Case studies

Major global pharmaceutical client needed BCD to support patient travelers and their caregivers in a caring manner, while still adhering to company policy and healthcare privacy laws. Read more

This U.S. -based defense and cybersecurity firm’s travel program leader turned to Dynamic Performance Management™ from Stay by BCD Travel to gain access to real-time analytics and regular, data-centered insights. Read more

A case study about traveler engagement and how to get travelers start to use TripSource to reach your goals. The corporate travel manager of a California company rolled out BCD Travel’s TripSource® traveler platform to simplify trips through mobile self-booking and more. His challenge was traveler adoption. Read more

Domino’s leverages the power of BCD Travel’s DecisionSource®, TripSource® and SolutionSource® platforms to keep travelers safe. They now have a single view of essential employee information, making it easier to find and help its people when a crisis happens. Read more

Grünenthal Group: Consolidation enables end-to-end streamlining and dynamic decisions. The German pharmaceutical company was using 18 different business travel providers across Europe. Service was costly, and trip experiences weren’t consistent. Read more

Pharmaceutical company Grünenthal chose BCD Travel as its global managed travel provider, after working with BCD successfully in Germany for 10 years. Read more

Danfoss wanted all of its travelers to have the same high-quality business trip experiences, so the Danish manufacturer changed to serving employees worldwide with one global travel management company, BCD Travel, and SAP Concur’s online booking tool. The result: Savings, compliance, traveler satisfaction and travel team efficiency all improved. The strategy continues to add value. “We’ve been able to shift …

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U.K.-based biopharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca partnered with BCD Travel to bring 70 countries under global travel program management in just seven months. A case study explains how consolidation enabled innovations and improvements that led to results. Read more

Allegion—in partnership with BCD Travel—has designed a proven, repeatable quality control process for corporate travel that will launch in other regions this year. It also has created a new travel program performance improvement model for the industry. Read more

GermanIT services provider Allgeier Enterprise Services worked with us to choose and implement SAP Concur Travel & Expense for booking and managing business trip expenses. The scalable tool cuts travel costs, and it enables self-service options and end-to-end processes that simplify trips for the company’s workforce. It’s a success story rooted in BCD’s more than 15-year partnership with and in-depth knowledge of SAP Concur. Read more

Relentless wildfires led to a 60% travel increase for U.S. Forest Service firefighters. BCD got them booked in under 30 minutes and on their way to save lives. Read more

LinkedIn launched a campaign to educate employees about benefits of the travel program and encourage them to use it. Traveler satisfaction hit 84%… Read more

Pitney Bowes used analytics to understand how travelers were spending, then encouraged them to kick out-of-policy habits—yielding US$2.7 million in savings… Read more

By sending mobile messages to travelers at key moments of decision, Textron cut costs. The reminders increased preferred vendor use by 90%, and savings more than doubled… Read more

A global agricultural firm wanted to cut travel costs but not revenue-generating trips. The solution: a virtual collaboration strategy that saved US$5.5 million in five months… Read more

Imperial Tobacco’s hotel sourcing consumed too much time and money. The company adopted a modern approach, boosting traveler choices, negotiating leverage and savings… Read more

Kellogg transformed its travel program into an end-to-end powerhouse that streamlines trips and expenses. The evolution enabled a 13% reduction in per-trip-mile costs… Read more

Daimler simplified the business trip to three clicks, reducing time dedicated to booking and expensing trips and adding up to US$27 million in annual productivity savings… Read more

A recently released case study explores how LinkedIn’s travel program tapped into Advito’s Traveler Engagement™expertise to strengthen bonds with on-the-road employees. The result: happier and more productive travelers who are better connected to the company.

The engagement effort led to LinkedIn’s traveler satisfaction score among U.S. employees hitting 84%—an increase of 20 percentage points in two years. Advito helped LinkedIn’s travel team create a recognizable travel program brand, TravelIn, that uses mobile, digital, virtual and social media tools to boost traveler awareness, advocacy, loyalty, trust and satisfaction. Read more

In 2016, BCD Travel became the first travel management company to earn a gold rating from EcoVadis, an independent, internationally recognized firm that measures corporate social responsibility performance. The gold status places BCD in the top 1% of all suppliers assessed by the ratings firm.

A new case study from EcoVadis outlines the steps BCD took to achieve EcoVadis gold:

Solidifying ongoing support from company leaders and integrating CSR into BCD’s corporate strategic direction
Educating and engaging employees worldwide in the CSR effort
Integrating CSR goals into all global operations, including partners and suppliers
Measuring progress using EcoVadis’ tools, and making adjustments to ensure success Read more