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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TheClub.travel is set to launch in September as a private members’ establishment dedicated to the travel industry

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL- August 17, 2009- Tom Nutley, one of international travel and tourism’s most experienced, innovative, and respected figures, is poised to break new ground - with the help of .travel, the Internet domain name specifically created for the travel and tourism industry.

Over the past three years, Nutley has searched to find a ‘home’ the industry can call its own.  His search is now over as he launches The Travel Club in the heart of London’s West End on September 29.

For 30 years, Nutley has been the man behind creating and expanding an impressive portfolio of regional, sector, and global exhibitions, including Arabian Travel Market, Luxury Travel Market, EIBTM, and the flagship World Travel Market.

“.travel and The Travel Club have a great deal in common,” said Nutley. “Both are helping to provide essential services dedicated to the international travel and tourism industry. Together we will help bind the industry into a more cohesive, more powerful universal movement that has major impact on economy, jobs, and lifestyle worldwide. Together the industry will become stronger and more focused.”

“Through the continuing success of exhibitions, it has been proven that travel business is best conducted face to face,” said Nutley. “However, I always wondered what happens at other times of the year?”

TheClub.travel is that central place where during those other times of the year the travel industry can conduct business in a relaxed, convenient environment, hold meetings, conferences, product launches, socialize, and network.

For further information about The Travel Club and membership, log on to www.theclub.travel To register your .travel domain name and learn more about .travel’s evolution of travel on the Internet, visit www.travel.travel

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With its clear branding and global recognition, travel businesses are making the decision to register and implement .travel domain names.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - August 10, 2009- 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.

As this trust crosses linguistic and physical borders, .travel is globally recognized with destinations such as www.Poland.travel, www.SriLanka.travel, and www.Canada.travel using the .travel channel as their main marketing message.

Recently, both www.Ibiza.travel and www.Yucatan.travel adopted .travel. The web statistics are a clear sign of their success.  In 2008, www.Ibiza.travel received nearly 85,000 visitors.  For 2009, it is predicted to well surpass that number as the first quarter of 2009 had nearly 40,000 visitors.  Likewise, www.Yucatan.travel received over 194,000 visitors to its site.  In 2009, the organization expects to receive roughly 223,000 visitors, which would represent a 20% increase.

Knowing that travelers and the travel business community are looking for more specified information and more quickly, .travel provides this travel channel on the net.  To reap the benefits of .travel and receive more information about .travel, please visit www.travel.travel

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Adventure in Green with GreenSpot.travel

‘Green travel’ is a term that a fast-growing number of travelers are identifying with as their preferred style of seeing the world. Often seen as a very broad term, the phrase encompasses several positive ideas. “Our selection of .travel as an integrated component of our name and brand, combined with today’s very identifiable meaning of the word ‘green’, allows travelers to easily relate our purpose and offering to the type of eco-friendly trip they’re looking for, and greatly eases our ability to be seen in the green travel space online,” says Richard G. Edwards, co-founder of GreenSpot.travel.

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TRALLIANCE CORPORATION AND .TRAVEL FEATURED AT THE 25TH ANNUAL TRAVEL LEISURE CONFERENCE HOSTED BY TRAVEL TRADE

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-November 3, 2008-Tralliance Corporation and .travel invited as featured participants at the Travel Leisure Conference November 15-17, 2008. The 25th Annual Travel Leisure Conference is projected to see record turnouts with over eight hundred travel agents and hundreds of the travel industry’s top executives. Held at the Miami Hyatt Regency, the largest and longest running Travel Trade event presents various educational seminars, workshops, cruise ship inspections, and networking opportunities.
Travel Trade invited the President and CEO of Tralliance Corporation and .travel, Edward A. Cespedes, as one of speakers for the technology panel. Taking place Saturday, November 15 at 4:15pm, Cespedes will stress the need to be found on the Internet and how to compete in a world of millions of other travel websites.
“Travel Trade and the Travel Leisure Conference are great supporters of .travel,” commented Cespedes, “We look forward to sharing with the industry the significant results we have witnessed with .travel in search engine performance and global branding while addressing the evolution of the Internet as we know it today.”

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Techies Discuss Electronic Payments, Security

Security and electronic payment options were among the variety of high-tech issues brought up by travel agents at the technology workshop at Travel Trade’s CRUISE-A-THON in Vancouver.The panel, which was moderated by travel agent Alan Gerstner, MCC, president of Travel Doctor Consulting, included: Brad Anderson, co-president, America’s Vacation Center; Byron Henderson, vice president of policy and procedures, Tralliance Corp., the .Travel Registry; Stacy Mack, regional sales manager, TRAMS, Inc.; Bob Maier, president, MailPound; Monique Sion, marketing manager, Sabre Travel Network; and Owen Wild, director of marketing, Amadeus North America.

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Tralliance Experienced a “Fantas-Tico” EXPOTUR 2008

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Tralliance Experience a “Fantas-Tico” EXPOTUR 2008

As mentioned in the title, the .travel team was fortunate to experience Costa Rica’s beauty and the Tico hospitality last week during EXPOTUR.

As you may know, Tico or Tica is the nickname of the people of Costa Rica and it is to our new and old Tico friends that we owe many thanks for the pleasant event.

The 4-day exposition was kicked off on the May 13 with a welcome speech from the President of ACOPROT, Carlos Lizama, followed by the distinguished Minister of Tourism, Carlos Ricardo Benavides, and Vice President of Costa Rica, Laura Chincilla. All three addressed Costa Rica’s strong commitment to sustainable tourism as well as its goal to become carbon neutral by 2012.

In the following days, Edward A. Cespedes, President and CEO of Tralliance, spoke at two invitation-only events addressing the attendees of EXPOTUR regarding .travel, its progress, and the future of the travel and tourism industry on the Internet. Both presentations ended with much discussion from the audience about the benefits of .travel, search engine optimization, and the costs of registering a .travel domain name. Click here for video

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Your vacation…Your way, Custom Tailored…Door to Door with www.OnTrackTravel.travel

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Web 2.0, demystifying the newest “It” term

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