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Makes sense, but I'd love to here more on this. What features of hotels makes them particularly good portals between the black and white worlds.
by malandrew 12y ago
Makes sense, but I'd love to here more on this. What features of hotels makes them particularly good portals between the black and white worlds.
- volker48 12y agoHard to prove how many people actually stayed in the hotel would be my guess. Other businesses like restaurants have inventory so you can't as easily make it look like you made a great deal more money than you actually did.
- seizethecheese 12y agoThis idea is really seductive. Wouldn't it be kind of hard/traceable to fake bookings though? It seems like strip clubs or some sort of service company would be better.
- netcan 12y agoSay you run a hotel at 60% occupancy. Then the hotel suddenly goes to 80% occupancy. No additional costs. No inventory paper trail. A small motel with paper bookings could probably launder a lot of money for a silent partner. 10k comes in as bitcoin bookings (2-3 rooms per night). 10k-laundry fee gets paid as dividends to an "investor," "consultant" or anything really. The reservation books are paper. Many consumer facing service businesses fit the bill, but hotels are a nice big category. It makes sense for them to be accepting internet payments.