Stay tuned for ETC 2010 details! 
Who do you call if you’re working for the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and are asked to improve foreign relations?
It is difficult to discern the truth as to who can use the assistance more: travelers or the residents of the communities to which we travel.
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| ETC's 2010 Conference Programming Roundtables saw a strong turnout in six cities nationwide. A follow-up report will be shared with ETC members soon.
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| Mexico Launches North American Recovery Campaign
Mexico’s Ministry of Tourism and the Mexico Tourism Board launched their North American recovery campaign on June 18, 2009, in an effort to reactivate the tourism industry. The three-phase multimedia campaign will air on television stations across the U.S. from the summer through winter season.
|  | Educational Travel planners, suppliers, operators, and destinations from around the world gathered in New Orleans from February 18-21, 2009, to set a course for business ahead in the face of the global economic downturn.
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| | Often we are asked to share our success stories with one another, and I am as eager as the next person to learn from the “winners.” But not every great idea turns out to be a winner and sometimes it is the relative “loser” from which we can learn just as much. | 
| | Driving in from the airport at 4 a.m., my first impression was amazement at the late-night vibrancy of Dubai. I had expected a modern city, but clearly something more was going on. | 
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