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BCD secures 12th win as Most Admired TMC from readers of The Beat
UTRECHT, The Netherlands, Dec. 4, 2024 – A legacy of excellence continues with BCD Travel’s eighth consecutive year and 12th time total of being recognized as the Most Admired Travel Management Company (TMC) by the BTN Group. Yesterday, BCD accepted the reader’s choice award at the 17th annual The Beat Live event in New York City. The Beat Live, a one-day corporate travel industry event, featured BCD’s CEO Stephan Baars in a 30-minute on-stage interview with Editor-in-Chief Jay Boehmer.
Travel managers take on new challenges: Survey reveals evolving roles and responsibilities
BCD Travel recently surveyed 187 travel managers worldwide to explore their responsibilities, interactions with company stakeholders and industry changes impacting their jobs. The survey reveals key insights into the travel managers' expanded scope, the teams they work with and the tools they need to succeed.
BCD Travel announces the industry’s first end-to-end sustainability offering for corporate travel programs
BCD Travel’s latest innovation enables customers to set sustainability goals and carbon targets, drive traveler behavior change, apply carbon tax or allocate carbon emissions reduction and removal project costs at the point of sale, and report on emissions and progress. BCD’s sustainability offering will be available and relevant to all clients, regardless of their progress in sustainable business travel.
BCD Travel survey identifies challenges, influences and satisfaction related to air travel
BCD Travel’s recent survey examines corporate air travel, focusing on traveler behavior, challenges and satisfaction. Convenience is a key driver throughout the travel stages, underscoring the importance of simplifying business travel. The results are based on a survey from August of over 1,300 business travelers who traveled via plane in the past 12 months.
BCD Travel earns EcoVadis Platinum sustainability rating for fifth consecutive year
Independent recognition reinforces BCD’s reputation as a valuable, sustainable partner
BCD Travel strengthens GetGoing platform with expense management
GetGoing, BCD’s all-in-one travel platform for small and midsize businesses, now includes integrated expense management.
BCD survey reveals gap between travel policy and traveler compliance
While many business travelers know of and often refer to their company’s travel policy, there’s still a gap between policy awareness and policy compliance, according to a recent BCD Travel survey of 1,200+ business travelers worldwide. The survey looked at changes in travel policies and traveler satisfaction with current regulations.
Singapore, China and Japan are the top business travel destinations in Asia Pacific
According to BCD Travel’s Cities & Trends 2023 Asia Pacific Report, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok are the most visited cities in the region by APAC business travelers. The intercontinental list is led by Frankfurt, London and Amsterdam. The report is based on BCD flight and rail data from 2023 in a range of APAC markets.
BCD’s travel buyer survey reveals shifting priorities in corporate travel policies
Leading global travel management company BCD Travel’s recent study explores modern corporate travel policies and changes happening due to shifting priorities and trends. The results are based on an online survey from April 2024 of more than 200 travel buyers worldwide. The top three travel program priorities include duty of care, policy compliance and cost control. All three ranked highly in 2023 and have since gained importance. However, the ratings of other priorities went slightly down. Traveler satisfaction dropped in importance as one of the top priorities from 2021 to 2023 to fourth in 2024. Similarly, payment and expense were assessed lower than a year ago.
BCD Travel and Advito garner prestigious awards for sustainability leadership at BTN Sustainability Summits
Leading travel management company BCD Travel and its consulting practice Advito are proud to announce that they have been recognized with multiple awards at the 2024 BTN Sustainability Summit Americas and Europe, underscoring their leadership and innovation in sustainability within the travel industry.