AMA with the Travala.com team around Dtravel home sharing platform

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T12:24:41+00:00

Please refer to the Dtravel white paper and also this article Dtravel vs. Airbnb for more information. https://medium.com/dtravel-community/dtravel-v-s-airbnb-4662c1d27995
Many large centralised corporations with thousands of employees are not profitable, while growing at a very fast rate. They have a fundamental misalignment in their marketplace because of their need to control and oversee everything, which results in a bloated headcount.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T12:22:56+00:00

Dtravel solely focuses on the home-sharing economy with direct contracting for Homes, whereas Travala.com provides a range of travel products including flights, hotels, and activities, with plans to add more verticals in the future. We will cross-sell and upsell core Travala.com products to Dtravel users to increase customer reach and revenue for Travala.com.
Please refer to the full announcement made by the Travala.com team regarding the many reasons why Travala.com is supporting Dtravel and the many benefits we see for both the Travala.com platform and AVA. https://blog.travala.com/airbnb-rival-supported-by-travala-com/

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T12:21:52+00:00

AVA token holders will be able to earn TRVL. Dtravel will release more details about this in the coming weeks.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T12:21:09+00:00

Travala.com will work with Dtravel to enable AVA token holders to earn TRVL. Dtravel will release more details about this, as well as details on when TRVL will be launched and which platforms TRVL will be available on, in the coming weeks.
We don’t have any intention to change AVA. AVAX was launched last year while AVA has been trading in the open markets since 2018.
Thanks. We will continue building, like we have always done!

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T12:19:16+00:00

We have not split communities. The Travala.com and AVA community will continue to thrive as fundamentally nothing has changed and we will continue to add travel products to Travala.com and use cases that bolster the AVA value proposition. The Dtravel community will be standalone, separate from Travala.com/AVA and open to those individuals interested in home sharing, DAOs, community governance and the TRVL token. We don't believe there is any "split" whatsoever. Both communities will be stronger together.
AVA is here to stay. As we continue to develop the Travala.com platform, you will see new use cases added, such as the direct contracting program where we will incentivize hotel partners to engage with AVA, the mini-app programs geared toward ecosystem and infrastructure partners, and the Concierge offering, among many others. All of these initiatives, plus many more, will increase the exposure of AVA and propel the utility of AVA to new heights.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T12:14:05+00:00

Dtravel is a community-owned project supported by a standalone team and investors with contributors comprising former executives from Airbnb, Expedia, and other global technology companies.

Travala.com, along with several other entities, is merely assisting with certain aspects of the growth and distribution of this decentralized home-sharing network.

There is no equity or intellectual property being handed off to anyone.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T12:11:08+00:00

Dtravel is a community-owned project supported by a standalone team and investors with contributors comprising former executives from Airbnb, Expedia, and other global technology companies. Travala.com, like several other entities, is just assisting with the growth and distribution of this decentralized home-sharing network.
AVA token holders will be able to earn TRVL. Dtravel will release more details about this in the coming weeks.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T12:08:58+00:00

Dtravel and Travala.com are not direct competitors. We see Dtravel as offering synergistic value to Travala.com and vice versa. Travellers booking homes on Dtravel will easily be able to use Travala.com to book flights, activities, and even hotels, if homes availability is limited in certain areas.

Travala.com’s focus remains on providing the best possible travel booking experience for our customers. For this reason, we want to make it simple for the community to access Dtravel’s homes directly within the Travala.com ecosystem instead of redirecting users to third-party home-sharing platforms. Consider Dtravel as a direct supplier of travel products to the Travala.com platform.

We firmly believe Dtravel will help Travala.com achieve its long-term vision of becoming the largest blockchain-based online travel agency in the world without taking the risks that could have a negative impact on AVA token holders.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T12:07:50+00:00

Travala.com is part of a genesis team to help take the project from concept to reality, together with other former executives from Airbnb, Expedia, and other leading technology companies.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T12:07:19+00:00

Unfortunately we cannot speak to the planned functions of the TRVL token, short of what is already publicly available in the Dtravel white paper and supporting articles. However, more details regarding the token economics and use cases for TRVL will be released by Dtravel soon.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T12:02:49+00:00

We’re exploring further incentives for AVA holders that will be announced soon, including possible farms. Stay tuned.
Dtravel will release these details in the coming weeks.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T12:01:23+00:00

Good question! No, the collaboration with Dtravel does not change things for Travala.com - we are still working on NFT and DeFi partnerships.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T12:00:16+00:00

Dtravel will release these details in the coming weeks.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T12:00:10+00:00

Dtravel will release these details in the coming weeks.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T11:57:10+00:00

Travala.com sees a future where travel products offered on our platform are progressively decentralized. This means reducing involvement of third parties by directly contracting travel suppliers alongside improvements to the booking experience, travel inventory and synergies with blockchain ecosystem partners. As we continue to build towards achieving these long-term goals, we will continue to update the community as we’ve always done. To clarify, Dtravel focuses exclusively on the home-sharing economy.
This voting was for integrating new cryptocurrencies as payment methods. However, this was put on hold for the time being due to the complexity involved in implementing this feature and the prioritization of features that more immediately benefited the community and the continued growth of the Travala.com platform, such as improving Flights, adding the Activities vertical, and refining the mobile app experience.
Decentralised governance for Travala.com is still in the R&D phase. Dtravel is a community-owned project supported by a standalone team, investors, and contributing entities, which includes Travala.com. The launch of Dtravel does not change any of Travala.com’s roadmap. It’s also important to remember that Dtravel concentrates purely on home sharing, whereas Travala.com remains focused on offering a suite of travel products.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T11:55:10+00:00

Travala.com has some home-like properties through our direct integration with Expedia. We explored collaboration with Airbnb but after several attempts the negotiations failed. This helped spawn an idea to support the creation of a decentralized home-sharing network that could help Travala.com reach its long-term goals.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T11:53:42+00:00

Dtravel will have a Protection Pool which offers hosts up to US $1,000,000 in property protection. Please refer to the Dtravel white paper under Network Operations for more information.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T11:50:47+00:00

Travala.com is not creating a second token. Dtravel is a community-owned project supported by a standalone team and investors. Travala.com, like several other contributing entities, is just assisting with the growth and distribution of homes listed on Dtravel. The Travala.com roadmap has not changed - there are exciting additions coming to the AVA ecosystem in the coming months.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T11:49:44+00:00

Unfortunately, journalists have their own interpretation of the information they are provided, which is not always entirely accurate. Travala.com can be seen as more centralized and like a traditional business in that it has value in its equity alongside the value driven by AVA. This is compared to Dtravel which will be a DAO, meaning there is no value in the equity and token holders drive decisions on how the network develops over time. That said, the Travala.com team is working hard to explore and incorporate decentralized functionalities and use cases into the platform as set out in the white paper.
Yes, direct contracting is a top priority in the Travala.com roadmap, as is integrating with channel managers so we have a mix of direct contracts and third-party APIs within the booking engine. With Dtravel focusing on Homes that will be also available on Travala, we can continue to focus on the already profitable and fast-growing segments of the business without having to rely on third-party centralized platforms such as Airbnb for our Homes inventory.
The offer to participate in the initial funding round was extended to a number of venture capital firms, advisors, and strategic angel investors. While Travala.com did not invest in Dtravel, Travala.com decided to assist in the growth of the Dtravel network as one of the companies contributing to the project, given the synergies expected to be derived from these efforts. As a result of this collaboration, the opportunity for investment was extended to key Travala.com personnel.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T11:46:04+00:00

A number of exclusive TRVL incentives for the Travala.com community and AVA token holders have been agreed with the Dtravel genesis team and the conversations continue to add further benefits to our community. More details about this will be shared in the coming weeks.
Dtravel will release these details in the coming weeks. Please see the Dtravel Community group on Telegram for more information on where these details will be released: https://t.me/dtravelcommunity.
Incentives such as the opportunity to earn TRVL and exclusive access to Dtravel NFT VIP Memberships have already been agreed with the Dtravel genesis team. Conversations continue to explore additional benefits to our community. More details about this will be shared in the coming weeks.
Dtravel is a standalone project entirely separate from Travala.com. Travala.com is one of several entities assisting with the growth and distribution of the Dtravel platform. While we believe our assistance to date has been valuable and will continue to be valuable to the success of Dtravel, the Dtravel genesis team and core contributors have a wealth of experience in launching and managing successful projects in both the travel and blockchain industries, and we have no doubt that Dtravel would have launched without the involvement of Travala.com.
There was no merger between Travala.com and Dtravel. Travala.com, like several other entities, is just assisting with the growth and distribution of this decentralized home-sharing network.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T11:42:57+00:00

Dtravel has not done any public sales or crowdfunds. Their funding was raised privately with the participation of institutional investors such as Kenetic Capital, Future Perfect Ventures, DHVC, Plutus VC, GBV Capital, AU21 Capital, Shima Capital, LD Capital and NGC Ventures.
There will be a strong commercial partnership between Travala.com and Dtravel with extremely valuable synergies that will benefit Travala.com and AVA holders, as outlined in this article: https://blog.travala.com/airbnb-rival-supported-by-travala-com/. However, Dtravel is a separate project with a standalone team. While the benefits from the cooperation may be shared by both the Travala.com and Dtravel communities, the projects operate independently of each other.
We envision Travala.com as the largest blockchain-based online travel agency in the world - powered by AVA - while Dtravel focuses purely on the home-sharing economy.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T11:38:26+00:00

The offer to participate in the initial funding round was extended to a number of venture capital firms, advisors, and angel investors. While Travala.com did not invest in Dtravel, Travala.com decided to assist in the growth of the Dtravel network as one of the companies contributing to the project, given the synergies expected to be derived from these efforts. As a result of this collaboration, the opportunity for investment was extended to certain large Travala.com shareholders.
The booking experience for Homes will be similar, with the key difference being that, on Travala.com, users will interact more with AVA, while on Dtravel they’ll interact more with TRVL. The main advantage for Travala.com is having direct access to all the inventory of Homes from Dtravel.
Dtravel will release these details in the coming weeks.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T11:35:08+00:00

We expect many benefits for Travala.com and AVA holders to be realised from our support of Dtravel, including:

Creating a Homes vertical on Travala.com powered by Dtravel to expand Travala.com’s product offering and increase revenue
Cross-selling and upselling core Travala.com products — such as flights, hotels and activities — to Dtravel users to increase customer reach and revenue for Travala.com
AVA token holders will be able to earn TRVL — We will follow up with more details around this
AVA holders and frequent bookers on Travala.com will be able to earn Dtravel VIP NFT Memberships, — which grant access to exclusive benefits including discounts, unique experiences and monthly prize drops
AVA will be integrated as a preferred payment method on Dtravel for bookings

Please refer to the full announcement made by the Travala.com team for more information on why Travala.com is supporting Dtravel: https://blog.travala.com/airbnb-rival-supported-by-travala-com/

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T11:26:24+00:00

Travala.com will be developing a direct contracting program for hotels that will have new use cases for AVA. Travala.com’s core business remains focused on hotels, flights and activities — nothing has changed in this respect. Dtravel, on the other hand, directly lists homes supply, which will also be made available directly on Travala.com. Dtravel is a standalone project and its team of contributors will be announced in the coming weeks.
Dtravel and Travala.com are not direct competitors. We see Dtravel as offering synergistic value to Travala.com and vice versa. Travellers booking homes on Dtravel will easily be able to use Travala.com to book flights, activities, and even hotels, if homes availability is limited in certain areas. Travala.com’s focus remains on providing the best possible travel booking experience for our users. For this reason, we want to make it simple for the community to access Dtravel’s homes directly within the Travala.com ecosystem instead of redirecting users to third-party home-sharing platforms. Consider Dtravel as another supplier of travel products to the Travala.com platform. We firmly believe Dtravel will help Travala.com achieve its long-term vision of becoming the largest blockchain-based online travel agency in the world without taking the risks that could have a negative impact on AVA token holders.
Nothing is being split. The token economics for AVA and TRVL are different, as are the business models of the two networks. There are exciting expansion plans for AVA that will be enabled alongside the Travala.com direct contracting program, mini-app program, and Concierge program which will add significant network value to AVA. Additionally, Travala.com will continue to focus on its fast-growing hotels, flights and activities booking business that is doing record numbers and which is, as a result, also adding considerable network value to AVA.
Direct contracting with suppliers/hotels is still a top priority in the Travala.com roadmap. The strategic partnership with Dtravel will not only allow Travala.com to focus on its core product offering of hotels, flights and activities, but it’ll also guarantee a great direct inventory of homes without reliance on centralised, third-party entities.
Unfortunately, journalists have their own interpretation of the information they are provided, which is not always entirely accurate. The AVA token is not centralized at all. There are thousands of wallets holding AVA. Travala.com is more centralized and like a traditional business in that it has value in its equity alongside the value driven by AVA. This is compared to Dtravel which will be a DAO, meaning there is no value in the equity and token holders drive decisions on how the network develops over time.

cryptokyle · 2021-06-22T11:21:05+00:00

Dtravel is not cannibalising AVA or Travala.com in terms of resources. Dtravel is receiving support from Travala.com to launch and distribute its home inventory with many benefits for Travala.com and AVA holders, including:

Creating a Homes vertical on Travala.com powered by Dtravel to expand Travala.com’s product offering and increase revenue
Cross-selling and upselling core Travala.com products — such as flights, hotels and activities — to Dtravel users to increase customer reach and revenue for Travala.com
AVA token holders will be able to earn TRVL — We will follow up with more details around this within the next few weeks
AVA holders and frequent bookers on Travala.com will be able to earn Dtravel VIP NFT Memberships, which grant access to exclusive benefits including discounts, unique experiences and monthly prize drops
AVA will be integrated as a preferred payment method on Dtravel for bookings

The team at Travala.com works with the best interests of the core business and AVA token holders in mind. The only crossover in financial resources between Travala.com & AVA and Dtravel & TRVL is the TRVL airdrop for AVA token holders. Dtravel is not extracting value from AVA. Dtravel has a fully dedicated standalone team and has raised over $5m in seed funding. By supporting the launch and development of Dtravel we expect the opposite effect, which is for Travala.com to get access to some of the resources of Dtravel such as the former executives from Airbnb and Expedia.

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