Cryptocurrency Startup Partners with Booking.com, Can Such Deals Promote Crypto Adoption…

A cryptocurrency-friendly travel booking platform has partnered with the online travel agency giant Booking.com. The deal will allow users of the Travala platform to book accommodation listed on Booking.com and pay for it with crypto assets.

Although the announcement is great news for existing and future users of the Travala service, its impact on actual crypto adoption remains to be seen. Since there will be no change to the user experience at Booking.com, the partnership might not even serve as much of an opportunity to promote cryptocurrency usage to the not yet converted.

Will Paying for Booking.com Stays in Cryptocurrency Increase Adoption?

The news of the Travala/Booking.com Strategic Partnership Agreement comes from a post to the former company’s blog. The post reveals that Travala, thanks to the recent inclusion of Booking.com’s extensive accommodation listings, now allows the platform’s users to pay for stays using cryptocurrency at a total of two million…