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

November 10th, 2026 at 6:00 AM EST Photo Credit: Toronto 377189951 Airbnb Perk, a business travel and spend management platform, will announce Tuesday it’s the first travel management company to integrate Airbnb’s API for business travel. Employees of Perk clients can now search Airbnb listings with live pricing and availability, book them within company travel policy, and send them for approval alongside flights, cars and rail, without leaving Perk. Until now, Perk customers who wanted an Airbnb had to go through Perk’s concierge service, pasting a listing link and dates, and then waiting for staff to book it. Even with that manual process, Perk generated Airbnb bookings in the “double-digit millions” last year, Kristina Carter, Perk’s vice president of global partnerships, told Skift. This year it has already surpassed that total, she said. Founded in 2015, Perk, formerly known as TravelPerk, has headquarters in London and Boston. Airbnb’s Partnership Strategy The tie-up with Perk comes several w Dennis Schaal is Skift's executive editor. As a reporter, he covers online travel and short-term rentals for Skift. Schaal has written oral histories of online travel, Booking.com and short-term rentals.