Sandman Hotel Group Now Accepts Bitcoin Reservations
Vancouver-based Sandman Hotel Group has started accepting bitcoin as a form of payment for room reservations. Sandman claims the move makes it the first Canadian hospitality company to accept bitcoin. The group operates 44 hotels across Canada, and says guests can now make bitcoin reservations at every one of them. Customer requests. Salim Kassam, Vice President of Marketing for Sandman Hotel Group, pointed out that Vancouver hosted the TED talk summit earlier this year, which brought in a diverse, tech-savvy group of travellers. "Our hotels had a number of enquiries regarding payment....
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Vancouver-based Sandman Hotel Group has announced that they have become one of the latest companies in the hospitality industry to turn to digital currency as a means of getting paid. Guests will be able to make reservations at 44 hotel properties scattered across Canada using nothing but bitcoin thanks to a partnership with San Francisco-based Coinbase, who's processing transactions on their behalf. "Vancouver hosted the TED talk summit earlier this year. This event brought a diverse and tech savvy group of travelers and presenters to the city. Our hotels had a number of enquiries....
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