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Sep 06 2019

Presenters

BOLD Talks

Conference Welcome & Opening BOLD Talk
Monday, February 3, 6:45-7:45 pm

A Voice for the Voiceless
Tuesday, February 4, 8:45-9:30 am

Panel Presentation – Spearheading Sustainability: Duke University Master Students’ Project
Tuesday, February 4, 12:50-1:30 pm

What’s New, Good to Know, and Worth Your Time in Digital
Wednesday, February 5, 8:45-9:45 am

Closing BOLD Talk – A Decade of Travel to Discover Ourselves
Thursday, February 6, 8:45-9:45 am

Presenters are added to this page as their sessions are confirmed. Please check back!

Intensives

Brian Anderson & Todd Duncan

Risk Management: Expecting the Unexpected–ETC Member case studies on crisis management & evacuation
Monday February 3rd, 1-3pm

Action Learning: Curating travel experiences
Monday February 3rd, 1-3pm

Building Your Brand Story and Driving Growth
Tuesday, February 4th, 9:45-11:45am

Understanding and Becoming a Storyteller: The mask and the game
Tuesday, February 4th, 9:45-11:45am

Presenters are added to this page as their sessions are confirmed. Please check back!

Learning Labs

Learning Lab I – The Tennessee Aquarium: Take a deeper dive on your next experience
Sunday, February 2nd, 1 -4 pm

Learning Lab II – The Civil War: From Battles to Reunion, “Reconciliation,” & National Memory
Monday, February 3rd, 8am -12 pm

Kenny Burnap, Padgett Arnold,
& Charlie Loomis
(photos & bios coming soon!)

Learning Lab III – Farm to Table: Southern traditions renewed, not lost
Monday, February 3rd, 8am -12 pm

Panel Biographies

Learning Lab IV – Innovation at the Local Level: Creating exceptional destination experiences through Public/Private Partnerships (Panel Led Learning)
Wednesday, February 5th, 12:15-3 pm

Learning Lab Facilitators

Janet Ferguson & Diana Lee Crew

Learning Lab Local Hostesses

Donna McKenzie, Amy Spear
& JD Harper

Presenters are added to this page as their sessions are confirmed. Please check back!

Guest Presenters

Duke University Students:
Annabelle Mercer, Samantha Burch, and Courtney McCorstin

Presenters are added to this page as their sessions are confirmed. Please check back!

Member Presenters

Sep 06 2019

Destination Discovery & IGNITE

Destination Discovery & IGNITE!

Destination Discovery

ETC attendees are eager to learn from experts to expand their destination knowledge and share these stories with their constituents. Destination Discovery is your opportunity to showcase an emerging, exciting, engaging and innovating travel program concept, with accompanying powerful images, in a high-quality, 10-minute, educational presentation. Guidelines for Submission.

Go beyond the marketing campaign to reveal authentic and transformational experiences, reveal new regions, sites and off-the-beaten-track journeys. Submissions will be confirmed based on the quality of the presentation; its ability to expose travel planners to options for interesting lesser known and visited sites; and as a means to build relationships with people, places, cultures and communities. These presentations are educational and preclude any platform to promote or market yourself or your company’s products. Submissions that are marketing promotions will not be considered.

IGNITE!

This well-received session is designed to expose conference delegates to the maximum amount of innovative program ideas, off-the-beaten-track sites, or new attractions in a fast-paced visual odyssey. Each presenter will have exactly 3 minutes to present accompanied by powerful and well-selected images. Guidelines for Submission.

The IGNITE! format is fun, engaging and quick! This session is designed to “ignite conversations” and innovation in product design and sustainable tourism. A compelling story and beautiful images are designed to present what you do best and why others should want to come talk to you.

IGNITE! is not a platform to showcase, promote, or market yourself and/or your company’s products. It is a session that displays innovation and ideas in program development, sustainability and new opportunities in destinations around the globe.

Sep 05 2019

Libations Table Hosts

Featured at the Grand Opening of the International Bazaar, you’ll have the opportunity to host libations and food trays at your individual International Bazaar table.

Libations evening in the Bazaar has become the signature start to conference socializing – and a very hospitable and fun way to meet new colleagues. Delegates stroll through the Bazaar and enjoy convivial conversations over food, cocktails and desserts!

New for 2020! Given delegate requests to extend the time at this event, more food options will be featured at libation tables in lieu of an opening dinner. All Libation hosts will feature a libation selection and a food selection at their tables.

Who: This opportunity is limited to a maximum of 30 Operators, Destinations and Suppliers, so confirm early on your registration form!

Date: Monday, February 3^rd, 7:45–10:00 pm, directly following the Conference Welcome.

Table Fee: $50USD. Does not include food and libations which must paid directly to the Convention Center.

Menu and Pricing: Convention Center pricing is competitive and the food is top-quality. View menu and pricing here.

Libation Table Host Guidelines

-Open to all International Bazaar delegates (Destinations, Operators and Suppliers)

-Hosts are confirmed on a first-come, first-served basis. Spots book quickly!

-Once 30 hosts are confirmed, a wait list will be initiated.

-Hosts are required to provide at least one libation/drink choice and one food item at their tabletop.

-Hosts are limited to a maximum service of 5 bottles of wine, or 20 bottles of beer, or 2 bottles of spirits and two food options.

-The Convention Center provides the food, wine/spirits/beer, mixers, and dessert options. See Menu and Pricing.

-Hosts choose and order from options provided by the Convention Center. Outside food and drinks are strictly prohibited.

-Convention Center will direct-bill host for food, libation and dessert trays.

-Convention Center provides all glassware, napkins, serving dishes, plates, flatware, setup and ice to hosts at no additional cost.

-Setup of drinks and food will be on the desktop display of hosts in the International Bazaar.

-Once confirmed by ETC, libation hosts will receive an email confirmation and Convention Center contact information for ordering.

-No cancellations after January 10, 2020.

Questions? Please contact Carole Erickson, Partner Liaison

Aug 20 2019

DOS Rates

DOS defined: Destinations like country, regional and city government tourist offices, convention and visitors associations, city and community-based tourism promotion offices; Operators like foreign-based tour operators, destination management companies,receptive agents and USA-based tour operators; Suppliers providing travel or travel-related services.

Discounted registration fees valid only with a minimum 3-night stay within the official ETC Conference block, at the published rate.

Destinations, Operators, & Suppliers Registration Rates	Early	Regular	Late
First Person & Organization Membership 3-day Educational Program, Int’l Bazaar Space (table, tablecloth, chairs, signage), meals as noted	$475 $1125	$475 $1325	$475 $1525
Second Person Membership 3-day Educational Program, meals as noted	$475 $500	$475 $560	$475 $660

Cancellation Policy: For cancellations made prior to <Date> you will receive a full refund (less U.S. $75.00 administrative fee and 3.0% convenience fee, if payment was online). Fees are not refundable for cancellations after <Date>. Name substitutions from the same organization are accepted up to <Date>; thereafter, a $50.00 charge will apply.

Aug 20 2019

The Educational Travel Consortium’s Annual Conference assembles an international group of top-level decision makers from both nonprofit institutions and for-profit companies who focus specifically on special-interest and lifelong-learning group travel. The following three distinct groups attend the conference:

1) Nonprofit Travel Program Managers and Planners

2) U.S. Tour Operators and Suppliers

3) Domestic and International Destination Representatives

This is the most content-laden conference in the travel industry.
Jim Sano, Vice President of Travel, Tourism, and Conservation, World Wildlife Fund

1) Nonprofit Travel Program Managers and Planners
Large and small travel programs are represented from alumni associations and continuing and international education departments; art, science, and natural history museums; cultural and preservation organizations; zoos, aquariums, and conservation groups; and from national and regional nonprofit organizations and affinity associations.

Approximately 100+ nonprofit travel planners from across the USA and Canada participate each year. In attendance are key decision makers such as executive directors and program managers, as well as program support staff.

Some of the participants are: Dartmouth College, Stanford Alumni Association, Arizona Alumni Association, Washington & Lee University, Philadelphia Zoo, California Alumni Association–Berkeley, Harvard Alumni Association, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Smithsonian Institution, The Nature Conservancy, National Trust for Historic Preservation, The Sierra Club, UCLA Alumni Travel, Alumni Association of the University of Michigan

Excellent source of tour selection and management of information and best single resource for educational travel networking.
Robert Fure (retired), Lifelong Learning, Washington & Lee University

2) Leading U.S. Tour Operators and Suppliers
In addition to forging connections between travel planners from similar institutions, ETC brings together key special-interest group travel operators, destinations, and suppliers from all corners of the world. No other meeting assembles so many experts dedicated to serving this educational, alumni, and nonprofit travel market niche.110+ special-interest tour operators and 50+ specialty suppliers, from several international destinations, attend and exhibit. Companies and businesses represented include: Academic Arrangements Abroad, Distant Horizons, Odysseys Unlimited, Lindblad Expeditions, MIR, Alaska Wildland Tours, USI Travel Insurance Services, Alumni Holidays, and Gohagan & Co.

Best educational experience in the industry.
Marilyn Downing Staff, Founder and Past President, Asia Transpacific Journeys

3) Special Interest Domestic and International Destinations and DMCs
ETC has representatives from around the globe— Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, the South Pacific and Australia, and the United States. State and foreign national government tourist offices, destination marketing organization specialists and city tourist bureaus participate, as well as in country receptive operators. A sampling of these attendees from past conferences include: China National Tourist Office, Japan National Tourism Organization, India Tourism, Korea Tourism Organization, Tourist Office of Spain, Tourism Malaysia, Travel Manitoba, Tourism Ireland, ProColombia, Visit Flanders.

https://educationaltravelconsortium.com/2019/08/20/audience-profile/

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BOLD Talks

Intensives

Learning Labs

Learning Lab Facilitators

Learning Lab Local Hostesses

Guest Presenters

Member Presenters

Destination Discovery & IGNITE!

Libations Table Hosts

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