As FCM Travel Solutions enters its twelfth year of operation, the company has announced its first logo change since its inception in 2004. Commenting on the changes, Gregory Lording, global managing director, FCM exlained that the new brand identity reflects the evolution of the organisation, while still retaining strong links to the company’s heritage.

FCm Travel Solutions – considered the World’s Leading Travel Management Company by the World Travel Awards - has further bolstered its duty of care offering for customers by adopting the industry leading travel risk management maturity model, TRM3, an assessment tool created by iJET International, the leading provider of integrated risk management solutions. TRM3 has already been adopted by the Global Business Travel Association as the global standard for measuring how effectively corporates are managing risk and duty of care in relation to business travel.

FCm Travel Solutions has extended its network in the gulf region after signing a partner agreement with Attar Travel, one of the oldest and most respected travel management companies in Saudi Arabia. Attar Travel has a long and proud history dating back to the 1940s when two brothers, Saddik and Mohammed Attar, established the business.

FCm Travel Solutions’ added-value hotel initiative SmartSTAY has seen rapid growth since its launch in mid-2013 and now boasts over 300 properties worldwide participating in the corporate extras programme. SmartSTAY gives FCm clients year-round access to complimentary benefits such as room upgrades, wi-fi, late check-out, early check-in, breakfast, car parking, use of hotel meeting space, laundry services and local restaurant discounts.

FCm Travel Solutions has launched a new cloud-based reporting platform that allows clients to build their own reports and more deeply analyse their travel data using third party sources. Clientbank Cloud is a scalable reporting solution that draws on third party intelligence and gives FCm access to external travel, non-travel and expense data for cross platform analytics. The tool will be an add-on functionality to FCm’s current Clientbank global reporting system.

FCm Travel Solutions continues to expand its presence in Africa having signed a new partnership agreement with Activ’Travel in Morocco. Headquartered in Casablanca, Activ’Travel is a well-known local travel company offering comprehensive business travel and expense management services.