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:
Getting back to business travel infographic: On the airplane
This infographic provides tips to travelers to resume business travel during COVID-19.
Getting back to business travel: On the airplane
To give people the confidence to resume travel, measures are already being rolled out by suppliers, regulators and other organizations to ensure they can do so safely, with a much-reduced risk of exposure to COVID-19.
Surview infographic: COVID-19 traveler study
This infographic gives insights into the impact of COVID-19 on business travelers and explores their needs when travel resumes.
Patient program
A pharmaceutical client wanted to engage community members in a setting that would facilitate communication, provide easier access to patient discussions, and meet compliance regulations.
Post-pandemic impact: What are your travelers saying?
An on-demand webinar that focuses on traveler behaviour changes during a global pandemic.
Post-pandemic impact: What story do the numbers tell?
An on-demand webinar that shares travel program responses and changes through a global pandemic.
Surview infographic: COVID-19 travel buyer experience and outlook
This infographic gives insights into the implications of COVID-19 for travel management and explores companies’ expectations for the future.
Patient centric support
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.
Defense firm saves $2 million on hotels with Dynamic Performance Management
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.
Inform Report 2020 Travel risk survival kit
Traveler care is top of mind because of the COVID-19 coronavirus. But other business travel risks haven’t disappeared. Get strategic guidance on what’s ahead and how to mitigate risks, manage through crises and keep travelers safe and informed.
Cities & Trends Report – United States | February 2020
Top destinations for business travelers from the United States.
Cities & Trends Report – Europe | February 2020
Top destinations for business travelers from Europe.
Traveler Engagement campaign guides travelers to TripSource
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.
Domino’s partners with BCD to keep travelers safer in Hong Kong and around the world
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.
Implementation
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.
German pharmaceutical company thinks globally with BCD Travel
Pharmaceutical company Grünenthal chose BCD Travel as its global managed travel provider, after working with BCD successfully in Germany for 10 years.
Travel beyond 2020 – Supersonic flights
Following Concorde’s retirement in 2003, it’s been more than 15 years since a supersonic passenger aircraft last operated a commercial service. And yet travelers and travel companies continue to dream of supersonic travel.
Travel beyond 2020 – Electric-powered flights
Aerospace firms are working together to tackle the industry’s growing contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. One solution is to power aircraft using electric engines. A prototype of the world’s first commercial all-electric passenger aircraft is already flying.
Travel beyond 2020 – Space travel
NASA’s Space Shuttle completed its last mission in 2011, but the appetite for space travel hasn’t disappeared. The race for space has continued among private enterprise. Passengers could be traveling into space as soon as 2020.
Travel beyond 2020 – Robots in travel
Robots can help deliver a personalized experience to travelers. While travelers are happy to use automated technology, they’re less sure about interacting with robots. Deploying robot services in airports and hotels improves customer service and lowers costs.
Travel beyond 2020 – Autonomous vehicles
Getting smoothly around a city can be just as important to business travelers as flying between cities. New business models, such as ride-hailing, are already changing the way we travel around on the ground. Technological innovations including electrification, connectivity and autonomy are poised to further transform the way we travel in and between towns and cities.
Travel beyond 2020 – Hyperloop
The idea of passengers traveling in pods at high speed in sealed transportation tubes may seem to be straight out of a science fiction novel. It’s not. It’s an idea-turned concept inspired by technologist billionaire Elon Musk in 2012. Seven years later, Hyperloop transportation systems are nearing full-scale testing, with the first commercial operations ready perhaps within a few years.If it delivers what’s been promised, Hyperloop could transform short-haul travel, offering business travelers and their companies a sustainable travel option and untold cost and productivity savings.
Inform Report Performance Management
This report takes a closer look at how emerging technologies like machine learning, chatbots et ...