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BCD Group

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Dutch company

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 170+ countries. Total sales amount to US$24.4 billion (2025).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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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 170+ countries. Total sales amount to US$24.4 billion (2025).2

Corporate structure

BCD Group sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What BCD Group reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by John Fentener van Vlissingen in 1975.1

BCD was founded in 1975 by John Fentener van Vlissingen as a real estate management company, Property Management Advisory Services, with founding capital of US$10,000 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 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 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.

From Wikipedia’s article on BCD Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Leadership

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

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Timeline

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