Corporate Travel
BCD Travel’s top 5 business customs in France
With its fresh approach to business travel, BCD Travel recommends that corporate travel clients brush up on local customs before attending meetings in foreign countries. Each month BCD Travel offers its top five tips for corporate travellers doing business in a particular country. This month we look at France.
Trust and respect are critical in business so learnMiddle East attracts early year MICE bookings
BCD Travel has booked two major Incentives in Dubai with more expected across the Middle East this year as the region gains popularity with Australian corporate travel clients, according to National Groups and Incentives Manager, Joel Gleeson.
BCD Travel is one travel management company offering a whole lot more than corporate travel booking solutions. They are also experienced
Africa the next hot spot for corporate travel?
Many large hotel chains are expanding their presence in Africa, providing opportunities for companies seeking new and unusual destinations for their meetings, incentives, conferences and events.
Hotel groups are interested in Africa because of its growing urbanisation and the declining revenues in developed nations where consumers have become savings-conscious following the GFC.
Africa was the world’s only region
Fast food room service
Time-poor corporate travellers will be impressed by the Four Seasons’ new 15-Minute Menu now available at 86 hotels and resorts worldwide.
The menu includes freshly made meals for consumption in your room or food ‘to-go’ that is purposely designed to clear airport security.
At the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale, you can have a platter of cheese, olives and
Pick your seat mate using LinkedIn and Facebook
Corporate travellers flying KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will be able to view other passengers’ profiles on LinkedIn and Facebook before selecting their seat when checking in online.
Called ‘meet and seat’, travellers will be able to seat themselves next to a potential client for a soft in-flight pitch or set themselves up on a blind date with someone
Tips from BCD Travel
Engage travelers and yield better-than-policy results through social enterprise
Miriam Moscovici, senior director of Emerging Technologies for BCD Travel, says social enterprise can help your travel program leverage the wisdom of the crowd while engaging travelers.
1. Increase your program’s value to travelers by providing useful social enterprise content. Business travel news Destination-related recommendations Mobile app recommendations Pint-size policy remindersGolf tourism big business for corporate travellers
A round of golf has long been a quasi form of meetings among businesspeople, with high profile golfing destinations very popular for meetings, incentives, conferences and events in today’s business world.
The International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO) predicts more than 50 million travellers have indulged in international ‘golf tourism’ in 2011. In Australia, resorts such as
Corporate travellers embrace airport hotels
Corporate travellers are increasingly taking advantage of on-site airport hotels to make better use of lay-overs during long haul business travel trips.
The UK-based Yotel hotel chain offers in-airport rooms at London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports and Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. They now have plans to set up five more Yotels within the next year, including one at New York’s JFK
BCD Travel’s 2011 Review / 2012 Preview
What were the big stories in travel management in 2011? What will be the major issues in 2012? Five BCD Travel experts summarize the challenges and breakthroughs that dominated the last 12 months and polish their crystal balls to preview the year ahead.
2011: The Year in Review
What was the greatest challenge this year for business travel/travelIntroducing The Darling of Sydney business travel
The Darling Hotel & Spa, one of the key features of the $860M refurbishment and extension of The Star casino, is open for business.
The five-star hotel is the first newly built hotel in Sydney since the 2000 Olympic Games and offers 171 hotel rooms and suites, a 16-room day spa and an infinity swimming pool.