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Emurgo, a multinational blockchain technology and blockchain solutions provider has signed a deal with the Online blockchain platform Travala.com to accept Cardano (ADA) as a medium of payment from travelers.
Emurgo is one of the founding entities of Cardano protocol among other projects. This partnership will allow ADA holders to easily book hotels and travel across the 90,000 world-wide locations. Users of Cardano (ADA) will get 10% cash back for all hotel bookings made with ADA until the end of the month of July.
Ken Kodama, CEO of Emurgo said :
“As global travel begins to gradually resume, EMURGO is excited to partner with Travala.com to bring functional utility to Cardano ADA users. Being able to book flights, hotels, and other travel accommodations with ADA at over 2 million properties in 90,000 international destinations demonstrates EMURGO’s focus to drive real-world Cardano adoption.”
Another step toward Mass Adoption
Cardano (ADA) has been gaining a lot of attention lately because of Shelly Mainnet launch and the recent partnership with Coinbase Custody.
We’re extremely excited to partner with an industry titan to boost ADA adoption. Travel is the ideal venue for mass adoption of cryptocurrencies and as we all start to travel again, Travala.com will continue to provide a frictionless travel booking experience to anyone, anywhere,” said Juan Otero, Travala.com CEO.
Travala.com reported 60% of bookings on their platform in April had been paid with cryptocurrencies.
