BCD Meetings & Events Acquires UK Events Agency Zibrant
UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS – July 22, 2016 – BCD Meetings & Events (BCD M&E) acquired Zibrant, an award-winning Events Agency delivering national and international events in the UK, to strengthen and diversify its Events business in the European market.
“This is the latest in a line of smart, strategic acquisitions for us to grow our global presence and service offering,” said Scott Graf, BCD M&E Global President. “Zibrant brings size, scale and expertise to our UK presence allowing us to better compete in a strong Events market.”
BCD M&E will welcome 130 experts who have an established market presence in the UK including respected leaders and industry professionals to add significant talent to its growing EMEA (European, Middle East & Africa) team. Additionally, BCD M&E can offer customers additional and expanded capabilities within its Events offering including creative communications, full-scale production services and expert venue sourcing/finding services.
[from left to right] Geertjan Jongeneel, CFO, BCD M&E; Marc Lammens, Managing Director, BCD M&E EMEA; Fay Sharpe, Managing Director, Sales & Marketing, Zibrant; Nigel Cooper, Owner/CEO, Zibrant
As one of the UK most recognized meetings and event management agencies, Zibrant has been a leader in developing the UK’s meetings and events industry from managing strategic global programs, bespoke venue solutions and producing major live events with memorable communications platforms. Zibrant is focused on evolving its expertise and technologies to offer its customers solutions that are current with industry trends.
“Improving and growing our existing services has always been our core strategy so we are delighted to introduce BCD M&E’s global reach and additional suite of services to our customers,” said Nigel Cooper, owner and CEO of Zibrant. “The access to BCD M&E’s presence in more than 40 countries gives us the ability to meet our customers’ needs of global meetings management.”
About BCD Meetings & Events
BCD Meetings & Events is a world-leader in crafting digital and live experiences that connect organizations with the people that matter most. At BCD M&E, we create human connection by uniting emotion and action to change behavior. With more than 35 years of expertise spanning event design and strategic meetings management, our global network and custom solutions focus on fostering moments that engage and inspire action. Our passion behind the power of an experience shows in the fun we have while unleashing it. BCD Meetings & Events is an independently managed operating company of BCD Group and a subsidiary of BCD Travel. For more information, visit www.bcdme.com.
About BCD Travel
BCD Travel helps companies make the most of what they spend on travel. We give travelers innovative tools that keep them safe and productive and help them make good choices on the road. We partner with travel and procurement leaders to simplify the complexities of business travel, drive savings and satisfaction, and move whole companies toward their goals. In short, we help our clients travel smart and achieve more. We make this happen in 106 countries with a global client retention rate of 97%, the highest in the industry. For more information, visit www.bcdtravel.com.