More than 40 European rail carriers are now available to book with Navan
VIENNA, 8 January 2025 — Navan, the leading global travel and expense management solution on a mission to make every trip easy, today announced the availability of ÖBB, the Austrian national rail carrier, on its platform. With this partnership, Navan now provides access to all major carriers from the DACH region, and travellers can now access content from Deutsche Bahn, ÖBB (Österreichische Bundesbahnen), and SBB (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen) directly online, regardless of their location.
In calendar year 2024, trains accounted for more than 40% of intra-Europe travel bookings made in Europe with Navan. The high proportion of train bookings demonstrates the critical importance of providing business travellers in Europe with easy access to train tickets.
“Navan is quickly setting the new global standard for user-friendly business travel solutions catered to European needs,” says Michael Riegel, CEO of Navan, EMEA. “Ensuring our customers have easy access to local plane and train operators has allowed us to scale quickly in the DACH market. Our partnership with ÖBB means Navan customers can now book, change, or cancel train journeys on all major rail carriers from the DACH region.”
Austria’s largest mobility provider, ÖBB, carried 260 million passengers last year on 6,600 trains. With the addition of ÖBB to Navan’s content platform, customers can access new routes and connections to popular Austrian destinations such as Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, and Graz. Rail tickets from Railjet, Intercity, Nightjet, and EuroCity can now be accessed online by Navan customers globally.
“The new cooperation between Navan and ÖBB is very beneficial for Vitesco Technologies because we now have access to all ÖBB services,” says Philipp Fahrenkrog, Mobility Governance & Tools at Schaeffler (formally Vitesco). “Navan prioritises the availability of rail services on its platform and has now simplified the booking of trains for us in Austria, one of Vitesco’s most important markets.”
Navan offers rail fares from more than 40 European rail carriers, one of the broadest selections of rail carriers of any TMC. It covers the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, and Italy and includes trains from SNCF, Eurostar, SBB, Italo, Trenitalia, NS International, SNCB, Renfe, Avlo, and most UK carriers. Navan also offers rail fares from Amtrak directly on its platform.
Navan sources its rail content directly from corporate inventory providers and modern aggregators and is available to all users regardless of their location.
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