Business Travel Resources
Research & Intelligence: Welcome to our Business Travel Management Resources page.
Here you'll find a variety of information to help you plan and manage your company's business travel. Whether you're looking for ways to reduce costs, streamline your booking process or ensure the safety and comfort of your employees on the road, you'll find valuable resources and tips on this page.
From reports and insights to case studies and infographics, our comprehensive collection covers topics such as travel policy development, cost-saving strategies, traveler wellness, sustainability and emerging technologies.
Latest Resources:
Travel Market Report
In the Q3 2023 report we highlight trends shaping travel's future, explore the prospects for inflation, take a close look at airfares in Asia, catch up on hotel rates around the world, summarize what travel buyers told us about payment and expense, and finish with key findings from travelers and travel buyers about sustainability.
Accessibility in travel
In this report, we look at the importance and types of accessibility focusing on accessibility in business travel, including accessible travel services and information.
Airline Safety
Air travel remained incredibly safe in 2022. While the number of accidents might have increased by more than one-third, there were still only 39 in total. Overall, an accident occurred every 826,088 flights. What do the airline rankings say? The list of top 20 airlines probably contains few surprises.
Airline operations
These reports present a roundup of what’s been happening to airlines in the world over the last month.
Travel Buyer Survey: Payment and Expense
With this survey, we sought to explore the topic of payment and expense in business travel. We looked at the payment and expense priorities and pain points of travel buyers, forms of payment offered by travel programs, and payment and expense tools used. We compared these insights with the results of the Payment & Expense survey we conducted in 2021 and traveler views collected in April 2023.
Traveler wellbeing: Manage stress
This report looks at the importance of mental and physical health for business travelers. We explore their interest in the employers’ support helping to alleviate stress and assess what’s currently on offer.
Traveler wellbeing: Reset your mindset
This report looks at the possibilities for travelers to relax, disconnect and reset mentally during business trips, exploring their behavior and demand for corporate support of their work-life balance.
Discount retailer improves savings, duty of care and traveler experiences with consolidated travel program
Learn how the consolidated travel program provides a centralized view on travel spend, drives savings, improves duty of care and enhances the traveler experience.
BCD Travel Market Report: Q2
In this second edition of the Travel Market Report, we address travel trends, European airfares, hotel rates in APAC, Europe, Latin and North America and more...
Traveler wellbeing: Sleep well
This report explores the importance of sleep for business travelers and their interest in support measures offered by their employers and travel suppliers that could help boost traveler health.
Traveler Survey: Payment and Expense in Business Travel
With this survey, we sought to explore the topic of payment and expense in business travel. We looked at the payment methods travelers used whilst traveling, the pain points they experienced, and the tools at their disposal to make their life easier.
Traveler wellbeing: Eat well
This report, focuses on the importance of healthy nutrition for business travelers. It explores travelers’ eating behavior on the road and their interest in the support measures contributing to healthy diet that employers and travel suppliers could provide.
Traveler wellbeing: Get moving
This report explores travelers' attitudes to physical activity and their behavior whilst on the road, assessing the importance of fitness among business travelers.
Report: TRM travel buyer survey results
Insight into travel buyers’ experience creating and managing TRM programs and how ISO 31030 can help with duty of care.
BCD Travel Market Report: Q1
The first edition of the Travel Market Report. Read the latest developments and trends including hotel average daily rates, airline average ticket prices and the return of travel in China.
Air travel – A sustainable future
In this new paper, we lay out the foundations for the future, explore aviation’s path to sustainable air travel and consider what this could mean for travel programs and business travelers.
End-to-end solution lowers travel costs
A leading multinational consulting firm had a particular set of challenges in Belgium. Their complex booking and expense process was driving up invoice errors and travel costs. The cumbersome process required manual approvals and administration through an on-site agency setup...
Safran secures traveler safety with automated trip approval solution
Learn how BCD implemented Trip Authorization, enabling Safran to easily adapt their approval process to constantly changing risks and comply with duty of care.
The big idea: Travel and The Law of Attraction
What’s in store for the future of business travel? How can the industry remain relevant and convey its value and purpose to those inside and outside of the industry?
Travel costs – outlook and market update
Why is now not the right time to try and predict airfares and hotel rates for 2023? And what is the general outlook for inflation in key markets next year? Find out in this new report, Travel Costs – Outlook and Market Update
Traveler survey: Travel Risk Management
With this survey we aimed to explore the topic of Travel Risk Management (TRM) by looking at the traveler experience as well as a variety of measures that may improve the health, safety and security of business travelers.
Report: The metaverse and travel
While it may still be some time before the metaverse becomes mainstream and the real benefits are realized, travel companies are already beginning to engage with it. Find out what you need to know about the metaverse and how it could impact travel.
Holcim optimizes their travelers’ experience with Cytric and TripSource® hotel content
Read how BCD implemented Cytric, integrated with TripSource hotel content, enabling Holcim to solve functional issues with their online booking tool, which caused travelers to book hotels outside of the travel program.
Research Snapshot: Wellbeing trends – Travel buyers speak
In the upcoming years, most travel buyers expect the importance of traveler wellbeing to increase.
Research Snapshot: Wellbeing support – Travel buyers speak
Travel buyers offer various policies that improve traveler wellbeing but not always these options coincide with what travelers are looking for.