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Thailand

Travel Tech Firm Monaker Group Eyes Regulated Thai ICO Market

Danny NelsonNov 19, 2020

Monaker Group, which builds booking platforms for the travel industry, is venturing into tokenized assets with the indirect acquisition of Thailand’s Longroot initial coin offering (ICO) portal. The Nasdaq traded company took an “indirect controlling stake” in the entity that owns Longroot on Thursday, one day after buying up a third of Longroot minority shareholder […]

Travel

ShareRing Brings Its Blockchain Identity Solution to Rakuten Travel Bookers

Sebastian SinclairNov 11, 2020

The integration will mean Rakuten Travel Xchange customers can opt to use ShareRing's self-sovereign identity app to access bookings.

Travel

Offline Travel App Maps.Me Raises $50M in Funding Round Led by Alameda Research

Sebastian SinclairJan 18, 2021

The funding will go toward the launch of a multi-currency wallet.

Travel

Binance-Backed Travala.com Enters China’s Fast-Recovering Travel Market

Danny NelsonSep 17, 2020

"In China, the recovery is happening now and very fast,” said Travala.com CEO Juan Otero.

Travel

Travala.com Adds Agoda Hotels, Posts Record July Revenue as Crypto Payments Soar

Danny NelsonAug 3, 2020

The Binance-backed travel agency brought in $400,000 in July, a 100% increase from the month before.

Travel

Travel

Travala.com Lets Travelers Once Again Book Expedia Hotels in Crypto

Danny Nelson

The blockchain-based travel agency's partnership comes as booking rates surge from their COVID-19 lows.

Travel

Norwegian Air May Allow Customers to Pay With Crypto as Soon as Spring

Paddy Baker

Norwegian Air would accept cryptocurrency payments via crypto exchange NBX.

Travel

Digital Travel Firm Webjet Has Launched Its Booking Verification Blockchain

William Foxley

The ethereum-based platform is aimed to do away with price and accommodation disparities in the travel industry.

Travel

Bitcoin Startup Lolli Looks to Global Expansion With Hotels.com Partnership

Leigh Cuen

The bitcoin rewards app Lolli is going global in 2019, starting with the travel industry.

Coinbase

Travel Booking Site CheapAir Is Switching Bitcoin Payment Processors

Wolfie Zhao

CheapAir.com is to switch bitcoin payment processors following a service change by Coinbase, but the new integration poses problems for users.

Travel

Aruba Looks to Ethereum to Boost Tourism

Jonathan Keane

The Caribbean island of Aruba is working with blockchain startup Winding Tree to build a decentralized marketplace for its tourism sector.

Europe

Ready for Takeoff? Lufthansa Strikes Deal With Blockchain ICO Startup

Jonathan Keane

Major European airline Lufthansa is partnering with a startup called Winding Tree to develop a blockchain-based travel marketplace with its own token.