Case studies

Like many companies around the world, Discovery’s global travel operations took an unplanned pause in 2020. What at first seemed like a hindrance soon transformed into an opportunity to use the travel pause to not only create fixes, but to innovate.

Having grown from a family-owned company to operating in over 20 countries, Charles River Laboratories needed to globally consolidate their travel program for the first time. Discover how strong collaboration made it possible.

Discover how FCM Travel incorporated a thorough change management plan when helping a Fortune 100 company bring their travel program vision to life.

When two education organisations merged, it meant the travel program needed to come together. Discover how our team made it happen.

Find out how FCM helped one of our customers with a smooth Trans-Tasman transition.

Our client - a global pharmaceutical company - had a mature air program through which it was spending more than $25m across more than a dozen countries. It wanted to find $400,000+ in incremental savings and achieved this, going from total air contract savings in Year 1 of $2,008,514 to $2,418,078 in Year 2 - an increase of 20.4%.

FCM had managed the travel program for our client - a world leader in electronic optical equipment and analytical instrumentation for high-end scientific and industrial research and development - for more than a decade.

As a top 250 Australian company, in 2017 our client booked 7,234 room nights in 46 hotels across four countries worth $1.6. With compliance at 75%, coverage was 74%. A year later, its program had found savings of 4-8% with room nights increased to 7,750 in 82 hotels.

Our client is an Infrastructure Services Business who in 2017 booked 68,500 room nights worth $11.1m in 110 hotels across two countries, with compliance at 70%. A year later this increased to 80% with significant total savings across in 2018 of $912k.

EnerMech is an established provider of mechanical services solutions to the international energy services sector. Established in 2008, EnerMech has a 40-year heritage through acquisition, and offers all of its services in over 30 facilities across 20 countries worldwide. EnerMech now has over 2500 personnel

In light of recent events in Europe, there is no longer a clear border between ‘safe’ and ‘risky’ areas of the world. More than ever before, employers need to be fully engaged with duty of care and what strategies can be implemented to maximise traveller protection. Booking all travel through a single source (Travel Management Company) is vital.