BCD Travel announced a joint-venture agreement with Brazilian partner Avipam for "a newly established Brazilian company."

Also to be called BCD Travel, the new company "will employ about 300," according to the original BCD Travel, which has "a controlling interest." In its announcement, BCD Travel said the Brazilian operation would get updated call center infrastructure and "new workflow management." A spokesperson for the main, U.S.-based BCD Travel would not disclose the amount invested into the JV for the controlling interest and noted that BCD Travel "previously had a small stake in Avipam."