This week, at Eye for Travel’s Travel Distribution Summit in Latin America, Edward A. Cespedes, President and CEO of Tralliance, spoke during the opening day’s session on this “it” topic. For the bilingual, travel professional audience, it was important to explain the theme from an educational standpoint where each could take away tips as to how to best reach its customers while emphasizing the global and multicultural component of Web 2.0.

Also, highlighted this week is Tralliance’s participation in a Social Media Strategies Conference in San Francisco also, hosted by Eye for Travel.

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Featured article regarding up and coming participation at Eye for Travel’s Travel Distribution Summit in Mexico City, April 2-3, 2008. In its third successful year, the event will bring together over 150 senior travel professionals to share knowledge and form partnerships. Edward A. Cespedes, President and CEO of Tralliance, will be speaking on April 2 amongst a cohort of his peers focusing on Online Sales and Marketing Techniques.

Followed by the New Faces in .travel article, “Tailor Made Travel to Chile, www.chilenativo.travel” Chile Nativo Travel, www.chilenativo.travel, is an expedition/excursion operator with an intimate family of staff that is both native and expert in the Patagonion region of Chile. The team deeply enjoys sharing the Chilean culture and traditions with its travelers as well as educating all about the overwhelming array of nature provides by the region. The key to this difference is the guide. With Chile Nativo Travel, each guide is a respectful teacher of the surroundings with special focus on the community, preservation of natural resources and playing attention to every details to make it truly an experience, not only a trip.

Also, Edward A. Cespedes contributed to Washington Internet Daily article, “Recent TLD Crop Said to Build Brand Separate from .com”.

*Article reproduces by permission of Warren Communications News, Inc.

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New Faces in .travel entitled, “Playgrounds of the World Launches 1st of its Kind B2B and B2C Global Travel Community: www.playgroundsoftheworld.travel” announces another story of travel companies reaping the benefits of .travel.

Also, included is a recap of the Tralliance team’s travels to Paris for Le Map Monde 2008 where on Thursday, March 13, 2008, President and CEO of Tralliance, Edward A. Cespedes, addressed the general session audience of travel professionals. Immediately following the speech, the Tralliance team was escorted to a VIP lounge for a press conference with various tourism media: www.journaldunet.com, Lecho Touristique, and www.tivipro.tv.

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“In the Hot Seat” article written by Dan Luzadder of Travel Weekly. Followed by a progress report witnessing a significant number of multiple .travel domain name purchases since the December 21, 2007 policy changes.

Highlighted this week’s New Faces in .travel is a true success story , “.travel Sites Producing Impressive Results Ranking #1 in Google Search!” 4starSouthAmerica began in 2000. As the company evolved and offered further enhanced services in 2007, the company needed a new identity. www.SouthAmerica.travel was the solution. “Currently, we are enjoying over 40,000+ unique visitors per month and growing,” commented Bradley Nehring, Vice President of 4starSouthAmerica, “Our motto is, ‘South America is our home…Travel is our passion’ - now that passion is reflected in our .travel domain name.

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New policies designed to make .travel domain names more relevant and accessible drove significant sales increases in January. According to Edward A. Cespedes, President and CEO of Tralliance Corporation, “We are pleased with our continued progress. There are still many phenomenal domain names available for purchase. We urge the industry to acquire these valuable marketing tools.”

Egypt is this week’s New Faces in .travel. As one of the first to launch with .travel, the Egyptian Tourism Authority has undergone striking advancements. Since introduction, www.Egypt.travel has had 5.5 million+ visits and ranks number one in Google search above all other Egyptian travel sites.

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Tralliance is celebrating a new beginning for .travel. In December, new policy changes were put in place, and purchases and use of .travel domain names have increase significantly. The renewed interest by the industry in its own top-level domain is very exciting.

As our 1st newsletter of 2008, we wanted to introduce an article that highlights the success stories of .travel websites. Experiencing great results with .travel, this week’s New Faces in .travel is:

With such a great destination, the Cancun Convention and Visitors Bureau was in need of a great marketing tool to pair with such a mecca of travel and tourism. Cancun found this tool in .travel. “Cancun recognizes the importance of the Internet for the tourism industry, that’s why our efforts are directed to promote our web page www.Cancun.travel in all of our marketing campaigns, ” said Arturo Escaip, CEO of the Cancun Convention and Visitors Bureau.

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