Dutch easyHotel Franchisee Accepts Bitcoin for Room Reservations
Travelers to Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague can pay for hotel bookings in bitcoin at any of Holland's three easyHotels. The easyHotel Holland website offers a 'pay in bitcoin' option upon checkout that generates a BitPay invoice, QR code and wallet address included, to settle the payment. The easyHotel brand has become increasingly popular in Europe, following the success of UK-based easyGroup's airline and airport transfer brands, easyJet and easyBus. While the easyHotels in the Netherlands have embraced bitcoin as a payment option, other members of the hotel family in Europe and the....
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