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:
Setting rate targets drives significant hotel program savings
Learn how BCD helps a global medical firm leverage a key principle of behavioral economics to reign in hotel spend and generate significant savings.
Getting back to business travel: The path back to safe travel
COVID-19 has proved to be an incredibly powerful disruptor of travel. It’s now been nine months since the World Health Organization’s (WHO) March 2020 pandemic declaration, and travel has so far returned only to modest levels.
Surview: Travel policy and sourcing during COVID-19
To travel or not to travel? These are the criteria. Travel buyers nod to duty of care and traveler satisfaction as their top program priorities. See the findings in this BCD Travel survey.
Infographic: Business travel issues: Brexit
We’ve shared some advice and tips to help you prepare for and navigate the new experience.
Business travel issues: Brexit
This document provides a round-up of the latest situation regarding Brexit, drawing largely on the most recent information and advice from the Government of the United Kingdom (U.K.).
Airline cleanliness and hygiene programs
These reports summarize what airlines around the world are doing and planning in Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and Southwest Pacific
Traveler engagement increases online adoption and generates US$350K in savings
A leading energy solutions provider wanted to increase online booking adoption to drive savings in Singapore. Read how BCD engaged with bookers and travelers to increase online adoption and generate savings.
Webinar – Step up your game: Supplier changes & sourcing trends
Traveling through the pandemic - safely, confidently, and smartly - is the top priority. And you need to plan your sourcing strategy accordingly. In this webinar we share research sourced directly from your peers on expectations around travel sourcing and supplier management.
Webinar – Política de viajes en un nuevo mundo
Únase a expertos de BCD Travel para compartir la importancia de una política de viajes dinámica, acompañada de una estrategia clara para comunicarse con los viajeros.
Trane Technologies boosts TripSource use 88%, and hotel savings follow
Trane Technologies rolled out BCD Travel’s TripSource® self-service platform to travelers in six Latin American countries—Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru. The aim was to bring outside spend in through in-program hotel bookings, improve the traveler experience and drive savings.
Webinar – Travel policy in a new world
Join experts from BCD Travel, Advito and Allscripts as they share the importance of a dynamic travel policy, accompanied by a clear strategy to communicate to travelers.
Infographic: Getting back to business travel: Ground transportation
In these infographics, we share some valuable advice for a safe experience when traveling by taxi, by intercity and international rail, by bus, commuter trains and subway or when renting a car.
Clinical trial timelines
Consultative management approach steers international investigator meeting.
HCP Solutions
BCD was approached by a life sciences company to see if we could book their HCPs locally. Japanese culture dictates that HCPs be treated with a white glove and communicated to in their native language.
Webinar – Duty of care. Regreso a los viajes con confianza.
¿Tiene todo lo que necesita para un adecuado Duty of care? Cuidar a los viajeros es más importante que nunca. Tener las herramientas correctas, los datos y un plan consistente, le ayudará a usted y a sus viajeros a sentir confianza para regresar a los viajes de negocios.
Rail cleanliness and hygiene
In an effort to reassure travelers that they are doing all they can to protect them against COVID-19, rail operators and train companies are implementing new and improved cleanliness and hygiene processes. These reports summarize what a selection of train companies around the world are doing.
Webinar – Post-pandemic: Are online booking tools fit for (your) purpose?
In this webinar we will take a deep dive into the role online booking tools will (or won’t!) play as we return to travel.
Getting back to business travel: At the airport
To give people the confidence to resume travel, measures are already being rolled out by ...
BCD helps global consulting firm urgently repatriate team to the U.S. before COVID-19 lockdown in India
Learn how BCD’s quick action and dedication helped this consulting firm fulfill its duty of care, by getting their travelers home safely to the U.S. before COVID-19 lockdown in India.
Dow, DuPont and Corteva: Successful change management paves the way for travel program consolidation, simplicity and savings
This case study details how BCD Travel played an essential role in managing traveler-related changes for DowDuPont, one of the biggest conglomerates in the world.
Global fintech giant Finastra transformed the way colleagues and clients connect with virtual collaboration
Finastra’s mission was to create a robust Virtual Collaboration infrastructure to reduce internal travel, ensure business continuity, increase employee productivity and drive program savings.
Car rental company cleanliness and hygiene programs
This report summarizes what car rental companies around the world are doing and planning in view of COVID-19.
Webinar – Duty of care: Getting back to travel with confidence
In this webinar we are sharing duty of care tools and strategies to help you, and your travelers, feel confident getting back to travel.
Group air fulfillment
Pharma Client China organized large-scale event for 7800+ employees for their annual Plan of Action meeting in Macau & Sanya Q4 2018