2016 U.S.-Booked Air Volume: $86 million
Principal Card Supplier: Bank of America
Consolidated U.S. TMC: Amex GBT
As global biopharmaceutical company Abbvie boosted revenue
and headcount in 2016, it also increased its travel spending, including $86
million in U.S-booked air volume for the year, according to a BTN estimate.
Worldwide revenue increased 12 percent to $25.6 billion, largely due to the
strength of the company's arthritis drug Humira and a cancer drug it acquired
in 2015, Imbruvica. The company employed 30,000 at the beginning of 2017, up
from 28,000 in 2015. Abbvie has worked with Bank of America for a single card
platform across 62 countries. Rollout began in EMEA and has continued to North
America, Latin America and the Asia/Pacific region. Abbvie also is working with
Bank of America to use meeting cards, as well as prepaid cards to pay job
applicants' travel expenses.