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Virgin Voyages has begun accepting Bitcoin as payment for cruise bookings. This marks the first time the cruise line, founded by Sir Richard Branson, has adopted cryptocurrency. Passengers can now use Bitcoin to pay for trips across Virgin’s fleet. Per…
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Travala has inked a significant collaboration with travel marketplace Skyscanner, enabling crypto payments for hotel bookings to millions of travelers globally. The crypto-native travel platform Travala announced on Sept. 5 that it had integrated with Skyscanner, bringing Travala.com’s inventory of…
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Travelers will soon be able to pick and choose which destinations to visit in person thanks to the metaverse according to a Booking.com study.
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Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand lost $80 billion in tourism revenues. Different organs of the government got affected, and tourism took a big hit due to travel bans and lockdown restrictions. However, the country is now ready to reincarnate its…
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Air France, one of the largest airlines in the world is expanding its blockchain adoption in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 has disrupted the global travel industry with stakeholders forced to come up with innovative ways of…
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Travel booking giant Expedia partnered with crypto-travel platform Travala.com today, allowing users to book over 700,000 accommodations with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Pay with BTC, ETH, XRP, others As per a press release, the billion-dollar valued American firm will partner…
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Corporate Traveller, a leading UK-based business travel management firm centered on servicing enterprise clients with small to medium travel spend requirements, has joined forces with BitPay, a highly reputed bitcoin payments processor, to enable the former to start accepting Bitcoin…
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In a bid to survive the harsh sanctions imposed on it by the government of the United States, blockchain-based digital assets such as bitcoin (BTC) have now become legal tender in the Iranian tourism sector, and the nation’s authorities are…
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Air Canada, the largest domestic and international airline in Canada, has partnered Winding Tree, a decentralized, open source travel distribution platform, to enable it to participate in the latter’s blockchain solution aimed at revolutionizing the existing travel distribution landscape, according…
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Blockchain technology seems to be on quite a flight since the past few years. Per a press release, published on September 18, 2018, NIIT Technologies Ltd., one of the top global IT solutions companies has released its blockchain powered solution…
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KrisFlyer, the flyer program of Singapore Airlines, has launched the world’s first ever digital wallet to store air miles. A press release on the Singapore Air website on July 24, 2018, revealed that KrisPay would kick off with 18 merchants…
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Agnes Water-1770, a town in central Queensland, Australia is currently “Australia’s first digital currency-friendly” tourist town. They currently have over 30 businesses that accept cryptocurrencies as an alternative form of payment. The goal is to attract more international tourists who…
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Long security checkup queues at airports, could soon be a thing of the past. Startup VChain is working on a blockchain powered service that, Ira Ariella Khi, says will revolutionize the check-in process in the travel industry. VChain Verification System…
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To expand its airline service and tap into more markets, AirAsia is setting foot into the digital realm. In a recent interview, CEO Tony Fernandes mentioned that being the region’s largest budget airline, its launching forays into fintech services and…
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On January 25, 2018, Canada announced the start of a pilot digital identity program called the Known Traveler Digital Identity system (KTDI). This system relies on biometric and other personal data as well as blockchain technology to create an ID…
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Surf Air, a California based airline company, announced on December 5, 2017, that it would be accepting payments in bitcoin and ether, two of the most popular cryptocurrencies. The airline has become popular because of its monthly “all you can…
