{"id":182511,"date":"2024-10-07T14:24:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T12:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=182511"},"modified":"2025-10-31T10:39:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T09:39:46","slug":"navan-interview-olivier-nairey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/navan-interview-olivier-nairey","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Olivier Nairey, Managing Director France, Navan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-un-peu-plus-d-un-an-apres-votre-nomination-a-la-tete-de-navan-france-quel-est-votre-bilan\">Just over a year after your appointment as head of Navan France, what is your assessment?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Olivier Nairey - <\/strong>This year has gone very well. We had a fairly comprehensive roadmap. <strong>Navan <\/strong>has always been a big machine for acquiring new customers. It's an area in which we have real expertise, and a real momentum since the creation of Navan France. But we also had to work on customer retention and adoption. This was one of the first areas I focused on. There was an imbalance between the sales force and the resources dedicated to retention. So one of the first challenges was to stabilise the retention of new business and focus even more on customer satisfaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-comment-fidelise-t-on-ces-clients\">How do we retain these customers?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Olivier Nairey -<\/strong> We have done this in two ways: by recruiting more account managers, who are at the service of customers and their satisfaction, by working on their contracts, on potential savings, etc.; and the second area is customer service. We used to have travel agents based at a European hub, and we have reintegrated this skill into our sales teams in Paris to emphasise the concepts of proximity and service. Then there's everything to do with new developments, integrating new functions and new products launched throughout the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/navan-goes-public\/\" data-id=\"210485\">And Navan went public...<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-justement-quels-sont-les-grands-axes-de-travail-pour-navan-en-termes-de-developpement\">So, what are the main areas of work for Navan in terms of development?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Olivier Nairey -<\/strong> The two big topics were NDC and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-l-annee-2024-semble-effectivement-etre-enfin-l-annee-ndc\">The year 2024 does indeed seem to be - at last - the year of NDC...<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Olivier Nairey -<\/strong> This is the case. When we look at the percentage of NDC adoption, the number of tickets booked via this channel compared with the GDSs, we now have 30% in France. It's a feature that's working very well, that our customers have really adopted, and that's also extremely beneficial for them, because on average they make <strong>16% in savings when they actually buy a ticket via this NDC channel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/secteur-aerien-navan-20240908.html\/\" data-id=\"180689\">NDC shift in the airline industry: Navan leads the transformation<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-quelles-sont-les-prochaines-etapes-sur-ce-dossier-ndc\">What are the next steps in the NDC project?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Olivier Nairey -<\/strong> For our part, everything is up and running. It's all about educating, supporting and expanding our network. Today, we are connected to 14 airlines - including Air France, of course. The aim is to continue to expand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-parlons-ia-qu-en-est-il-des-promesses-formulees-a-l-occasion-de-l-adoption-de-la-technologie-open-ai-en-termes-de-simplification-de-la-gestion-des-voyages\">Let's talk AI: what about the promises made when Open AI technology was adopted, in terms of simplifying travel management?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Olivier Nairey -<\/strong> It's less a question of simplifying travel than of outsourcing 'minor' tasks, leaving only those with high added value to the travel consultant. We were the first in this industry to launch artificial intelligence, and our customers have been using this feature regularly for over a year and a half. And today 40% of requests are handled by AI globally, with a high satisfaction rate as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/navan-ia-depenses-voyages-20230505.html\/\" data-id=\"147989\">Navan uses OpenAI's AI to analyse travel expenditure<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-y-a-t-il-d-autres-fonctionnalites-a-attendre\">Are there any other features to look forward to?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Olivier Nairey -<\/strong> We take a holistic approach to travel. We believe that business travel does not stop at booking and issuing the ticket. We are also an expense solution, which means we offer payment methods and expense reports. We offer credit cards and an expense report tool for the traveller and the company, so that everything is managed natively on a single platform. The Connect tool allows us to integrate traditional players and connect them directly to the Navan application. So we're not just talking about travel policy, but also expense policy. For example, the company decides whether or not to activate the card, defines thresholds for taxi expenses, for catering expenses, etc. And we're going to implement all these expense policies for a company within the same application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-autre-sujet-majeur-au-moins-dans-les-discours-la-rse-le-comparateur-train-avion-de-navan-a-t-il-rencontre-le-succes-escompte-et-quels-sont-vos-autres-projets-sur-ce-dossier\">Another major subject, at least in the speeches: CSR. Has Navan's train\/plane comparator met with the success you were hoping for, and what are your other projects in this area?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Olivier Nairey -<\/strong> This is of great interest to businesses, which have short-term objectives and challenges in terms of reducing their carbon impact. When booking a flight to a destination that is accessible by train, we make it possible to recommend rail travel. But travellers remain free to make their own choices. It's a tool that works very well. And since COVID, we've seen an increase of almost 40% in train bookings year on year. So there is a real demand from customers, which we are trying to support as best we can. And what's really interesting for us on the French market is that we're connected with as many distributors and players as possible. In fact, we've just joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/ouigo-offre-confort-2027-20240617.html\/\">Ouigo<\/a>which can be traced back within the application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ou-en-est-l-integration-de-reed-amp-mackay-depuis-son-rachat-par-navan\">How far has the integration of Reed &amp; Mackay progressed since its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/tripactions-reed-mackay-20210505.html\/\">buyout by Navan<\/a> ?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Olivier Nairey -<\/strong> There is no integration: they are two distinct entities, with two distinct value propositions. We get on very well, there's a real collaboration, a real partnership, particularly when it comes to discussions with suppliers. But we also have quite different activities and targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-comment-se-distingue-aujourd-hui-navan-au-sein-du-paysage-des-agences-de-voyages-d-affaires\">How does Navan stand out in today's market? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/amex-gbt-cwt-concurrence-20241007.html\/\">business travel agencies<\/a> ?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Olivier Nairey -<\/strong> For us, it's the customer who counts. Our positioning and our strategy are based on the user experience, an end-to-end experience, integrating booking, issuing and checking expenses and payment. All while owning the whole process. We're really putting the user experience at the heart of our strategy, that's the mission we've set ourselves, and I think we're fulfilling it well so far. Our growth bears witness to this: we've more than tripled the number of customers this year in France. 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