GLOBAL SERVICES

Andavo Travel is a full-service travel management firm that offers clients personalized service only a smaller company can provide with the negotiation power of an international, multi-billion dollar firm.  As the second largest affiliate agency of BCD Travel, the world’s third largest corporate travel management company, Andavo Travel successfully serves corporate clients internationally.  BCD Travel operates in 96 countries on five continents with more than 12,000 employees and $12 billion in total sales.  Andavo Travel works with BCD Travel to deliver tailor-made corporate travel services that enable you to achieve maximum savings, flexibility and efficiency.

Through BCD Travel, Andavo Travel provides the following global services:

• Global purchasing influence in the travel marketplace for quantifiable savings
• Consolidated global travel information for single-source reporting worldwide
• Global traveler assist networks for emergency service in foreign lands
• Emergency banking, foreign currency and travelers checks
• Language translators and official guides
• Hotel/airport delivery of documents
• International meeting services
• Legal and medical referral services
• VIP services/tracking/transfer
• Visa/Passport service
• Worldwide cellular telephone service

EMERGENCY SERVICES

In addition, BCD Travel’s Emergency Services Centers located in London and Dubai are made available to you 24-hours daily for emergency assistance and ticketing.  All transactions through Emergency Services are included in your management reports and financial reconciliation.  We guarantee when you contact Emergency Services you will receive the same, high-level of service Andavo Travel provides.

ANDAVO–BCD HOTEL PROGRAM

Andavo Travel’s hotel purchasing power and ability to secure best-in-class accommodations for its travelers are enhanced through our partnership with BCD Travel.  Through the Andavo-BCD Hotel Program, Andavo Travel is able to secure preferred hotel rates up to 30 percent off published rates at more than 18,000 properties worldwide spanning 139 countries and five continents, including last room availability in sold out situations.

The Andavo-BCD Hotel Program is designed to provide the best value at quality properties, not only in key business markets but in secondary and tertiary markets as well, where specific client negotiated hotel rates traditionally do not exist.  Our program provides quality and cost savings helping to keep you satisfied and your travel expenses within budget.

ADVITO

Advito, an independent operating unit of BCD Travel, provides analytical services we utilize to help you optimize your corporate travel program.  Advito’s benchmarking system combines travel agency supplier and client data, and contains data from more than 400 organizations. Your company’s results are compared to other companies’ practices in six primary travel management areas, as well as in 36 sub areas. The resulting report includes a management summary, a thorough analysis of your program’s strengths and weaknesses, a benchmarking comparison to similar organizations, examples of best practices and suggestions for improvement.  This insight enables you to identify opportunities for cost savings and program improvements.

TRAVEL SOURCE PORTAL

As a BCD Travel Affiliate, our clients gain access to some of the industry’s most advanced technology.  Our solutions address the needs of your traveler, your travel program and your corporation.

As a centralized communication vehicle arming travelers with on-demand content, productivity tools and safeguards for business travel, TripSource: Portal delivers relevant, timely information and critical alerts to targeted audiences. Offering a limitless array of traveler services, the portal aligns program and organizational needs to drive savings, support business objectives and avoid corporate travel program risks.

TripSource: Portal provides continuous access to online booking engines, expense management systems, personalized travel information, targeted alerts, and travel news – all integrated into a single, intuitive environment. TripSource: Portal’s unique technology platform, developed by BCD Travel, makes it easier than ever to plan and manage the business of travel, allowing your travelers to spend more time “on mission” – and less time on travel arrangements.

TripSource: Portal will be a vital element in your plan to disseminate critical information to the right people at the right time. Content administration capabilities let you customize the delivery of news and feature articles on everything from weather and security alerts to travel tips for the road warrior. You can direct communications to all employees – or to selected groups within your organization.