Travel One specializes in managing online and off-line travel programs for our corporate clients. In fact, approximately 70% of our total sales are from business travel. Our client-proven business formula successfully blends high-touch with high-tech, setting the industry standard for corporate travel services.
In choosing Travel One, you can rely on a partner that makes business travel a cost-effective, personalized and hassle-free experience. As one of Minnesota's largest independently owned and operated Travel Management Companies, we offer our customers the following benefits:
- One-stop-shop to offer the best air, car, and hotel prices for your travelers.
- Flexible service arrangements that let you determine how, when, and where to make your business travel reservations.
- Professional and highly trained travel consultants to manage your travel account. Travel One's agents average 12 years of experience.
- 24-hour toll-free agent assistance for domestic and international travel.
- Detailed travel management reporting available online or hardcopy.
- Automated system to manage your company's unused tickets and credits.
- Automated quality control system that reviews each reservation for the lowest fare, policy compliance, seat assignment preference, etc.
- Global hotel and car rental discount programs that offer the most competitive and comprehensive discounts in the industry.
- PeopleTracker® software to locate travelers in a time of crisis.
- Travel Alert - responsive and timely industry information sent to the business traveler.
- Passport, Visa, and VAT recovery services.
Travel One is an affiliate member of BCD Travel, the third largest global corporate management travel company in the world. BCD Travel combines service leadership with flexible technology, intelligent data analysis and strategic solutions for corporate clients. BCD Travel's comprehensive industry insight and strong, stable ownership allows us to guide clients through a rapidly changing and complex business landscape, addressing travelers' needs on a personal level, managers' needs on a program level and procurement and finance needs on a corporate level. Throughout the travel lifecycle, our approach ultimately allows corporate travelers to accomplish their mission in a safe, informed and productive manner, while placing solutions in the hands of the right people at the right time. Through our affiliation with BCD Travel, we offer the following services to support the full spectrum of the business travel experience:
- Travel Management
- Online Solutions
- Reporting & Analysis
- Traveler Security
- Fulfillment & Compliance
- Responsible Travel Management (CSR)
About BCD Travel
As a leading provider of global corporate travel management, BCD Travel simplifies and streamlines the business of travel. This benefits our client's organization on every level: from the bottom-line to the business traveler. BCD Travel operates in more that 90 countries on six continents, with $14 billion in total sales and a combined worldwide workforce in excess of 13,000. BCD Travel is a BCD Holdings N.V. company. For more information, visit www.bcdtravel.com.
BCD Travel Hotel Program
The BCD Travel Hotel Program offers a comprehensive selection of more that 25,000 properties spanning 131 countries and 6 continents, with 92 percent of the properties now offering Best Available Rate (BAR) pricing. Hotels participating in the BCD Travel Hotel Program are obligated to offer the BCD rate code at parity (equal to or less than any other travel management group or channel). In some cases hotels offer a discount from BAR and/or offer a BCD Travel negotiated rate. All negotiated rates are guaranteed for last-room availability.
In addition to discounted rates, many participating hotels include value-added features or amenities, allowing travelers to realize savings off their total travel expense. Features may include complimentary breakfasts, high-speed internet access, telephone usage and airport transfers to name a few.
The percentage of hotels offering a few of the most popular complimentary amenities are as follows:
- High speed internet access included 48%
- Breakfast included 54%
- Parking included 45%
- Fitness center included 55%
