Navan, the travel and expense management platform, announced that it has introduced its “most granular set of policy controls yet.” This next evolution of the company’s policy and approval engine, said the announcement, gives global enterprises precise financial control while providing travelers with even clearer choices
Navan, according to the announcement, popularized dynamic travel policy in corporate travel, replacing rigid price caps with real-time, market-aware spending limits. These enhanced controls build on that foundation, said the announcement, applying more granular policy logic within the search and booking experience to give travelers clear, relevant choices while helping administrators keep more bookings, data and spend within their managed programs
Kim Hamer, chief travel advisory officer at Navan, said, “Many travel managers are facing an impossible task of responding to daily changes but with policies that were built for a world that moved once a year.” The answer, she said, “is not a longer rulebook — it is a more adaptive model that allows people to operate without tying their hands behind their backs.” The enhanced controls, said Hamer, “do just that by giving travelers relevant guidance in the moment and providing organizations greater control and visibility to manage through changing business needs.”
Key capabilities introduced with this update allow travel managers to:
- Further tailor cost limits, cabin eligibility, advance-booking requirements, upgrade rules and other parameters by traveler group and flight duration.
- Tailor rail policy by journey duration and traveler group: expanded cabin-class controls increase the number of categories from two to four, better reflecting the range of classes offered across the more than 60 rail carriers available through Navan.
- Set flexible hotel limits across countries: enforce country-level nightly hotel limits with city-specific exceptions, using them alongside dynamic, market-based policies or as a standalone spend control.
