BGD: #travelmyths Twitter chat to offer travel professional introverts and extroverts alike forum to instigate, educate and pontificate, JSYK // PRT

ATLANTA, Oct. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Here's the perfect forum for any travel professional who's ever held great ideas inside out of a fear of public speaking: no front of the room; no microphones; no faces staring you down.

BCD Travel will host a Twitter chat from 11 a.m. to noon EDT on Friday, Oct. 11, in a naked bid to provoke conversation about ways of influencing business travelers. In addition to soliciting tweets from the soft spoken, the discussion also is intended to help Twitter novices gain experience using the tool.

Claudia Unger, BCD Travel director of research and intelligence, will seed the discussion, revolving around common myths prevalent in the corporate travel industry. She'll also share ideas about how  travel managers can use consumer psychology to both drive down business travel costs and improve the experience of  travelers during trips. The event is open to all industry professionals regardless of rank or role.

"Twitter is a great place for professionals to exchange ideas and share personal experiences," said Unger. "The 140-character message limit dictates informality and therefore a lower barrier to participate. It's less intimidating than, for example, standing up in the middle of an educational session at an industry conference."

Unger said she hopes travel industry professionals who often keep their ideas to themselves will join.  Those new to the concept of a tweet chat shouldn't be intimidated: Anyone can easily learn to use Twitter.

About BCD Travel

BCD Travel helps companies make the most of what they spend on travel. For travelers, this means keeping them safe and productive, and equipping them to make good choices on the road. For travel and procurement managers, it means advising them on how to grow the value of their travel program. For executives, we ensure that the travel program supports company objectives. In short, we help our clients travel smart and achieve more. We make this happen in 97 countries with 11,000 creative, committed and experienced people. And it's how we maintain an industry-leading client-retention rate of more than 95%, with 2012 sales of US$21.2 billion. For more information, visit www.bcdtravel.com.

About BCD Holdings N.V.

BCD Holdings N.V is a market leader in the travel industry. The privately owned company was founded in 1975 by John Fentener van Vlissingen and consists of BCD Travel (global corporate travel management), Travix (online travel: CheapTickets, Vliegwinkel, BudgetAir, Vayama and Easytobook), Park 'N Fly (off-airport parking), Parkmobile International (mobile parking and traffic applications), Airtrade (consolidating and fulfillment) and VakantieXperts (`leisure). BCD Holdings employs more than 13,000 people and operates in almost 100 countries with total sales, including US$8.5 billion in partner sales, of US$22.8 billion. For more information, visit www.bcd-nv.com.   

SOURCE BCD Travel