Airbnb Opens Its API to Business Travel, Starting With Perk: Exclusive

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Airbnb has opened its booking API to Perk, allowing Airbnb listings to appear in the corporate travel platform. The integration brings Airbnb inventory into business travel booking tools and could be followed by similar agreements with rival travel management companies.

Airbnb has courted business travelers for a decade, but corporate bookings mostly happened off to the side, through referral deals and workarounds. Letting Perk tap its API puts live Airbnb listings inside a corporate booking tool for what Perk says is the first time. Rival travel management companies are undoubtedly on the way.