fort Lauderdale currently leads the nation in attracting Black residents and organizations in large part because of the influx of Caribbean immigrants from Jamaica, Haiti and Trinidad – one of the largest Caribbean communities in the nation with more than 500,000 residents. Visit http://www.sunny.org/visitors/events/.