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:
It’s all about trust, responsiveness and professionalism
Frédéric Jousseau, Head of General Services & Group Travel at Sodiaal, one of the largest dairy producers in France, describes his relationship with BCD Travel. It’s all about trust, responsiveness and professionalism.
Recovery in airline capacity and airfares in Africa
The state of airline capacity and average ticket prices (ATPs) has been reviewed for 26 markets across Africa. The recovery in seat capacity has been established using data from the Official Airlines Guide (OAG) for January 2019 and 2024. The outlook for airfares is based on IATA (International Air Transport Association) forecasts.
IATA’s regional airfare outlook
For each of the regions, this report outlines IATA's latest forecasts for airfare movements in 2023. It also shows the evolution of airfares from a pre-pandemic base in 2019 to IATA's forecasts for 2024.
Putting employee needs first drives 6% savings on annual air spend
After five years of low use, OBT adoption jumps from 2% to 60% in six months, resulting in lower transaction fees, cheaper airfares and 6% projected savings on annual air spend.
Travel Market Report: 2024 Outlook
What lies ahead for business travel in 2024? The outlook edition of our Travel Market Report will give you insights to make the most of a new year of opportunities.
Cracker Barrel saves over 40 hours monthly on reconciliation time with virtual credit card
Discover how BCD’s Virtual Payment Automation saves Cracker Barrel 40+ hours monthly on reconciliation time, resulting in $15K annual savings on manual processing.
Client testimonial: Partnership with Salzgitter AG
In this video, Stephanie Schöler, Head of Mobility at Salzgitter AG, one of the largest steel producers in Europe, shares why the company chose BCD Travel as their travel management company and how the strong partnership has gotten them through tough times.
Understanding Travel Risk Management (TRM)
There are three good reasons to implement an effective TRM program: duty of care, moral and ethical duty, and company reputation. This report summarizes everything you should know about travel risk management.
Traveler Survey: Sustainability
This survey explores environmental sustainability in business travel and looks at travelers’ behaviors, motivations and attitudes to sustainable travel.
Travel Buyer Survey: Sustainability
This survey explores the place environmental sustainability has in a travel program and looks at the role travel management should play in promoting sustainable travel.
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.
Report: Global Risk Forecast 2024
On November 21, 2023, security risk and crisis management consultancy Crisis24 (a GardaWorld company) presented its risk outlook for 2024...
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.
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.
European 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.