FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - July 16, 2009- .travel congratulates whl.travel on its continuing success and its recent announcement that it’s expanding into more than 100 countries worldwide. Catering to independent and experiential travelers headed off the beaten path, whl.travel is a network of grassroots tourism professionals who own and operate booking sites for accommodations and tours in their local markets. By only choosing whl.travel partners that clearly care about their customers, staff, suppliers and the destination, whl.travel provides travelers with real travel experiences that engage, enrich and inspire by connecting them to the special character of a place, unlike the “fast food” experience with many other travel organizations.

“We are growing a critical mass of .travel sites and seeing real success,” commented Ethan Gelber, Media Liaison for whl.travel. “These sites are part of one of the largest online booking networks that taps into the strengths of local tourism experts who, alone, are local leaders, but together have become a forceful global presence for the right kind of tourism, bringing to major markets all the local opportunities that can have such a positive impact on hosts and visitors. .travel provides whl.travel with a clear message and instant validation of being a global travel provider.”

With destinations from South Africa to Brazil to Greece and Indonesia, whl.travel is not only a powerful network of great breadth and depth, but also award winning. whl.travel was recently revealed as one of five winners of ‘Globetrotting for Good - The Condé Nast Traveler Challenge’, as well as a finalist in the Responsible Travel category of TravelMole’s Web Awards 2009. With attention drawn through these contests and clients’ reviews, whl.travel and its new affiliate in Santa Marta, Colombia, will be featured in the September 2009 ‘Power of Place’ issue of Condé Nast Traveler magazine.

For travelers who want to connect with a destination while booking with locals who really care about their compatriots, communities, culture, and environment, visit www.whl.travel or subscribe to its blog via RSS at http://www.whl.travel/blog/.

For more information on registering your .travel domain name or news on other .travel community members, visit www.travel.travel

Putting itself on the map as a popular tourist destination, Sri Lanka unveils its culture and tourism attractions with www.srilanka.travel

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-May 19, 2009- The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau is witnessing the benefits of using the .travel domain name with www.srilanka.travel. Since its launch in 2007, the srilanka.travel site has received over 1.6 million page views.  Of those, over 600,000 were unique, first time visitors.

Kicking its promotional efforts into full gear with www.srilanka.travel, the country joins many other popular tourist destinations and organizations in using .travel for its website and emails.

“When we were developing our website initially, we decided to use the .travel domain because it was globally accepted,” said Managing Director, Mr. Dileep Mudadeniya, of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau.

In fact, the Sri Lanka Tourism website will be revamped with a new look and feel in line with a new brand strategy launching in June 2009

To plan your dream holiday in Sri Lanka, explore wildlife, and experience an island of small miracles, visit www.srilanka.travel.

For more information on .travel, The Source for All Things Travel, visit www.travel.travel

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The Outside Sales Support Network and its Community of Agents and Sellers of Travel Align with .travel

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-May 6, 2009: .travel, the Internet extension specific to the travel and hospitality industry, is proud to announce a new partnership with the Outside Sales Support Network (OSSN). OSSN is one of many strategic alliances that .travel has made with major industry organizations over the years. Other partnered organizations include ASTA, CLIA, and NACTA.  Through this relationship, .travel will now be able to reach out to thousands of industry professionals represented by OSSN; such professionals include: independent travel agents, home based travel agents, independent sellers of travel, and outside sales travel agents.

“This new partnership with the OSSN is further proof of the industry embracing .travel,” says Heidi Siefkas-Cassemiro, Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations of .travel. “Independent agents and sellers of travel have the most to gain from the domain. Through this union with the OSSN we plan on getting the travel agent and seller community to fully realize the benefits of .travel.”

The Outside Sales Support Network was founded in 1990 and currently has 75 chapters and 7,800 members. The OSSN works to provide travel agents with the tools and training needed to succeed in today’s travel environment. The inclusion of .travel in the OSSN’s educational efforts will help to enhance the travel agent community’s competitive edge in the marketplace.

To purchase a .travel your own please visit www.travel.travel.

To learn more about the Outside Sales Support Network (OSSN), please visit www.ossn.travel.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL- April 22, 2009- .travel salutes green travel initiatives across the world forEarth Day 2009. Intended to raise awareness and appreciation of Mother Nature, Earth Day is popular around the world for bringing environmental awareness to the foreground of conversations, organizations, and the news. As the Internet extension specifically for travel and tourism, .travel has a track record of being popular among many environmentally friendly travel companies and websites. .travel honors these
four green travel businesses: GreenSpot.travel, ReduceMyFootprint.travel, ClimateSolutions.travel, and GreenGlobe.travel.

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.travel will sponsor and attend the 2009 GeoDomain Expo in San Diego, California April 23-25. The 2009 GeoDomain Expo will be the largest and most important gathering to date of Geo domainers from around the world. Attendees will include the owners of major city and destination sites such as Acapulco.com, BuenosAires.com, Chicago.com, Dallas.com, LosAngeles.com, Nashville.com, NewYorkCity.com, SanDiego.com, and SanFrancisco.com.

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.travel was a Hit with Travel Agents and Cruising Industry Professionals at CLIA’s cruise3sixty

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-April 7, 2009- .travel, the Internet extension for the travel and tourism industry, was featured as an exhibiter, speaker, and contributing sponsor of cruise3sixty. As the premier event and conference of the cruising industry, cruise3sixty is hosted by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), a strategic partner of .travel. The event took place at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL April 1-6, 2009. With record breaking attendance and sponsorship, this year’s cruise3sixty proved to be a major success for everyone involved. Over the few short days that spanned the event, .travel hosted a sold out educational seminar and met with over 2,000 travel industry professionals!

CEO of .travel, Edward A. Cespedes spoke on the topic of, “How to compete on the Internet” on Friday April 3. The discussion turned out to be one of cruise3sixty’s most popular seminars. Cespedes touched upon the achievements of .travel and why owning a good domain name is such a vital component of being found on the Web. (more…)

For its First Annual Summit, the Kairos Society brings together the top world leaders, entrepreneurs, and students this week in New York City.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-March 31, 2009- .travel, the travel and tourism industry’s exclusive Internet extension, supports the Kairos Society as a founding sponsor for its First Annual Summit.  The Kairos Society is a non-profit organization created by students to foster inspiration, experience, and innovation.  The organization encourages students to become more entrepreneurial by bringing together the best undergraduates from across the country, the greatest entrepreneurial firms, and the most passionate mentors.

The First Annual Summit will be held in New York City at the Intrepid Air, Sea, and Space Museum this April 3-4.  The event will feature keynote speakers including President William J. Clinton, William Gates Sr., Chairman of the Gates Foundation, and many other world renowned speakers and entrepreneurs. Alongside the impressive guest list will be five hundred entrepreneurial students from the best colleges and universities from around the country.  As part of the first day’s events, one hundred of these students will be unveiled as the top 100 entrepreneurial projects of 2009.

With a history of supporting young entrepreneurial projects such as theglobe.com and Nantucket Nectars, Michael S. Egan, Chairman and Owner of .travel commented, “Bringing together great minds from distinct cultures, areas of expertise, and ages is precisely what fosters great ideas, companies, and the next trend. I am proud to participate both as an entrepreneur and sponsor in the first of many of these summits.”

The event will conclude on Saturday evening with the Kairos Gala Dinner where the brightest collegiate minds and world leaders will join to enjoy a blend of featured speakers, awards, and musical entertainment. The highlight of evening will be an awards ceremony where industry leaders will be presented with an achievement award in one of six major categories including: American Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, Energy Entrepreneurship, Global Entrepreneurship, Media Entrepreneurship, and Tech Entrepreneurship.

To learn more about .travel and its innovations in travel on the Internet, please visit www.travel.travel.  If you are interested in learning about the Kairos Society and the First Annual Summit, please visit www.kairossociety.com

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About .travel

.travel is the top-level domain created specifically for the travel and tourism industry. Any participant in the travel industry may own a .travel name. Unlike other top level domains such as .com or .org, relevant content must be published on each .travel site within a year of purchase. For more information on .travel, The Source for All Things Travel, please visit www.travel.travel

Press contact:

Heidi Siefkas-Cassemiro

VP of Marketing and Public Relations

954-769-5970

heidi@travel.travel

FORT LAUDERDALE- March 31, 2009-.travel, the travel and tourism industry’s exclusive Internet extension, will be featured in a sold out seminar at cruise3sixty on Friday April 3, 2009. CEO of .travel, Edward A. Cespedes, will present a seminar entitled “How do I compete on the Internet” in which he will discuss how to maximize a travel business’ presence and profits on the Internet.

The interactive presentation will feature innovative industry specific tips as well as quick and affordable online marketing tools to revitalize one’s Internet marketing presence. Knowing the importance of being found on the Internet, the seminar will emphasize how to achieve online marketing presence to a global audience using the .travel domain and its significant search engine results.

“My discussion will highlight how to be found on the Internet and beat the competition.  I will include background on the Internet, insight as to where it is going, and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tips for novices and experts alike,” commented Cespedes. “I hope to further educate agents on the evolution of travel on the Internet with .travel as one of the essential tools for all in the travel industry.”

To learn more about .travel and its role in the evolution of travel on the Internet, please visit www.travel.travel

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About .travel

.travel is the top-level domain created specifically for the travel and tourism industry. Any participant in the travel industry may own a .travel name. Unlike other top level domains such as .com or .org, relevant content must be published on each .travel site within a year of purchase. For more information on .travel, The Source for All Things Travel, please visit www.travel.travel

Press Contact:

Heidi Siefkas-Cassemiro

VP of Marketing and Public Relations

(954) 769-5970

heidi@travel.travel

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-March 23, 2009- .travel, the travel and tourism industry’s exclusive Internet channel, reports an increase in adoption by major destinations worldwide.  In its short history, the benefits of .travel have been highlighted by the significant number of conversions by destinations and key industry organizations. The next stage of travel on the Internet is led by .travel and supported by the .travel community.

Here is a list of just some of the key travel industry players that have adopted .travel:

www.Colombia.travel, www.Argentina.travel,

www.ElSalvador.travel, www.Utah.travel,

www.Egypt.travel, www.Poland.travel,

www.PhiladelphiaUSA.travel, www.BruneiTourism.travel,

www.SriLanka.travel, www.TurismoChile.travel,

www.Cancun.travel, www.Slovakia.travel,

www.Canada.travel, www.MadeiraIslands.travel,

www.Montenegro.travel, www.Cannes.travel

.travel has become a global travel movement.  The era of when travel destinations competed with the clutter of the .com world on the Internet is coming to an end.  By creating an exclusive travel marketing channel, .travel is an essential tool for all aspects of travel from destinations to hotels to travel agents and more.

To learn more information about .travel, please visit www.travel.travel

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About .travel

.travel is the top-level domain created specifically for the travel and tourism industry. Any participant in the travel industry may own a .travel name. Unlike other top level domains such as .com or .org, relevant content must be published on each .travel site within a year of purchase. For more information on .travel, The Source for All Things Travel, please visit www.travel.travel

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – March 11, 2009 - Addressing the Annual General meeting in conjunction with the Board of Directors meeting, CEO of .travel Edward A. Cespedes reported significant progress with the .travel Registry and its effects on the global travel industry. Formed to promote .travel and recommend its policies and practices, the TTPC board consists of key industry leaders and meets twice yearly to guide further awareness and usage of .travel amongst the travel industry and travel consumers.

The highlight of the agenda was the presentation of CEO of .travel, Edward A. Cespedes, where he reported on the progress of .travel over the past year. With the shift from PC to mobile computing, search engine results are becoming more and more significant. With the world moving toward web 3.0, a content rich and relevant site is important. .travel simplifies search engine results because its easiness of use, the validity of the purpose of the top level domain name, and there are great names available.

Cespedes announced, “The .travel movement is gaining momentum in South America. We are seeing key industry players such as Colombia and Argentina actively using and promoting their .travel extensions.” (more…)