White papers

Download our guide to learn more about the developments within the NDC space and its impact on your travel programme. 

Safety and Risk playbook for travel managers in 2021. Make a complex landscape simple again. 

Last year, we conducted our State of the Market Report which surveyed 1,600 business travel managers, bookers and travellers to gauge their feelings on the outlook of business travel. Now, we’re taking a look back to see how these stats held up.

Our white paper ‘Get with the programme’ explores how to maintain control over your travel programme; facilitate a better travel experience for your employees while ensuring you tap into dynamic content sourcing for choice, flexibility and cost savings.

From handy reminders of how to sanitise your seat area on a plane to utilising our latest travel safety technology, our essential guide to staying healthy while travelling will have you returning home safe and well. 

How blockchain works in the travel and hospitality industry, insight from FCM business travel agency

Global study on the state of business travel. Be the first to get the definitive report on the state of business travel around the globe.

More data has been created in the past two years than in the entire history of the world. By 2020, about 1.7 megabytes per second of new information will be created for every human being on the planet using 50 billion connected devices. By then, our accumulated digital universe of data will have grown to 44 trillion gigabytes.

As travel spend rises, so too does the criticality of travel management. In 2016, half of corporates spending half a million (or more) on travel contracted with a single TMC for managed travel services worldwide. We live in a global economy, so why wouldn’t you employ a TMC that really can deliver globally?

Unlike "low carb diets", the need to reduce carbon emissions and live more sustainable lives is definitely not a fad or trend. This white paper examines the ways you can reduce your CO² emissions when travelling for business.

FCM has released a series of five in-depth reports on sustainability strategies in the hospitality industry, detailing carbon and energy conservation, water scarcity and pollution, waste and community engagement. Get the FCM perspective by downloading the white papers...

Discover what MarketPlace is all about, learn about FCM's specially-negotiated rates and fares, and find out how FCM gives customers access to the widest choice of business travel content via multi-channel online and offline sources from across its global network.