This week’s .travel newsletter highlights the .travel team’s participation at the Travel Leisure Conference in Miami as well as the New Faces in .travel article featuring NewZealandTours.travel….

.TRAVEL FEATURED AT THE 25TH ANNUAL TRAVEL LEISURE CONFERENCE

.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 800 travel agents and hundreds 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…

New Faces in .travel Article….

TIME to get on board with .travel, www.NewZealandTours.travel

TIME Unlimited New Zealand Tours and Travel was created as a result of the passion of its directors, Néill and Ceillhe Sperath. Understanding the awe inspiring beauty of New Zealand and its Maori culture, the business was founded in 2005 with the goal of being a one of a kind travel company aiming to guide the global traveler through a true New Zealand experience. TIME, an acronym for “To Integrate Maori Experiences,” and its founders understood the need to market and communicate the business’ wide array of exceptional trips and adventures to the world. In seeking a clear marketing message and solution, TIME Unlimited decided to migrate from timeunlimited.co.nz to NewZealandTours.travel

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Breaking Travel News video interview with .travel’s Heidi Siefkas-Cassemiro at the European Tour Operators’ Association Conference in London, November 6, 2008.

Topics include: what is .travel, its involvement with ETOA, and the future of the Internet.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-November 4, 2008- .travel invited to participate in Travel Trade’s Responsible Tourism Workshop at the Travel Leisure Conference November 16, 2008. With over eight hundred travel agents and hundreds of the travel industry’s top executives expected, the 25^th Annual Travel Leisure Conference, November 15-17, 2008, will have the most diverse lineup of exhibitors and workshop opportunities. As a focal point of the global travel industry, Responsible Tourism will be one of the major workshops and is expected to have high attendance as well as key industry panelists, including .travel.

Held at the Miami Hyatt Regency, the largest and longest running Travel Trade event presents the Responsible Tourism Workshop on Sunday, November 16 from 5:15pm-6:15pm. The discussion will be moderated by Jose Luis Cabada, Sr. Vice President of Sunny Land Tours. Invited to participate by Travel Trade and Cabada, Heidi Siefkas-Cassemiro, Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations of .travel, will join other industry representatives in this ever apparent key issue.

“As a travel industry player interested in evolving travel technology to its next step, .travel also believes strongly in the preservation of our beautiful natural resources,” responded Siefkas-Cassemiro, “The evolution of tourism to a level of responsibility that maintains this industry for generations to come is essential.”

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