.travel, the top-level domain for the travel and tourism industry, announces its fall trade show attendance. Keeping a busy schedule of promotion through the end of the 2009, .travel will be joining many of its strategic partners and associations at several key industry events.

Amongst the line-up of shows this fall will be:

The American Society of Travel Agents’ (ASTA) THETRADESHOW in Las Vegas, Nevada September 13-15^th, where .travel will be an exhibitor at booth 1208

The Adventure Travel Trade Association’s (ATTA) Adventure Travel World Summit in Quebec, Canada October 19-22^nd, where .travel will be an industry partner and speaker

European Tour Operators Association’s (ETOA) Global European Marketplace in London, England November 5-7^th, where .travel will be a sponsor

World Travel Market (WTM) by Reed Exhibitions in London, England November 9-12^th, where .travel will be at Stand GV3850

It is through the support of travel industry partners like ASTA, ATTA, and ETOA that more travel entities are registering .travel names and putting them to great strategic use.

For more information about .travel, The Source for All Things Travel and to register a .travel domain, please visit www.travel.travel.

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For many of us September means the end of summer holidays to Ibiza or family trips to Utah and back to the grindstone of work and school.  Although the summer months for most are over, the celebrations certainly are not.  For the 30^th year running, the world’s tourism community will celebrate World Tourism Day on September 27^th.

Since 1980, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has celebrated World Tourism Day.  The purpose of this event is to raise awareness on the role of tourism within the international community and to demonstrate how it affects social, cultural, political and economic values worldwide.

This year the festivities will commemorate in the vibrant country of Ghana with the theme, ‘Tourism - Celebrating Diversity.’ The overarching tone will be to emphasize the importance of the world’s cultural wealth and the role of sustainable tourism.

Coinciding with World Tourism Day, South Africa takes the entire month of September to celebrate and honor the travel and tourism industry. This year, in anticipation of much travel traffic for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Cape Town is getting prepared.  Through its ‘Live It! Love It! Louder!’ campaign, Capetonians are getting ready to welcome the world in 2010.  Check out the Tourism Month’s Celebrate Diversity news in this article highlighting Cape Town.

.travel in turn is celebrating this month by unveiling its Fall Trade Show schedule as well as a special surprise after the Labor Day Weekend. **Hint: a NEW home page look featuring a NEW .travel video.

What you are doing to celebrate the World of Tourism this month?

With an eventful fall ahead, .travel finalizes schedule to attend THETRADESHOW, Adventure Travel World Summit, Global European Marketplace, and World Travel Market.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-September 3, 2009- .travel, the top-level domain for the travel and tourism industry, announces its fall trade show attendance.  Keeping a busy schedule of promotion through the end of the 2009, .travel will be joining many of its strategic partners and associations at several key industry events.

Amongst the line-up of shows this fall will be:

The American Society of Travel Agents’ (ASTA) THETRADESHOW in Las Vegas, Nevada September 13-15^th, where .travel will be an exhibitor at booth 1208

The Adventure Travel Trade Association’s (ATTA) Adventure Travel World Summit in Quebec, Canada October 19-22^nd, where .travel will be an industry partner and speaker

European Tour Operators Association’s (ETOA) Global European Marketplace in London, England November 5-7^th, where .travel will be a sponsor

World Travel Market (WTM) by Reed Exhibitions in London, England November 9-12^th, where .travel will be at Stand GV3850

It is through the support of travel industry partners like ASTA, ATTA, and ETOA that more travel entities are registering .travel names and putting them to great strategic use.

For more information about .travel, The Source for All Things Travel and to register a .travel domain, please visit www.travel.travel.

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Operating in beautiful Cape Town for over twelve years, Icon Villas specializes in private and luxurious vacation rentals in and around South Africa’s number one tourist city. Started and headed up by Therese Botha, Icon Villas entertains guests with tailor-made itineraries as private or as fun-filled as a guest prefers. Recently selected as Conde Nast Traveler’s only accredited Villa specialist in South Africa, Icon Villas provides a way for travelers to enjoy Cape Town’s relaxing ambiance and bring its nickname of “Tavern of the Sea” to life.

To keep Icon Villas at the forefront of digital innovation and in tune with the new generation of the Internet, Icon Villas decided to launch a new website with IconVillas.travel. With the new domain name and site, along came heightened online exposure and more interactivity such as Google Maps integration and guest reviews per property.

When asked about Icon Villas’ decision to launch its web site with .travel Francois Botha, marketing director of IconVillas.travel commented, “We believe that grouping companies within a functional domain category such as .travel is definitely the way of the future. With IconVillas.travel, we expect to see close to 100,000 site visits within the year. It is with this new website that we are paving the way for international roll-out.”

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.Travel, the top-level domain for the travel and tourism industry, welcomed the addition of two new approved registrars: AB NameISP and Domain101. Through continued .travel registrations and usage of the domains, the evolution of travel on the Internet is apparent and moving rapidly towards highly-specified domains.

With over thirty global registrars, .travel continues to heighten its presence in both the domain and travel industries. AB NameISP and Domain 101 provide .travel with additional sales channels, which complement .travel’s existing strategy of reaching global travel businesses looking for their name in the travel channel of the Internet.

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With over thirty approved registrars, .travel continues to enhance its presence in the domain and travel industries.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-September 2, 2009- .travel, the top-level domain for the travel and tourism industry, welcomes the addition of two new approved registrars:

AB NameISP and Domain101. Through continued .travel registrations and usage of the domains, the evolution of travel on the Internet is apparent and moving rapidly towards highly specified domains.

With over thirty global registrars, .travel continues to heighten its presence in both the domain and travel industries. AB NameISP and Domain 101 provide .travel with additional sales channels, which complement .travel’s existing strategy of reaching global travel businesses looking for their name in the travel channel of the Internet.

For more information about .travel, The Source for All Things Travel and a complete list of .travel’s approved registrars, please visit www.travel.travel.

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More travel industry destinations and businesses are adopting the .travel domain and witnessing its clear benefits. With such key industry players as the Ministry of Tourism of Argentina with www.Argentina.travel and the Colombian government with www.Colombia.travel, .travel is showing substantial growth globally and especially in Latin America.

As an industry specific domain name for travel and tourism, .travel is leading the evolution of the Internet into niche information verticals or channels. Unlike the traditional and generic extensions of .com or .net, .travel is industry specific, thus, providing a clear message and brand security. Only travel industry professionals can register a .travel domain name. Each applicant for a .travel name is vetted to be a valid travel entity. With this security, .travel is a sign of a true travel entity to the end consumer as well as B2B.

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More travel industry destinations and businesses are adopting the .travel domain and witnessing its clear benefits. With such key industry players as the Ministry of Tourism of Argentina with www.Argentina.travel and the Colombian government with www.Colombia.travel,  .travel is showing substantial growth globally and especially in Latin America. As an industry specific domain name for travel and tourism, .travel is leading the evolution of the Internet into niche information verticals or channels.

In addition, London-based www.TheClub.travel plans to launch in September as a private members’ establishment dedicated to the travel industry. Its creator is Tom Nutley, who has worked on regional, sector, and global exhibitions, including Arabian Travel Market, Luxury Travel Market, EIBTM, and the flagship World Travel Market. For more information, visit www.travel.travel.

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.travel is the new buzzword in the domain of internet travel and hospitality industry. This is a Domain Name extension designed specifically for the travel industry. Unlike .com, .net, or .org, .travel is the definitive domain name for anything that is related to the world of travel only. A business offering their travel services on the net can make use of this domain name to differentiate themselves from the millions of .com websites, thus establishing themselves as an authenticated and reputed travel company. This .travel feature shall also serve to set your company apart from your competitors and help you to draw more customers to your services.

The benefits of .travel ?

A .travel domain name allows you and your travel business great name flexibility for the main site all well as the strategic marketing site. So what are the benefits that attract them?

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