BCD Group N.V. (formerly BCD Holdings N.V.) is a privately owned Dutch company and consists of
BCD Travel (global corporate travel management and its subsidiaries ''BCD Meetings & Events'', global meetings and events agency, and ''Advito'', global business travel consultancy). Founded in 1975 by
John Fentener van Vlissingen, BCD Group employs more than 15,000 people and operates in 100+ countries. Total sales, including franchising of , amount to (2019).
History
BCD was founded in 1975 by
John Fentener van Vlissingen as a real estate management company, Property Management Advisory Services,
[''The Art of Enterprise-BCD Holdings 1975-2000'' ] with founding capital of and 2 employees. In 1976, van Vlissingen left his job at
Pierson, Heldring & Pierson to focus exclusively on his company, which opened an office in
Atlanta
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that year
and changed its name to Noro Management Inc. BCD became deeply involved in real estate development in the Atlanta metro area, including shopping malls and office complexes.
In 1986, in anticipation of diversification, Noro was spun off and the remaining company was renamed BCD Holdings N.V. The company entered the travel industry in 1987 with the acquisition of ''WorldTravel Advisors'', an Atlanta-based travel management company,
and of off-airport parking operation ''Park 'N Fly'' in 1988.
Park 'N Fly was sold in 2023 to Green Courte Partners.
At the beginning of 2006,
TUI AG
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sold its subsidiary ''TQ3 Travel Solutions Management Holding GmbH'' to BCD Holdings N.V. (operating as BCD Group since 2014), which merged the three companies ''World Travel BTI'', ''The Travel Company'' and ''TQ3 Travel Solutions'' under the name ''BCD Travel''.
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Travel management
Privately held companies of the Netherlands
Holding companies of the Netherlands
Companies based in Utrecht (province)
Organisations based in Utrecht (city)
Holding companies established in 1975
Dutch companies established in 1975