BCD M&I is delighted to welcome Andrew Perolls as Managing Director EMEA.
BCD M&I has built a very strong reputation for delivering world-class solutions at both an event and an enterprise level. In addition to his many achievements as a business leader, Perolls also brings a wealth of experience in corporate meetings, high-end special events and global business travel.
"It's a really exciting time to be joining BCD M&I" says Perolls. "I have been aware of the great work that the company is doing, and am looking forward to helping build on that success throughout the EMEA region and globally. My own background encompasses business travel, corporate meetings and communications, so there is great synergy not only with M&I, but also with its sister company BCD Travel."
Perolls joins BCD M&I from Chambers Travel, where he spent nearly four years as Chief Operating Officer, responsible for managing all offices in the UK and mainland Europe. While at Chambers, he was accountable for both the M&I and business travel segments - with excellent results in terms of sales growth, client retention, customer satisfaction and employee satisfaction. Prior to Chambers, he spent eight years in a number of executive roles with HRG.
Scott Graf, Global President of BCD M&I, commented: "I've been impressed not only by Andrew's business aptitude, but by his desire to inspire his team. Andrew has demonstrated a very successful track record of commercial success while building strong and flexible teams throughout his career. This is just the type of leadership that fits with our BCD M&I culture and I'm thrilled to have
Andrew as part of the team."
Perolls will be based at the company's EMEA headquarters in Maidenhead.
BCD M&I NAMED TO FIFTH ANNUAL "CMI 25" LIST BY CORPORATE MEETINGS & INCENTIVES MAGAZINE
CHICAGO, IL, September 12, 2011 - BCD M&I, LLC® (BCD M&I™) has been named to the 2011"CMI 25" list, an exclusive directory of the largest and most influential full-service meeting and incentive travel management companies focused on the $145 billion corporate meetings and events industry. Now in its fifth year, the CMI 25 list is compiled by Penton Media's Corporate Meetings & Incentives® magazine, the leading information source for the corporate meetings and events industry. This unique annual report is the go-to resource for meeting managers and procurement professionals researching information on these critical business partners.
"In total, this year's CMI 25 companies handled more than 33,000 corporate meetings and incentive programs in 2010, which represents more than 5.7 million room nights," said Barbara Scofidio, editor of Corporate Meetings & Incentives. "There's no other comprehensive source for information on these influential buyers who often play a strategic role in the strategic management of meeting dollars and creative execution of off-site programs." The CMI 25 list will be published in the September 2011 issue of Corporate Meetings & Incentives and on www.meetingsnet.com.
"It is an honor to be recognized once again as a CMI 25 company," said Scott Graf, president of BCD M&I. "We continue to see steady progress in our industry's continued recovery through new client wins as well as the expansion of our current client base on local, regional and multi-national levels. We've seen a sharp increase in both full-time and temporary personnel and have opened new offices in the Americas, EMEA and APAC. Our continued growth is exciting and demonstrates that BCD M&I's Event-to-Enterprise solutions are being well-received by our client base."
The magazine's editors select CMI 25 companies based on several factors, including the number of meetings and incentive travel programs managed in 2010 and the total number of room nights represented by those meetings and incentives. They also evaluated the number of full-time employees at each company, as well as the percentage of the company's revenues that came from organizing corporate meetings and incentives, versus association meetings or other sources.
One to One with Bruce Morgan of BCD M&I
In this interview, Bruce Morgan, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at BCD M&I, offers some great insight on how to promote your events. He gives some great recommendations on marketing to audiences from different generations and he shares the trends in promotion and communications. Listen to his interview
here.
Graf a finalist in Entrepreneur Of The Year
Ernst & Young LLP has announced the 2011 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Midwest finalists, and BCD M&I's global president, Scott Graf, has been selected as one of only 26 business leaders to join this distinguished list.
This group of outstanding entrepreneurs was selected by an independent judging panel made up of previous winners of the award, leading CEOs, private capital investors and other regional business leaders. Midwest winners will be revealed at a gala on June 22 at the Sheraton Chicago and have a chance to progress to National and World Entrepreneur Of The Year contests.
Read more about it
here.
MPI Announces Newest CMM Recipients
Congratulations to
Judi Froehlich of BCD Meetings & Incentives who has recently obtained certification in
Certified Meetings Management (CMM).
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) CMM educational program provides experienced and highly accomplished members of our global meeting industry community, the opportunity for personal career advancement and professional recognition. MPI has announced the latest professionals who have recently obtained certification in Certified Meetings Management, please see full list
here.
BCD M&I Expands Regional Presence
ST. LOUIS, April 18, 2011 - BCD M&I has expanded its U.S. presence with a new office in St. Louis, Mo.
Opening the St. Louis office aligns with a very specific and detailed strategic plan BCD M&I developed three years ago to address the growth of the organization. The plan addresses continued expansion in North America, an investment in the Asia Pacific region, a significant focus on new technology solutions and ongoing investments in talent acquisition and retention.
People in the photo from left to right: Trish Zupon, Membership Director of Clayton Chamber of Commerce (CCC); Kristen Dierickx, VP of Account Management; Diana Caray, CFO; Bruce Morgan, SVP of Marketing and Business Development; Scott Graf, President; Alex Berger III, Alderman, City of Clayton; Bill Callahan, VP of Sales; Julie Carroll, VP of Corporate Development; Dave Sonricker, SVP of Industry Relations and Client Solutions; Jeff Schmitt, President of CCC; Ellen Gale, Executive Director of CCC
"In recognition and support of the sustained growth within BCD M&I right now, we couldn't be more thrilled about the opening of our latest office location," said Scott Graf, president of BCD M&I. "With several employees already working remotely in St. Louis, this is the perfect opportunity to open another office that not only provides a space for collaboration, but also strengthens BCD M&I's regional presence."
BCD M&I's talent management efforts already have yielded a 17 percent increase in the number of full-time employees since the beginning of 2011. "As the company continues to grow and additional staff is placed in support of our customers, St. Louis will provide an alternative beyond the Chicago headquarters to imbed staff," Graf said. "St. Louis offers us a talent-rich market for our business and the opportunity to further expand our Midwest-based client portfolio."
Bill Callahan, vice president of sales, also expressed his enthusiasm about the opportunity represented by BCD M&I's new office. "To be part of such a dynamic, energized and service focused group of professionals is great in itself, but to be able to do it in my hometown of St. Louis is a very exciting opportunity," said Callahan.
The BCD M&I St. Louis office officially opened on April 4, 2011, at 165 N. Meramec Ave., Suite 120, Clayton, Mo. BCD M&I opened an office in Philadelphia in 2009. The same year BCD M&I acquired San Francisco-based One World Partners, a boutique meetings and events agency that now operates under the BCD M&I brand.
A meeting with a living legend
BCD M&I's Vice President, Marketing & Communications EMEA Matthew Wall was among a delegation of UK meetings agencies who visited Archbishop Desmond Tutu on a
recent South Africa visit. The Nobel laureate emphasised the important role that CSR plays in South Africa, and how more companies are looking to leave a lasting legacy from their meetings programmes.
BCD M&I NAMED TO FOURTH ANNUAL "CMI 25" LIST BY CORPORATE MEETINGS & INCENTIVES MAGAZINE
CHICAGO, Ill., Sept. 13, 2010 - BCD M&I has been named to the 2010 "CMI 25" list, an exclusive directory of the largest and most influential full-service meeting and incentive travel management companies focused on the corporate market. Now in its fourth year, the CMI 25 list is complied by Penton Media's Corporate Meetings & Incentives® magazine, the leading information source for the $40 billion corporate meetings and events industry. The CMI 25, published in the September issue of Corporate Meetings & Incentives and on www.meetingsnet.com, is an essential resource for corporate executives and meeting professionals looking for partners to help strategically manage meeting dollars and design creative and motivational off-site programs.
Please download the rest of the press release
here
BCD M&I launches new website!
We are thrilled to welcome you to the all-new BCD M&I global website. Our new-look site aims to bring you all the latest news on how BCD M&I is helping clients to bring their events and meetings programs to life. You can see how our "Event-to-Enterprise" approach is helping to bring even more value to our client relationships and read about some of exciting new programs we are running around the world.
Whether your interest is in developing a strategically managed meeting program or in finding the perfect partner to work with you at an event level, BCD M&I has the skills, the experience and the people to help you make the most out of all your live communication activity.
Contact information for all BCD M&I offices is located on the
Contact us page. To discuss any of your requirements, give us a call.
We hope you enjoy our new home on the web!
Welcome to Our World
From the deserts of North Africa to an amphitheatre in Greece, we've staged events and incentive programmes in some of the most amazing locations on earth.
In this section of our new website we will be bringing you the best of some of these amazing places, with our view on what not to miss.
We'll be profiling some new venues, sharing some great incentive ideas and profiling some of the team members who help to bring our clients programs to life.