BCD Meetings & Incentives LLC

Scott Graf, President

FOUNDED: 2006

LEADERSHIP: Scott Graf, President; Bruce Morgan, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Development

AT A GLANCE: BCD M&I is celebrating its fifth year as a company, founded from a merger of WorldTravel Meetings & Incentives, Talking Point, and TQ3 Events. Earlier this year, the company opened a new office in St. Louis and has begun operating a 2009 acquisition—San Francisco–based One World Partners—under the BCD M&I brand. The company reports that it is pursuing a “targeted acquisition strategy” for the remainder of 2011 and 2012. In 2010, BCD M&I also began using the Eved supplier management platform, automating interactions with the DMC segment of its preferred partner base.

• Corporate meetings in 2010: 7,743


• Incentive travel programs in 2010: 698


• Meeting and incentive travel programs held outside the U.S.: 30%


• Room nights booked for meetings and incentives: 463,591


• Revenue from planning and executing meetings and incentives: 80%


• Full-time employees: 412


• Top customer markets: Pharmaceutical, Financial Services/Banking