Large and small travel programs are represented from alumni associations; art, museum and cultural organizations; zoos and conservation groups; science and natural history museums; and national and regional nonprofit organizations and affinity groups.

"Excellent source of tour selection and management of information and best single resource for educational travel networking." Robert Fure, Director of Special Programs, Washington & Lee University

The ETC attendees represent an international group composed of top-level decision makers from successful travel programs at alumni associations, museums and nonprofit organizations. Usually 160-210 nonprofit travel planners from across the USA and Canada participate in the Educational Travel Conference (ETC) each year. The agenda is designed to support the professional development needs of key decision makers and support staff of travel programs at nonprofit institutions, such as: art, science and natural history museums; alumni associations; alumni, continuing and international education departments; zoos and aquariums; conservation and preservation organizations, national affinity organizations and associations.

Some of the participants are: American Museum of Natural History, Stanford Alumni Association, Oakland Museum of California, Arizona Alumni Association, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 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, World Wildlife Fund and San Diego Zoo, UCLA Alumni Travel, Alumni Association of the University of Michigan.

In addition to forging connections between travel planners from like institutions ETC brings together all of the key and established special interest group travel operators, destinations and suppliers from all corners of the world, at one time, under one roof, who serve the educational, alumni and nonprofit travel who serve this educational market niche.

"This is the most content-laden conference in the travel industry." Jim Sano, President, Geographic Expeditions

110+ special interest tour operators and 50+ specialty suppliers attend and exhibit during ETC, such as Academic Arrangements Abroad, Lindblad Expeditions, MIR, Nomadic Expeditions, Avalon Waterways, Collette Vacations, Academic Travel Abroad, Alaska Wildland Tours, Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, Pacific Delight Tours, Parks Canada, Travel Insurance Services, Egyptair, Organization for Tropical Studies, Greenland Tourist Business Council, RiverBarge Excursion Lines, Alumni Holidays and Bushtracks African Expeditions.

"Best educational experience in the industry." Marilyn Downing Staff, Cofounder/ Marketing Director, Asia Transpacific Journeys

ETC has representatives from all six regions of the world—North and South America, Australia, Middle East/Africa, Asia, and Europe.

US State and Foreign National Government Tourist Offices participate - more then 50 domestic and foreign government tourist offices, regional destinations and marketing alliances, and city tourist bureaus worldwide. Represented are destinations in the USA, Canada, Latin America, Europe, South Pacific and Australia, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Such as: Japan National Tourist Office, PromPeru, Berkshire Visitors Bureau, Papua New Guinea Tourism, Saxony Tourism, Jordan Tourism Board, Canadian Tourism Commission, Tourismo Chile, Visit Britain, Thailand Tourist Authority, Korea Tourism Organization, Mexico Tourism Board, Innovation Norway, and Hong Kong Tourism Board.