BCD Meetings & Incentives (BCD M&I) has acquired UKbased Talking Point expanding BCD M&I’s global meetings, incentive travel and event portfolio while bringing global in-house live event production capabilities to the…
BCD Meetings & Incentives (BCD M&I) has acquired UKbased Talking Point expanding BCD M&I’s global meetings, incentive travel and event portfolio while bringing global in-house live event production capabilities to the organization.
The acquisition completes a change in Talking Point’s ownership that began last year when BCD Meetings & Incentives’ parent company, BCD Holdings N.V., purchased The Travel Company, a UK-based corporate travel management firm that partly owned Talking Point.
Talking Point employs 46 full-time staff, and it services a wide range of clients, including: Sony, O2 Plc, Sanofi Pasteur MSD, Bosch Power Tools and Johnson & Johnson Vision Care.
Scott Graf, president of BCD Meetings & Incentives, called the acquisition “a groundbreaking addition for us, which provides immediate credibility and expertise in the marketplace.”
“The outstanding team that Talking Point has cultivated over the last 20 years enhances our European market solution and perfectly positions BCD Meetings & Incentives to expand the core MICE services we already offer in other EMEA markets,” Graf said.
“Additionally, Talking Point’s reputation as an innovator in creative event management will serve us extremely well as we pursue more event opportunities in the Americas and throughout Europe. The acquisition of Talking Point gives us a stronghold in the British Isles and complements the broad presence we already have within Continental Europe,” continued Graf.
“Combined with the integration of TQ3 Events (a subdivision of TQ3 Travel Solutions Management Holding GmbH), which we completed in mid-2006, within EMEA we now have wholly owned locations in Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.”
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