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BCD Travel launches global meetings & incentives brand/organization
17/07/2006
BCD Meetings & Incentives to offer global strength and customer-focused service
CHICAGO, July 11, 2006 BCD Travel, the world’s third largest travel management company, today announced the creation of a global organization and brand focused on supporting meetings, incentives and events.
BCD Meetings & Incentives combines the experience and expertise of three legacy companies to achieve an unparalleled depth of service and talent across the meetings and incentives industry. This new company has been formed by a combination of the following:
· WorldTravel Meetings & Incentives – Americas focus on strategic meetings management, incentive travel, product launches and creative communications
· * TQ3 Events (a subdivision of TQ3 Travel Solutions Management Holding GmbH) – European focus on meetings, incentive travel, sports programs and customized cultural group travel
· * Talking Point – United Kingdom and European focus on full-scale creative event management, production and live show management and incentive travel fulfillment
· BCD Meetings & Incentives will be led by Scott Graf, who served as president of WorldTravel Meetings & Incentives before it joined WorldTravel BTI and several other travel-related companies under the BCD Holdings N.V. umbrella.
· “Since the launch of BCD Travel, existing and prospective customers have become very interested in learning how we can support their meetings, incentives and events on a multi-national and global scale,” said Graf, global president of BCD Meetings & Incentives. “As we combine the skills of three very successful companies, our depth of service and talent will make us well positioned to meet the demands of a growing global business environment. We will be an organization that acts globally, aligns regionally and—most importantly—services locally.”