Corporate Rail Travel up 60% and continues to rise
International rail reports high bookings due to flexibility, greater connectivity and high fuel prices
International Rail Ltd, the online global rail booking and ticketing specialist have announced figures up 60% year on year*.
They say that flexibility, greater connectivity, high fuel prices, plus the growing reputation of rail as a more comfortable way to travel are all contributing factors to corporate customers turning to train travel and the services of International Rail.
Year on year, corporate rail sales figures continue to rise for International Rail and expectations are for this momentum to be maintained throughout 2012 and 2013.
Rod Maton, Chairman of International Rail Ltd says: "International Rail has a decade’s experience working with business travellers and over that time, the market has certainly changed. The profile of rail for business travel has grown significantly as professionals and their buyers realise that rail not only offers better flexibility than air, but also great value and by working with us, easy booking and fully-refundable tickets".
Throughout 2012, International Rail will be connecting to even more railway networks to support this continued rise in corporate as well as consumer rail travel.
For corporate rail travel, the United States of America, India, China and Russia are clearly the growing markets.
There are many reasons why travelling by rail can be better than flying for corporate travellers — train stations are more numerous and are centrally located within each city – making them more convenient for business meetings. There are also less security procedures and no check-in, plus tickets are fully refundable even after the date of travel. On the corporate social responsibility front, travelling by rail has a considerably smaller carbon footprint than transport by air or road.
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