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| Michael Gulmann |
BELLEVUE, WA – Expedia.com®, the world's largest full
service online travel site*, announced it is now accepting bitcoin as a form of
payment for hotel purchases.
Offering travelers
another way to book online, customers can now shop from the world-class
inventory of more than 290,000 bookable properties available on Expedia.com,
and for the first time ever beginning today, easily pay for their hotel
accommodations using bitcoin.
“Expedia, Inc. is in
a unique position, as one of the world’s leading online travel agencies, to
solve travel planning and booking for our customers and partners alike by
adopting the latest payment technologies,” said Michael Gulmann, Vice
President, Expedia Global Product.
“We’re continually looking at ways consumers want to pay for
their travel; bitcoin is a great example of how Expedia is investing early in
an array of payment options to give our customers and partners more choice in
the ways they interact with us.”
For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please
contact:
Patrick Daly
Account Supervisor
Daly Gray, Inc.
Office: (703)
435-6293
Cell: (703) 300-8289
