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KeyoCoin to Launch World's First Universal Travel Rewards, Where Completing Real-world Travel Challenges Earns Cryptocurrency Rewards


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30 Jul, 2018, 15:15 GMT

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LOS ANGELES, July 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

● KeyoCoin is out to gamify the $8trillion travel industry with a universal rewards platform, mobile marketplace, and decentralized utility token, where travelers can earn cryptocurrency by completing fun travel challenges
● The platform is already supported by a state of the art app, featuring over 12,000 live travel products in four US markets and six Latin American countries
● With all-star leadership, and an advisory team that includes Head of Social Media at Apple, Rick Savage; early Ethereum investor, Federico Pistono; VP at Oracle, Layla Revis; former VP at Live Nation, Tamara Camp; SEO Director at IGN, Marat Gaziev; and Les Clefs d'Or Concierge of the Year, Sarah Dandashy

After a year and a half in careful development, technology company KeyoCoin is announcing plans to launch the world's first universal travel rewards program built on the blockchain. It's on a mission to shift power from the few big players that act as commission-hungry middlemen in the $8.27trillion travel industry, and put it back in the hands of travelers and their travel providers.

Designed to gamify the entire travel experience for 1.3bn travelers worldwide, the technology will give hospitality, tour, and local experience providers, and any merchant in today's travel ecosystem, the means to offer customers cryptocurrency rewards for either making purchases, or completing fun (Pokémon GO / Amazing Race style) location-based travel challenges while on their adventures.

Matt Baer, CEO and Founder of KeyoCoin commented: "The travel industry is no stranger to loyalty programs, but only airlines and large hotel chains have had the resources and reach to actually make them work for customers that are on the move. Even then, these programs are shackled by restrictions that make the rewards uninspiring to earn, a pain to manage, and frustrating to share or redeem.

"That's all about to change. Blockchain has the power to increase the efficiency, security and universality of travel rewards, so they're no longer an afterthought at the checkout, but a reason to get up and explore the world. We're making them fun to earn and meaningful to spend, and in the process plan to bring rewards to life."

The KeyoCoin team has already built a live digital concierge and travel booking app, called KeyoPass, which is currently host to an online marketplace of over 12,000 tours, activities, and local experiences in four US markets and six Latin American countries, with hotels being added soon. This marketplace is the first application within the KeyoCoin ecosystem, which will in time be home to a suite of travel reward based blockchain apps.

Rick Savage, Head of Social Media for Apple Music, Beats 1 & iTunes, has already thrown his weight behind the project, becoming an advisor for KeyoCoin, alongside a number of other high profile individuals from the world of blockchain and consumer technology.

These include: Federico Pistono, Head of Blockchain for Hyperloop and an early Ethereum investor; Layla Revis, Vice President at Oracle; Tamara Camp, Former Vice President at Live Nation and Marketing Director at Ticketmaster; Marat Gaziev, SEO Director at IGN; and Sarah Dandashy, winner of Les Clefs d'Or Young Concierge of the Year.

Sarah Dandashy, Head of Travel and Hospitality for KeyoCoin added: "The hospitality and tourism industry, now more than ever, is overflowing with innovative and unique travel experiences. These hidden gems are the exact experiences that today's travelers so eagerly want to have, and yet there has always been a gap in connecting local experience providers with travelers. 80% of this exciting market has yet to make it online, and those that have are largely at the mercy of online travel agencies that charge high commission.

"I couldn't be more excited about bringing the world a solution that will not only empower independent travel businesses to cultivate their own crypto-enhanced customer experiences through our online marketplace, but in so doing, create closer, more rewarding, relationships between travelers and providers."

The platform's ERC20 token, KeyoCoin (KEYO), will be one of the only Ethereum based utility tokens to have real world value upon launch. Travelers will be able to redeem accumulated KeyoCoins for accommodation, tours and activities, tip staff, or gift to friends and family heading off on trips of their own.

KeyoCoin's Travel Challenges (soon to be launched in 100 cities around the world) also make it one of the few cryptocurrencies that can be earned without purchase, helping the everyday non-techie person get hands-on with the cryptocurrency and blockchain movement that promises to change our world.

For more information about how KeyoCoin is planning to shake up the world of hospitality, travel and local experiences, head over to http://www.KeyoCoin.com, download the KeyoPass App on the App Store or Google Play, or join the KeyoCoin Telegram supergroup at https://t.me/KeyoCoin.

About KeyoCoin  

Founded in February 2017, KeyoCoin secured seed funding to develop a revolutionary blockchain-based universal travel rewards platform, mobile marketplace, and decentralized utility token. One that incentivizes exploration, and enhances individual travel experiences, through cryptocurrency rewards.

The KeyoCoin ecosystem is supported by the state of the art KeyoPass app, which features over 12,000 travel products in four US markets and six Latin American countries (correct as at 07.24.18), including expert recommendations, fun travel challenges, and a messenger based digital concierge service.

To find out more about KeyoCoin visit http://www.KeyoCoin.com, download the KeyoPass App on the App Store or Google Play, or join the KeyoCoin Telegram group at https://t.me/KeyoCoin.

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