This is EPIC!
I know right?! The other night when @veenang, the guy who made it all possible approached me to have a slot for #teammalaysia's Teh Tarik Sundays which is a talkshow where authors are given 2 minutes to promote their post of interest, he told me that he had a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT.
Those were his literal words that got me on my feet. I was so excited to hear this news first hand from the man himself and I immediately told my partner, @branlee87 who hosts Teh Tarik Sundays together with me. We both ended up dreaming about future possibilities and how we would do a #dlive video in a suite of one of the hotels we booked. We even plan to #dlive a friend of ours in slo-mo coming out of one of the hotel's grand swimming pool and we would end the video with....
The adaptation of STEEM around the world in businesses/services/payment systems is definitely the future of where STEEMIT is heading. Why do I say this? This is because Steemit is a social platform and it has a community of hundred thousands of millions of people around the world.
We also have a #teammalaysia member @danielwong who runs a burger joint and has allowed customers to use STEEM/SBD to pay for their meals as well. And let me tell you, it is the most surreal experience ever when you just have to take out your mobile phone and transfer the STEEM/SBD to him. Cashless society.
Back to the highlight of this post.
@veenang runs a travel tour operations in Sabah, Malaysia. About two months ago during MATTA Fair, he announced that his services will be adopting STEEM/SBD for tour packages if you're travelling to Sabah. This was his first venture of adopting STEEM/SBD. And just about two months after, he announced that in collaboration with www.hotels.com, he is able to offer pay with STEEM/SBD services to ALL HOTELS under hotels.com.
Currently the booking is only open to hotels in Malaysia, but it is an amazing start!
How do I book a hotel?
- Go to www.hotels.com.
- Under Hotel search, choose your preferred Hotel and Room Category.
- Understand the Terms & Conditions / Company Policy (Especially the Refunding / Cancelling Policies.)
- Key in your booking details until you reach the checkout page.
- Screenshot the detail page.
- E-mail to me at [email protected] or [email protected]. Can also DM him in Discord : veenang#2913.
- You shall then agree with @veenang on how much Steem or SBD to pay based on the current market value.
- Once agreed, we shall proceed to make your bookings based on the information provided by you.
- Upon confirmation, we will email you back the Confirmation Letter by Hotels.com (Immediate Confirmation)
- Complete!
Hotel Booking in Malaysia | Pay with STEEM or SBD
What are you waiting for?
Steemit has definitely open up many new opportunities for businesses/services. This is the perfect example of adopting the STEEM ecosystem and I'm sure there will be more businesses venturing into adopting STEEM/SBD in the future. If you are a tourist travelling to Malaysia, you can start using this service NOW and be sure to write about it and share your experience.
#teammalaysia Tours
The community in Malaysia, #teammalaysia loves to welcome International Steemian to our doors. If you are travelling to Malaysia and is wondering if you can meetup with the Steemians here, feel free to contact @aaronleang, @joannewong and me and we can setup a meetup with the rest of #teammalaysia. Don't worry, it's only going to be a day filled with fun and food and food...wait... did I already say food? Yea, we make sure you are well fed when you're in Malaysia. We probably would share some hidden gems of Malaysia with you too when you're here.
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Sabah is an AMAZING PLACE for tourist who love snorkeling and nature!!! WOW! this is a nice INTERNATIONAL offer actually. =D
Hehe, that's why..... you have to come back to Malaysia
Somebody mention my name ? Lets make it happen !!! Still HH with @danieldoughty and @nickychu .. tomorrow i reply all ya 🙏🏻🙏🏻😂😂
Thanks again for the mention and writing a post of it @zord189, it is the future. Soon crypto will be accepted in all major shopping mall, eateries, restaurant, it's just a matter of time. When Steemit goes beyond beta version, similar with FB than it will be a damn big thing; as I say, it's just a matter of time.
Exactly! Even a lot of places are accepting bitcoin in their businesses now. Like you said, only a matter of time.
Thanks for this post @zord189, and @veenang, you are taking this to the next level, hope more will follow in future!
It is the next level... thanks for the support and words of encouragement @roselifecoach, truly appreciate it.
Thks to @zord189 for the write up post!!!
Ur welcome :D I'm super stoked about this
Hahaha!
This is huge! One more reason to visit Malaysia more often. :)
Come come.
Plz come! We would love to have you.
The best STEEM deal ever! Yoohoo! Thanks for sharing @zord189!
Welcome :)
Crypto is becoming more and more mainstream everyday....the train has left the station.
Yesh! Can't wait for the future!
WOW! That’s an interesting development. I had noticed there is a huge Malaysian community, and apparently they are doing a great job working towards the adaptation of Steem.
This is one I definitely did not see coming :0)
Expect the unexpected! We're living in exciting days.
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Yay @traciyork :)
good news!
Hehe! Then u must come Malaysia visit us bro :D
This is really cool. I look forward to the day when STEEM is more widely adopted around the world. Unfortunately at this time I don't have the amount of STEEM I would need to even buy me a hamburger probably. I hope someday I will though. Thanks for sharing the info on this great initiative. It looks really exciting!
This is the FUTURE! True story man, one day, everywhere would be adopting STEEM/SBD. It's okay man, keep writing good contents, you'll eventually earn more and more :)
Thank you!
You, me, @siren87, and @wanaf really need to make a trip happen using this!
Great, come kk. Hehe
Soon, bro! :)
We TOTALLY NEED TO, AND we need to dlive it!
This gonna be big....
Thanks for sharing bro.
See u tonight.
See u soon bro! :)
Wow excellent! Out of curiosity, for all these folks do they worry about holding these funds in something stable, e.g. do they immediately convert the payments?
Probably can ask @veenang on this. :D I'm curious too.
Summoning @veenang
Wow! WoOOOOOw! This is how excited I am. i have read about the burger joint accepting Steem/SBD and now hotels! I super duper admire #teammalaysia's creativity when it comes to using SBD/STeem in the real world! Keep it up. I'm so proud of this groups growth!
Thanks! #teammalaysia has grown a lot since then and we're still expanding quick.
Glad to hear that! :)
Omaigaddddd! This is awesome! Good job @veenang
This is definitely the first of its kind and probably will be the pioneer example for more deals in the future.
It is ... im sure many will follow soon and i really hope so too.. it will make the doors bigger for steemit...
Making history in Steem, @veenang!!!! What an exciting announcement, @zord189! Next one will be u writing on you booking hotels and showing your transactions?! This post has successfully drawn a lot of attention, kudos @zord189! Malaysian tourism maybe boosted because of your post!!! Excellent job :)
It is!! And yes, definitely will write about booking the hotel and dlive in the hotel. :D We're history makers!
Awesome initiative! Thanks for sharing this @zord189. Good job for all the effort @veenang! :D Imagining when we can book hotels worldwide one dayyy haha
In the very near future :) Where would you go first if this happens?
Hmm... UK? Europe? Korea? Haha i can't decide.. Everywhere! :D
Hahaha! I mean who knows right? It's very possible. :)
OMG! This is amazing news. I long for the day when businesses will adapt this as a payment method and after having just came back from Tokyo seeing how the country accepts payment in crypto widely, I was wishing and hoping that we can start doing it in Malaysia soon. Amazing news! Thanks for sharing
Slowly but surely, I'm so happy I'm living in these times. Exciting especially this year. A lot of crypto stuff happening.
You're right! I was just saying the same thing to my husband that it's such an interesting season actually with all these going on.
That's awesome. I hope more services start accepting Steem.
IKR!
This is pretty cool!!!
It is! Haha, will probably use the service from now on.
That's actually pretty cool. Hope it goes well.