Chris Dane has been in the travel industry for over 35 years and is currently President of HRG/Executive travel Associates. The parent company of HRG/ETA, LLC is the 3rd largest travel management company in the world. HRG’s core business is providing cutting edge travel management/corporate services for Fortune 1000 companies worldwide. HRG Affiliates LLC is designed to offer large regional Travel Management Companies (TMCs) and their customers the ability to consolidate their global travel under one global entity. HRG’s also provides technology solutions, and other programs that increase revenues and/or decrease costs. Prior to joining HRG Worldwide, Dane had his own consulting company (Unlimited Travel Solutions. Inc.) which he still maintains. He has consulted for a variety of traditional and new economy travel related entities. These assignments have included interim COO for two dot-com travel related start-ups, strategic planning for companies like Sabre and Cendant, numerous sales, marketing planning and implementation functions for a variety of travel related companies. He has also held key executive positions in the airline, travel agency, tour operator, and consortia sectors of the travel industry.

Prior to joining HRG Worldwide, he was President of Hickory Travel Systems, Inc. Before starting his consulting company, he held the position of Executive VP Operations with Vacation.com, the largest travel agency consortia in North America. In this role, he was responsible for the roll-up of 1 Canadian and 7 U.S. consortia into a single cohesive unit. Before joining vacation.com, he held a Senior VP position and General Manager for Certified Vacations, where he was responsible for the management of Delta Air Lines Vacations, Marriott Villa Vacations and AAA Vacations.

He spent over 22 years in the airline industry with American Airlines, Frontier Airlines and Eastern Airlines, working in various field and senior staff positions in Passenger Sales. He also spent time leading the largest field division at Sabre where he was responsible for the sales, service, training, and operational functions.

In 1982, Dane managed the largest commercial travel agency in Dallas-Ft. Worth, which was subsequently acquired by a national travel agency company. Early in his career, he also managed a small leisure travel agency in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Dane graduated from St. Louis University with a degree in Business Administration with a major in marketing. Dane earned his Certified Travel Consultant (CTC) from The Travel Institute in 1995 where he was also a member of the Board of Trustees from 1996-2002. He was also the first person to earn the Certified Travel Industry Executive (CTIE) designation.