{"id":17918,"date":"2021-06-16T18:16:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T13:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr.asianetpakistan.com\/?p=75171"},"modified":"2021-06-16T18:16:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T13:16:02","slug":"introducing-dtravel-a-blockchain-based-airbnb-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarnewsgazette.com\/introducing-dtravel-a-blockchain-based-airbnb-rival\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Dtravel, a Blockchain-based Airbnb Rival"},"content":{"rendered":"
SYDNEY, Australia, June 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Former executives from Airbnb, Expedia, and other global technology companies have joined forces with Binance-backed\u00a0Travala.com<\/u><\/a>\u00a0to launch Dtravel, a decentralized platform for the home-sharing economy facilitating short and long-term stays payable with cryptocurrency and traditional payment methods.<\/p>\n Dtravel is backed by a $5M seed fundraising round from Kenetic Capital, Future Perfect Ventures, DHVC, Plutus VC, GBV Capital, AU21 Capital, Shima Capital, LD Capital and NGC Ventures, as well as several angel investors.<\/p>\n Governed entirely by its community via the Dtravel Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) and leveraging decentralized finance (DeFi) blockchain technology to facilitate smart contracts, Dtravel repairs the broken relationship between hosts and guests created by existing centralized home-sharing platforms to deliver the world\u2019s first true sharing economy.<\/p>\n Dtravel is powered by its native token TRVL \u2014 coming soon to Binance Smart Chain and the Ethereum Network \u2014 which is held by all hosts and can be used for booking stays, staking to qualify for rewards, participating in platform governance, and more.<\/p>\n The first 100,000 hosts to\u00a0register<\/u><\/a>\u00a0are eligible to receive over $35 million worth of TRVL tokens.<\/p>\n \u201cTraditional home sharing platforms are aligned with their users in the early stages, but over time this changes. With the need to return profits to shareholders, home-sharing platforms are forced to extract as much as possible from transactions on their platforms,\u201d said Juan Otero, co-founder and CEO of Travala.com. \u201cDtravel meets the needs of the home-sharing community first and forever. It\u2019s easy-to-use, highly secure, and optimized for the next generation of hosts and guests looking to take back control of their travel experience.\u201d<\/p>\n The Problem: Too Much Control in the Hands of Too Few<\/strong> The Dtravel Solution: Community-governed, Peer-to-peer, DeFi Native<\/strong> \u201cSharing economies are authentic and sustainable only when they are governed and controlled by stakeholders, and the home-sharing ecosystem has been broken for years under outsized control from centralized corporations. It\u2019s time for a community-owned and community-governed replacement,\u201d said\u00a0Jalak Jobanputra<\/u><\/a>, Founding Partner of\u00a0Future\/Perfect Ventures<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWith travel starting to rebound and a record level of interest in blockchain technologies like cryptocurrencies, Dtravel gives eager people what has been missing to date: control and ownership over their own travel experiences. By allowing guests and hosts full participation in their experiences and in the economy they are creating, Dtravel fulfills the true mission of sharing economies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nOver the past decade, a limited number of corporations have risen to dominate the home-sharing economy. Though this structure has led to dramatic growth of the home-sharing economy, it has done so at a cost, including:<\/p>\n\n
\nDtravel aims to replace the broken relationship between centralized home-sharing corporations and their hosts and guests by putting ownership, control, and decision making back into the hands of users through blockchain technology. In doing so, Dtravel can:<\/p>\n\n