ZIL Token Holders will soon be able to book over 3 million travel products in over 230 Countries Boosting ZIL Adoption.
Singapore, Thursday, 15 October 2020 –– Today Travala.com, the world’s leading crypto-friendly OTA and Zilliqa, the high-performance, a high-security blockchain platform, announced a strategic partnership including the integration of Zil on the travel website’s platform.
Travala.com will accept the Zilliqa token (ZIL), among with other leading crypto assets such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) for booking over 3,000,000 travel products worldwide, including hotels, homes, flights, tours, and activities in 230 countries across the world. This utility pushes forward Zil’s mission to give power to individuals and capture value through new applications of technology.
The partnership will empower Zil holders to participate in a cheaper, fairer, and more inclusive travel economy while also enhancing the utility of the ZIL, being used for travel bookings via Travala.com. Zilliqa will be using Travala.com’s business account services for internal company travel requirements.
Zilliqa token holders will be able to save up to 40% in some cases compared with other online travel agencies on over 2.2 million hotels globally and 400,000+ activities with the addition of flight booking across more than 600 airlines globally and Car Rentals coming soon.
Colin Miles, Chief Commercial Officer and Co-CEO, Zilliqa said: “This year has taught us that the online travel market must innovate and adapt much like any other to thrive. It is thus fantastic to partner with a forward-thinking business like Travala.com – which has successfully challenged the status quo of a competitive, global travel industry. Together, we’re all set to implement distinctive crypto-powered purchasing and rewards experiences that can draw in and retain consumers over the long term. We remain hopeful for 2021 as we integrate these tokenized incentives into Zilliqa’s existing loyalty schemes, which already boast thousands of subscribers.”
Commenting on the partnership, Juan Otero, Travala.com CEO, said “As we continue in our commitment towards mass cryptocurrency adoption, we’re very excited to partner with data exchange platform Zilliqa to champion the growth of the crypto community and to bring a great new use case to Zil.”
In the coming weeks, an incentive will be offered to ZIL holders who choose to stake their tokens with Zilliqa through the recently launched non-custodial staking project.
About Travala.com
Founded in 2017, Travala.com is the leading cryptocurrency-friendly travel booking service with 2,200,000+ properties, 400,000+ activities in 230 countries, and 600 airlines globally. Travala.com is a champion of cryptocurrency adoption, accepting over 80 leading cryptocurrencies along with traditional payment methods. In addition to unbeatable prices via its Best Price Guarantee, Smart members on Travala.com can also enjoy additional discounts and loyalty rewards for eligible bookings made on the platform. For more information about Travala.com, visit: www.travala.com.
About Zilliqa
Zilliqa is a high-performance, high-security blockchain platform for enterprises and next-generation applications. Developed through academic research and helmed by a team of experienced scientists, engineers, venture creators and leaders in the financial services, Zilliqa addresses limitations in scalability and security, enabling real-world usability across a variety of industries, including finance, digital advertising, and gaming. In 2019, Zilliqa became the first public blockchain platform to be built on sharded architecture, with smart contracts written in the platform’s secure-by-design programming language, Scilla. For more information, visit: zilliqa.com.
