[2018-02-19] Billionaire Calvin Ayre is Building a $100M Bitcoin Cash Resort

[FollowSynergy]

Soon, wealthy tourists looking to live large in the Caribbean will be able to reserve rooms at controversial billionaire Calvin Ayre’s resort in Antigua — if you’ve got the Bitcoin Cash.

A ‘NOVEL AND EXCITING CONCEPT’

The billionaire founder of the Ayre Group and the Bodog entertainment brand, Calvin Ayre, is reportedly building a $100 million five-star resort on Antigua’s Valley Church beach — funded entirely by profits made from investments in digital currencies.

The prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, is excited by the news, as the islands have long been supportive of cryptocurrency. Browne says of the project:

"We expect the resort’s novel and exciting concept to broaden Antigua and Barbuda’s tourism product and bring a new category of tourists to our islands. We look forward to working with Mr Ayre on this resort and the many other investments he has made in Antigua."

Calvin Ayre, officially known as “his excellency” on the Caribbean islands where he holds the title of special economic envoy, says:

"This resort will attract a totally new market segment of tourism on the island — successful wellness-seekers who also want to have fun. The property will not be an all-inclusive destination. Instead, its amenities will be available to residents of Antigua and Barbuda and visitors alike."

Full article http://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-billionaire-calvin-ayre-building-100m-bcash-resort-antigua/

[Kprawn]

So this will be the next Scammers paradise on a Caribbean island.  They can reserve a few rooms for Roger Ver and his

Millionaire friends. { Craig Wright }  These guys are making a killing with their free coins they are selling to the people

who are falling for their nonsense. {The Hotels motto will be.. Cheaper / Faster / more efficient}    {You have to agree,

these guys are making a fortune by pumping Bitcoin Cash} 

[TraderTimm]

Roger always picks such quality people to partner with.

In 2012, Ayre and three other individuals were indicted by the US Attorney for Maryland on charges of illegal gambling and money laundering, leading to the billionaire evading authorities for nearly a decade.

In 2017, however, Ayre got off easy by pleading guilty to a single misdemeanor charge, while the remaining felony charges against him were dropped. According to Forbes, Ayre never came to the US to face the charges.

You are about to witness one of the largest misallocations of capital the resort world has ever seen. No one uses BCash, http://fork.lol/tx/txs Bitcoin is an order of magnitude higher in transactions, and Bitcoin fees have compressed down into the domain of BCash -- http://fork.lol/tx/fee with variances from a few satoshi to 2 times at the extremes.

Roger Ver's narrative is falling apart, so he's desperately trying to stay relevant by announcing splashy partenerships with dirty money launderers

Its too funny to watch.

[CryptoBry]

This is just showing us that soon cryptocurrency can be firmly connected with tourism. And in fact, this is another exciting arena that cryptocurrency can get into. We are talking here of travel and places to stay where cryptocurrency is being encouraged to be utilized in place of the normal fiat money. I am expecting more projects of the same nature to be sprouting soon. Small countries like this in the Caribbean can be benefiting much from the cryptocurrency movement because they can easily recognize cryptocurrency to attract more business and revenues.