BCD Group (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), and
Park 'N Fly
Park 'N Fly is an off-airport parking operator in the United States founded in 1967 in St. Louis Missouri by the lead magnate family's Theodore P (Ted) Desloge. The Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia-based company was acquired in 1988 by the ...
(off-airport parking). Founded in 1975 by
John Fentener van Vlissingen, BCD Group employs more than 10,000 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.
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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Privately held companies of the Netherlands
Travel management
Holding companies of the Netherlands
Companies based in Utrecht (province)
Utrecht (province)
Holding companies established in 1975
Dutch companies established in 1975