{"id":195977,"date":"2025-03-28T11:35:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T10:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=195977"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T08:51:11","slug":"bcd-travel-cities-trends-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/bcd-travel-cities-trends-2025","title":{"rendered":"BCD Travel: top business destinations revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are no major changes in this new list compiled on Thursday by <strong>BCD Travel<\/strong> through its report <strong>Cities &amp; Trends 2025<\/strong>. According to data collected in 2024 by the TMC - based on flight bookings and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/vehicules-electriques-location-acceleration-20250327.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rental cars<\/a> -, l'<strong>Germany<\/strong> remains the continent's number 1 business destination for European business travellers. This is followed by the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and, finally, Spain. <strong>France in 4th place<\/strong>. The rankings by city are dominated by <strong>Amsterdam<\/strong>ahead of London and Frankfurt on the podium. <strong>Paris ranks 5th<\/strong>behind Munich and ahead of Copenhagen, Zurich and Vienna.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bcd-travel-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"256\" class=\"wp-image-196005\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bcd-travel-25.jpg\" alt=\"Cities in BCD Travel&#039;s Cities &amp; Trends report\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bcd-travel-25.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bcd-travel-25-300x118-derived.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Cities in BCD Travel's Cities &amp; Trends report<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As the authors of the report point out, \"the European rankings remained largely unchanged from the previous year, with the exception of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/stockholm-arlanda-hotel-aeroport-20241129.html\/\">Stockholm <\/a>which has moved up one place <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/hilton-garden-inn-aeroport-brussels-20250320-html\/\">Brussels<\/a>Europe's de facto capital, in 10th place\". What's more, the experts at BCD Travel believe that \" <em>growth in business travel in Western Europe in 2024 was driven mainly by real estate activities, followed by the arts, entertainment and leisure sector<\/em> \". This growth is likely to be particularly marked in <strong>Italy<\/strong>which the TMC has identified as the most dynamic market for business travel in 2024.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\">\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/travel-manager-bcd-travel-decrypte-la-fiche-de-poste-20241126.html\/\" data-id=\"186083\">Travel manager: BCD Travel deciphers the job description<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/aside>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"h-les-etats-unis-incontournables-pour-l-instant\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The United States is the undisputed leader... for now?<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>What about intercontinental business travel? According to this new Cities &amp; Trends 2025 report <strong>US destinations<\/strong> account for the lion's share of European corporate travel budgets. The top 10 cities visited by European business travellers include no fewer than eight American destinations. Starting with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/new-york-mammana-nyc-tourism-2025-20250102.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York<\/a><\/strong> <strong>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/st-regis-chicago-icone-luxe-20230523.html\/\">Chicago<\/a><\/strong>which have firmly established themselves in the top two places, ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/expansion-dubai-exhibition-centre-20241121.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Dubai<\/strong><\/a>. Not surprisingly, the <strong>United States <\/strong>dominate the country rankings, with the United Arab Emirates and India rounding out the podium. It remains to be seen what impact the Trump presidency will have on the next rankings, given that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/effet-trump-trafic-aerien-20250317.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the effects of this new mandate are now being felt<\/a> in the travel sector.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"239\" class=\"wp-image-196011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bcd-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Country rankings in BCD Travel&#039;s Cities &amp; Trends 2025 report\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bcd-2025.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bcd-2025-300x110-derived.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Country rankings in BCD Travel's Cities &amp; Trends 2025 report <\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-quote\">\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>The difference in comfort between Business Class and Economy Class is often perceived as insignificant on short-haul flights, and many business travellers already benefit from loyalty services such as access to lounges and priority boarding, even in Economy Class.<\/p>\r\n<cite>Olivier Benoit, Senior Vice-President of Advito<\/cite><\/blockquote>\r\n<\/aside>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Other findings from the report include <strong>Cities &amp; Trends 2025<\/strong>Economy class has a virtual monopoly on travel on the Old Continent. Economy class accounts for 92% of bookings, compared with 7% for business class. And with good reason: according to Olivier Benoit, Senior Vice President at Advito, \" <em>The difference in comfort between Business Class and Economy Class is often perceived as insignificant on short-haul flights, and many business travellers already benefit from loyalty services such as access to lounges and priority boarding, even in Economy Class. <\/em>\". What's more, according to Olivier Benoit, \" <em>For travel managers, <strong>the return on investment is much higher for economy class tickets<\/strong>. They are often half the price of business tickets, and 70 % of these flights last less than two hours. On such short flights, the level of productivity of a passenger does not differ much between economy and business class. <\/em>\". Internationally, the economy and business classes are perfectly balanced according to BCD, with each accounting for 44% of bookings.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cities &amp; Trends 2025 Europe report was unveiled on 27 March by BCD Travel, identifying the most popular business destinations for business travellers.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":196009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,85],"tags":[127,2067],"type-darticle":[52],"n_magazine":[],"class_list":["post-195977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agences","category-etudes-et-livresblancs","tag-europe","tag-tmc","type-darticle-breve","vapo-free"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cities &amp; 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