BCD Travel
BCD Travel is a provider of global corporate travel management. The company, headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands, operates in 109 countries, with US$27.5 billion[2] in total sales 2019 and a combined worldwide workforce of almost 14,900. BCD Travel is part of the BCD Group.[3]
Subsidiary | |
Industry | Travel agency |
Founded | 2006 |
Founder | John Fentener van Vlissingen |
Headquarters | Utrecht, Netherlands |
Key people | John Snyder (President & CEO)[1] |
Products | travel management, consulting, meetings and events |
Revenue | US$30 billion (2019)[2] |
Number of employees | 15,900[2] |
Parent | BCD Group |
Website | www |
History
BCD Travel was founded on November 18, 2006, when BCD Group announced the acquisition of TQ3 Travel Solutions, the corporate arm of TUI Group and a majority interest in The Travel Company, an independent British corporate travel company.[4] These companies were merged with WorldTravel BTI, marking the end of the brand. BCD Travel, the new corporate identity for the consolidated companies, began trading under that name on March 31, 2006.[5]
In January 2011, the company merged five of its consumer brands, CheapTickets, Vliegwinkel, Flugladen, BudgetAir (Airtrade) and Vayama into a new group, Travix International B.V.[6]
In 2013, the company acquired TBiz, the corporate division of Travelocity.[7]
Acquisitions
# | Year | Company | Price | Ref(s). |
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1 | 2013 | Travelocity Business | [8] | |
2 | 2015 | World Travel Service | [9] | |
3 | 2016 | GetGoing.com | [10] |
References
- "John Snyder - BCD Travel executive team". Bcdtravel.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- "Get to know BCD Travel". Bcdtravel.com.
- "BCD Travel". BCD Group. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- "News Briefs, Week of March 20, 2006". Travel Weekly. 2006-03-20. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- "Travix - BCD Group".
- SHILLINGLAW, James (June 18, 2013). "Travelocity Sells Travelocity Business Unit to BCD Travel". TravelPulse.
- "Travelocity sells corporate business to BCD Travel". Travel Weekly.
- "World Travel Service acquired by BCD Travel". TechCrunch.
- "BCD Travel acquires the assets of GetGoing". China Travel News.