
By Mark Chesnut, huffingtonpost.com
Bitcoin — the alternative currency created in 2009 by an unknown founder — has been making headlines, and not always for positive reasons. But even as the currency’s potential suffered a blow following the collapse of Mt. Gox, the first big Bitcoin exchange, some early adopters in the travel and sports industries are still bullish about the value of this new way of doing business.
These are a few of the travel- and sports-related companies that accept Bitcoin:
Costa Rica Travel Market: After first hearing about Bitcoin, Monica McIntyre — director of Costa Rica Travel Market, an online marketplace for Costa Rica hotel deals — became “fascinated,” she said, “by the idea of a payment method that would allow us to reduce transaction fees from an average of five percent to one percent.”
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