Our Company

Our Company

Since 1988, Executive Travel Directors (ETD) has provided professional Travel Directors (TDs) to meeting planning organizations from around the globe. From its home office in Chicago, Illinois, ETD has grown from just a single client and a handful of Travel Directors to become the industry's premier Travel Director staffing company. Hosting a registry ...

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On-Site Services

On-Site Services

ETD's Travel Directors are experienced in managing the most intricate on-site details of today's complicated programs. From business meetings and incentive trips, to conferences, sporting events, or dinner meetings, know that our Travel Directors have both the knowledge and customer service skills to take care of your participants. Let our skilled staff attend to ...

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Working Globally

Working Globally

Our roster of more than 1,500 expert Travel Directors often spend more than 200 days each year on the road, hopping from airports to hotels and conventions to concerts. From Minneapolis to Hong Kong, our Travel Directors work anywhere you need them! If you have a Flickr photo account, you can join the fun! Just check ...

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Creativity…Do You Have Enough?

by Annette Gregg on September 2, 2010

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What’s the one skill we need for ANY job we are in?  Creativity.  When I mention creativity, many people’s minds go right to artists, novelists, or even Martha Stewart.  I used to think creativity was a gift you were born with, and I just didn’t have it.  I had the knack for breaking down complex [...]

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Meet Annette Gregg, Guest Blogger

1 September 2010

Allow us to introduce Annette Gregg, CMP, CMM.  After meeting ETD president, Brad Goodsell, at an industry event earlier this year, Annette has graciously agreed to offer her insight and dare I say, creativity, as a guest blogger for a 3-part series.  The content for this blog series is based off a recent presentation that she gave [...]

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Facebook the New Priceline?

19 August 2010

Log in to Facebook to update your daily status?  Check.  View some pictures of your friends and family?  Check.  Book a flight for your weekend getaway?  Check! That’s right, Delta Airlines has introduced a “Book a Trip” tab to their Facebook Homepage.  Delta hopes to reach travelers on the worlds largest social network to not only book their next adventure, but [...]

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The World’s Ugliest Airports

12 August 2010

Being in the travel industry, many of you have experienced your fair share of good and bad airports…but what about the ugliest? Travel and Leisure Magazine complied a list of the 12 ugliest airports around the world. Have you been to any of them, would you add any others to the list?  See what made [...]

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Automotive Program In Detroit

9 August 2010

I recently had an amazing automotive program in Detroit, really an amazing program! This program was made possible  by a super team that was together from day one.  No one thought that doing four turnaround’s within very limited space would be successful, however, as usual, our program lead, kept us motivated when things got tight and never hesitated [...]

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