Airbnb is continuing its transformation to better meet the needs of business travel. Next year, the sharing economy specialist will be integrating a new automated solution for the booking, payment and invoicing of business travel, thanks to the work carried out with the AirPlus teams. The specialist in centralised payment solutions dedicated to business travel already enables its customers to book via the Airbnb site and pay for their stays with the A.I.D.A virtual payment card. But the two heavyweights of the business travel industry - Airbnb for Business tripled its growth in 2016 - want to go further in order to improve the visibility of their corporate customers, and win over the naysayers. " More and more business travellers want to take advantage of the flexibility offered by the collaborative economy, and travel managers want to monitor costs and the application of their travel policy. "says Patrick W. Diemer, Managing Director of AirPlus.
From next year, the fully integrated payment process will enable the company's escrow account to be billed automatically and the company's account to be credited.improving travel managers' visibility on booking data, with increasingly sophisticated information cost centre, project code or employee number...
make business trips without having to do without the comfort of home
" We are delighted to be partnering with AirPlus to make more practical even the use of Airbnb by business travellers when booking their trips "Lex Bayer, Head of Development, Payments and Airbnb for Business, is delighted. " Airbnb for Business enables business travellers to do without the comforts of home, and provides smart payment options through AirPlus to better support Airbnb's growing popularity with both business travellers and travel managers. "he adds. " With Airbnb, we are delighted to be integrating flexible bookingautomated payment and invoicing and transparent cost management in a single solution "says Patrick W. Diemer at AirPlus.
Airbnb had already distinguished itself in recent months by signing agreements with the main TMCs (Travel Management Companies) on the market, including BCD Travel, American Express GBT and Carlson Wagonlit Travel.
