04/28/2017

Doesn't Feel Like Home

Airbnb still has many critics, especially among travel departments

With safety and uncertainty big factors, travel departments haven’t cozied up to home-sharing services like Airbnb, but individual employees have fewer issues with the services.

Services like Airbnb may be all the rage these days, but they’re getting the cold shoulder from the corporate travel world.

That’s according to recent research from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Foundation, which reports that travel policies have failed to catch up with home-sharing offerings. Home-Sharing and Travel Policies – A Shifting Landscape, done in partnership with AccorHotels, notes that part of the problem is that businesses haven’t cozied up to the concept, which is generally more associated with leisure travel, though Airbnb and its competitors are making inroads.

Please click here to read the complete article from Associations Now.