Latest News: Brisbane International will be the first Cryptocurrency Airport

Have you ever used your tokens to buy something online? And in the real-life? The first opportunity to do it is coming from Australian Airport of Brisbane.

The Brisbane International Airport

The first cryptocurrency friendly Terminal

Brisbane Airport will become soon the first Cryptocurrency Airport Terminal, according to the official website of BNE Airport.
BNE Airport is working with TravelbyBit and retailers to allows cryptocurrency payments into the terminal shopping, to become the first cryptocurrency friendly airport in the world, with cafès, restaurants and stores accepting Bitcoin.

What cryptocurrencies will be accepted by BNE Airport

Airport administration is working to accept also Ether and Dash and Steem (according to the official website of TravelbyBit) to purchase at stores such as The Botanist (Kitchen and Bar), Spoon (Cafè), Windmill & Co., and Forte Espresso, as well as nine stores including Australian Way, Carry On, Merino Collection, Dreamtime Journey.

The strategy under the partnership

Why an Airport should enabling crypto payments? The choice can make sense, cause Australia can taking advantage from China ban and the threats from South Korea. The General Manager of Strategic Planning and Developing, Real Hellemons, said:

“Many people around the world have made money investing in cryptocurrencies and a lot of these people travel internationally, so it makes sense to offer a digital currency experience within our terminals.”

Furthermore, partnership between Brisbane Airport and TravelbyBit aim to promote community projects, support local businesses to grow up, improve the passenger experience with new opportunities, and become a leader in the airport digital innovation space. Mr Hellemons also said:

"We’re also proud to be the first airport in the world to achieve this in partnership with a small local start-up business such as TravelbyBit, whose pioneering thinking is drawing attention to Brisbane as a serious breeding ground of innovative thinking".

"This is just the beginning for us as we hope to expand the digital currency option across the business, so watch this space"

What that partnership means for Travelbit

Brisbane Airport is only the starting point for travelers who want to visit this Australia's city. TravelbyBit is building a network of Brisbane's merchants who take payments in digital currencies. From transport from airport to a Luxury Hotel accommodation, from food to entertainment. Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley has been rebranded by locals as ‘Crypto Valley’ and more than 26 merchants in the Brisbane downtown now take digital currency payments.

So now you can have a dinner at Giardinetto, rent a bike from Ecotekk, have fun in Lost Bar and Nightclub and go to sleep to Emporium Hotel. Tomorrow The Royal Black Private Transport will bring you directly to the Airport. Maybe one day we will able to purchase also the flight tickets using steems!

Caleb Yeah from TravelbyBit and George Drivas from Windmill & Co.