Airbnb is aggressively working to broaden its reach with corporate customers after declaring ambitions to double its business customer base by 2020. Presently, business travellers represent roughly 15% of the company’s business, and the company is targeting growth to 30% over the next three years.
Airbnb is positioning itself to captialise on the ever blurring lines between business and leisure travel. The company estimates that more than 50% of business trips booked on its listed properties in 2016 included a Saturday night stay. Airbnb urges business travellers not to put their lives on hold when they hit the road. The same could be said for the company’s ambitions to become a disruptor in the business travel space.
We sat down with Airbnb Business Travel & Partnerships Lead Bond Leung on the sidelines of the 2017 ACTE-CAPA Global Conference Sydney to find out what Airbnb is doing to help the procurement process, using technology and managing relationships.
Watch our exclusive interview below: