BCD Travel

BCD Travel is a business travel company. It offers travel management, meetings and events, and travel consulting. The company says it serves clients in more than 170 countries. It has over 15,000 employees. Its global headquarters is in Utrecht, in the Netherlands.

BCD Travel was founded on 3 January 2006. The BCD Group, led by John Fentener van Vlissingen, bought TQ3 Travel Solutions Management Holding and a majority interest in The Travel Company. These were joined with WorldTravel BTI under one owner. The company began trading under the new brand on 31 March 2006.

Regional headquarters are in Atlanta, London and Singapore. The company describes its approach as people first and tech forward. It says it works with an open ecosystem. Its platform links to the travel providers a client chooses. It mixes content from many sources with real time data.

The company offers a few ways to buy. One is an end to end program built for a client's goals. Another is a ready to use travel and expense solution. The platform handles booking and rebooking, approvals, spend limits and payment options. It also covers expense tools. Travelers get tools for shopping, booking and managing trips.

BCD Travel serves many industries. It says it supports small start-ups as well as global firms. Its teams offer local knowledge and 24/7 customer care. The company states that it has been named The Beat's Most Admired TMC for nine years in a row. TMC means travel management company.

The site shares client stories. One tells how a global pharma firm simplified its business travel account reconciliation. Another tells how Siemens cut travel emissions and funded decarbonization. A third covers a travel management solution launched for China.

BCD Travel states that its mission is to change how people and companies connect and work together. Its values include teamwork, openness, and a drive to adopt change. The website lists solutions by need and offers ways to contact the company.