When Bitcoin was first introduced into the financial system, its use cases was just for peer to peer transactions. The creator, Satoshi Nakamoto stressed that he was trying to provide financial inclusion for the unbanked. With the world progressing and the crypto sector gaining wider acceptance, digital assets are now being deployed for uses more than payments.
Ranging from payments for goods to other uses, crypto is presently warming its way to be used in mainstream payments. The fact below is buttressed in the latest news that was shared by a popular travel booking platform, Travala. According to Travala, users who wish to book flights and hotels using the platform have been provided with an option to use the ZIL tokens.
Zilliqa payments option was previously added in October
In its recent announcement, the travel booking website, Travala has told its users who are interested in using the Zilliqa tokens to make transactions on its website can do so. In a bid to encourage massive participation, the travel booking platform has said that users who use the ZIL tokens to book flights and pay other bills on its platform will be in line to earn various discounts. This new token option was added to the platform first around October after the platform release a statement to that effect.
In the blog post that the firm released, it mentioned that traders that wish to use the Zilliqa tokens will be allowed to use them, but the discount was not effective then. Before this latest listing, the website previously announced support for Bitcoin, Ethereum and also announced support for its native token, AVA. Travala has gained massive accolades across the years for its massive services across the travel world. The firm is touted as one of the biggest players in the industry.
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Reacting to the listing, Colin Miles, the CEO of Zilliqa noted the changes that the traveling space has conformed with in the wake of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. In his statement, the CEO mentioned that making transactions online during the pandemic period has shown that the travel world needs to adapt to whatever way to help its clients get to their destination with ease. In the words of Colin Miles, the partnership with Travala is one for the future and they will be looking forward to better things that will emanate out of the partnership.
In his own statement about the partnership, the CEO of the traveling platform, Juan Otero also mentioned that the partnership with Zilliqa has shown their undying love and affection for the crypto industry. Travala has enabled the Zilliqa tokens to be used for booking in over 2.2 million hotels across the world.
To celebrate the listing, the company has announced that it will provide its clients and users with a new offer provided they use the newly listed coin. The platform has announced that any user that makes any transaction on its website using the Zilliqa tokens will be in line to receive cashback worth up to 15%.
With the coronavirus pandemic causing a drop in the number of activities on the platform, the firm wants to use this as a kind of welcome back package for its users.
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