A five-star hotel based in Switzerland, The Dolder Grand, is reportedly going to start accepting bitcoin payments for accommodation, food and beverages, and spa treatments next month, in a move made over the belief “bitcoin is here to stay.”
According to CoinDesk, the move was announced by a hotel partner, Inacta AG, which claimed the cryptocurrency payment option is going to be available on May 1. Once it goes live, Inacta AG’s mobile app, Inapay, will handle the cryptocurrency payments and convert them into Swiss francs or euros, meaning the hotel itself won’t handle BTC.
Its director of Finance, André Meier, was quoted as saying:
Many of the improvements in our service in recent years were made possible by advances in technology. As we believe Bitcoin is here to stay, it only seems natural to offer more choices in the payment process.
As CoinDesk notes, hotels throughout the world have been accepting cryptocurrency payments since 2014, with the Spain-based Casual Hoteles being the last one to add the payment option on a pilot basis, in February of this year.
Travel booking website CheapAir, for example, has also been accepting the flagship cryptocurrency since 2014, and has in May of last year added bitcoin cash, litecoin, and dash as payment options.
In an interview with CryptoGlobe Jeff Klee, the founder and CEO of the company, revealed that accepting bitcoin was one of the “best decisions” he’s ever made, as it helped CheapAir grow thanks to the cryptocurrency community.
