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Meet and network with BCD Travel and Advito at these April 2024 events.

Millions of people are headed to France’s capital city and surrounding regions this summer for the 2024 Olympic Games. Expect inflated costs and the inevitable delays and strains caused by the influx of people. Rescheduling or moving business travel plans to dates outside of the events is advised. If business trips to Paris are unavoidable during the Games, here’s what you should consider.

BCD created a connection between Cvent event management software and Concur expense management to solve a booking issue for client involving group and transient travel.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is arguably one of the hottest topics in our industry right now – but are business travel professionals on board, skeptical, or somewhere in between? BCD and the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) asked over 700 industry professionals for their thoughts on AI during GBTA Europe and GBTA APAC conferences last year.

Berlin, Germany’s vibrant and bustling capital city, is a main European business hub. It’s home to industries like life sciences, media and music, information and communication technologies, transportation, environmental sciences and more. Whether you’re traveling there for meetings or conferences – here’s a guide to navigating the city, with tips from local resident and BCD staffer Stefan Neumann.

By some accounts, as much as 25% of the world’s population is neurodivergent. Neurodiversity Celebration Week, observed March 18-24, seeks to transform how neurodivergent individuals are perceived and received in work and personal spaces. Our friends at United Airlines visited the Connections podcast to talk about what United is doing to drive awareness and inclusion. We also asked some of the panelists from the recent Neurodiversity in Travel Online Mini Summit 2024 what they’ve learned.

Amsterdam and New York were the most visited cities for European business travelers last year, according to BCD flight and car rental data in 2023 in a range of markets. The findings have been compiled into BCD’s Cities & Trends Europe 2023 Edition. The report ranks the top destinations for European business travelers with insights into how they travel.

BCD Travel experts will attend SAP Concur Fusion, Flotte!, ASTM, and other business travel conferences in March. Check our lineup to see where we’ll be. We’d love to meet you at any of these shows.

From an operational base in Guardiagrele, Italy, a team of seven BCD Travel agents support an international humanitarian agency in managing complex journeys to destinations affected by wars, health emergencies, and poverty. Often the agents must act swiftly to move humanitarian workers into precarious situations that hundreds or thousands of others are fleeing.

International Women’s Day 2024 is an occasion for us all to #InspireInclusion in our personal and work spaces. The “Connections with BCD Travel” podcast is celebrating the movement with a special episode featuring Carolyn Pearson, CEO of inclusive travel safety organization Maiden Voyage, and BCD’s Miriam Moscovici, Simone Gray and Hazel Smith. Our guests and co-hosts together challenge the question: Have times really changed for women in business travel?

Corporate actions and personal accountability will be transformational in the campaign to protect our planet. And technology will be pivotal to efforts.

Corporate travel will play a vital role in China’s return to economic normalcy and healthy commercial activity. In a country where the pace of economic evolution is matched by pioneering advancements in transportation and technology, China’s return to corporate travel is an emphatic reminder that personal connections matter, too. Our latest report, ”Emerging travel trends in China,” lends broader context to what’s unfolding in the region.

We don’t actually know. What we do know is you all should be listening to the new 2024 episodes of Connections with BCD Travel podcast. Co-hosts Miriam Moscovici and Chad Lemon are back for their “sophomore season” with an amazing lineup, including new segments, compelling topics, and unexpected guests.

After multiple expansions and acquisitions, process optimization led to increased online booking tool adoption and better rates for hotel and rail.

Zürich, the financial hub of Switzerland, blends centuries-old charm with modern sensibilities. Known as one of the world’s most livable places, the city sprawls along the banks of the River Limmat, which is fed by the famous Lake Zürich. Easily navigable by car, train, bike and walking, Zürich is a top 10 destination for BCD clients.

Have you been looking for the perfect partner to help solve your business travel program challenges? Meet your match in the BCD marketplace.

Getting to a sustainable future requires action, new ways of thinking and deep commitment. BCD Travel’s VP Sustainability Olivia Ruggles-Brise wants to help our industry make sense of it so we can all do our part.

Managing the unique needs of different traveler groups is a common thread at the conferences BCD is attending this February.

BCD has appointed a 2024 BCD Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) Council. The council is composed of employees from every region, with a cross-section of roles and levels in the company. They are tasked with providing recommendations for our global DE&I strategy.

When it comes to electric cars, lots of business travelers don’t rent them.

Imagine trying to check in for a flight only to be stopped because your name is wrong on the ticket. A small oversight – like a missing letter or using a preferred name instead of a legal name – could cause big delays with airline agents and security personnel. When you find an error, take action immediately. Here’s some advice.

With its thrilling skyline, reputation for luxury, and thriving economy, Dubai is a top-rated destination for business and leisure travel. Though it’s often mistaken as a country, Dubai is a city and is the most populated of the seven United Arab Emirates (UAE). Dubai mixes modernity with culture and history while offering visitors a jaw-dropping array of adventures, shopping and entertainment.

A global IT & Technology company aimed to increase adoption of their online booking tool (OBT) Concur among employees in India. While other Asia-Pacific Japan (APJ) markets showed high online adoption rates, India’s adoption remained low five years after the OBT was introduced. The company wanted to improve the booking experience for travelers and save costs. The tech company’s air travel is 80% domestic point to point travel, with 70% booked on low-cost carriers. Although travelers were able to use Concur to book flights, they were reluctant to do so.

FlexJobs® has ranked BCD Travel 12th on its list of Top 100 Companies to Watch for Remote Jobs in 2024. The 11th annual list is based on an analysis of approximately 60,000 companies and their remote job posting histories in the FlexJobs database between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023. BCD has appeared on this list nine times.