White papers

Many organizations have started taking the first important steps toward hosting more eco-friendly events. To help you along your path, FCM Meetings & Events have curated a handbook of the most important steps you can take to turn your event from sufficient to sustainable. Download your copy today.

After a pause of business travel, FCM and GBTA felt it was time to assess the state of technology used in travel programs to see how, if at all, needs have changed. In a joint piece of research, we surveyed travel managers across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific to explore how technology has changed the travel manager’s role and the travel program-to-TMC relationship.

Travel is back in earnest. With COVID travel restrictions rapidly disappearing around the world, travelers have returned in droves. However, with inflation at a high and employment shortages across the travel industry, the recovery hasn’t been without its challenges. Get the full picture here.

This eBook, developed by FCM, discusses how the agile methodology can be applied to the corporate travel management space.

FCM's consolidation white paper will help you identify which type of consolidation pillar best fits your requirements, provide examples of how organizations have mastered consolidation challenges, and allow you to feel confident in taking the first step. Get the insights today by downloading our white paper. 

FCM Consulting delves into the ESG movement and offers expert advice to optimize travel supply chains, booking tools and travel supplier RFPs.

With the world continuing to slowly open up, the analysts at FCM Consulting have drilled into the data to help you understand the impact on travel from accommodation, aviation and ground transportation trends for Q4 in 2021.

With safety and security of employees high on the agenda for many travel programs, we’ve created this Travel Risk Review 2021 - 2022 to summarize the risks in 2021 and what security risk levels look like for 2022. 

In the new year, businesses globally are considering how their road warriors feel about going out into the world again. The question on everyone’s mind is how business travelers will experience the return to the skies and whether they feel ready and prepared.

This quarterly report, developed by FCM Consulting, unpacks accommodation, aviation, and ground transportation trends using data from FCM corporate bookings, vaccine data and Cirium aviation data in Q3 2021.

There's been a shift. A shift in how we work, a shift in our priorities, and a shift in our mindsets. But what's shifted in business travel? And how will companies start to prioritize what happens face-to-face vs. virtually? It starts by defining meaningful travel.

When the pandemic hit in 2020, corporate travel took a huge blow in activity and spend levels. But so did traveler confidence. The focus now is to give travelers the confidence that returning to travel can be as smooth as possible.