Airbnb now caters more to business travelers internationally, starting with the U.K. and Australia

Earlier this year, Airbnb launched a new online service specifically for business travelers, including a centralized portal for managing all facets of a trip. It basically lets employees search for and book accommodation, with special considerations for proximity to meetings, team house-shares, and more.

Now, Airbnb is expanding core features of the business-focused service internationally, kicking off today with the U.K. and Australia.

Today’s expansion is underpinned by the integration with Concur’s Triplink service, which lets business travelers use Triplink to book directly on Airbnb, with their expenses and itineraries automatically appearing within Concur.

This makes sense in a number of ways, as it means employees don’t have to manually figure out their expenditure and remember to submit the paperwork, while administrators and financial personnel have immediate access to the travel activities of the company’s workforce.

This also follows a trend we’re seeing across the so-called “sharing economy,” with traditionally consumer-centric services placing more focus on the lucrative enterprise space. Indeed, the day after Airbnb announced its new platform back in July, Uber followed suit with the launch of business accounts.

More European countries will receive Triplink feature in early 2015.