It’s true. The travel and tourism industry is fully embracing .travel. Need proof? How about a seminar held by the CEO of .travel being sold out over a week before the event is set to take place. On Friday April 3, 2009 at 4:30 pm CEO of .travel, Edward A. Cespedes will host a 50 minute seminar on How to Compete on the Internet. Cespedes will speak on the history of the Internet, current trends, and where everything is headed. Other topics that will be touched upon include: the basics of the Internet, getting your business found on the web and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tips for beginners and experts alike. Over a 100 members of the travel community will be in attendance.

In today’s climate the Internet can either be your worst enemy or best friend. Without the right tools it is easy to drown in the world of Expedia or Priceline. But, if you know how to use the Internet to your advantage it is possible to have a thriving travel business on the web. Cespedes will explain how a good domain name ending in .travel significantly increases a business’s chances of being found on search engines. Knowing how to name your site, build it, and host it are all ways to increase traffic to your website and compete with big name travel wholesalers.

The seminar will be held during cruise3sixty at the Broward Country Convention Center. Cruise3sixty is the premier event and conference for the cruising industry. The event is hosted by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), a strategic partner of .travel. Cruise3sixty’s attendees are a mix of travel agent, providers, and industry executives. This year, over 2,000 travel industry professionals are expected to attend the event!

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL March 10, 2009: .travel, the Internet extension specific for the travel and tourism industry, will be a featured exhibitor and sponsor of EXPOTUR.TRAVEL’s 25th annual Exposition which will take place in San Jose, Costa Rica May 13-15, 2009. .travel aims to maximize the travel and tourism industry’s presence on the Internet through its clear marketing message and significant search engine results. EXPOTUR fully adopted the .travel domain early last year and uses it for all their marketing efforts and promotional materials.

EXPOTUR’s special relationship with .travel has significantly contributed to the domains success, turning it into the internet extension for the travel and tourism industry. “EXPOTUR is just another great example of .travel being adopted by key industry players,” said Edward A. Cespedes, CEO of .travel. “We are proud to be a part of EXPOTUR and the continued growth of travel and tourism in Central America.” (more…)

How does an Australian travel company, specializing in cruises, go from being a two man operation to a staff of over 20 with offices in Sydney and Hong Kong in only nine years? By being the best. ecruising.travel is Australia’s premier cruise only travel agency. Anywhere is possible with ecruising.travel where voyages range a three day “cruise to nowhere” where passengers can unwind at sea to an 18 night trip from Hong Kong to Dubai. ecruising.travel also serves a huge international audience. In 2007 the Italian based Costa Cruise Lines named ecruising.travel the “Best Online Agent in Asia Pacific.” And that is just the tip of the iceberg. Just this past year ecruising.travel received the 2008 Cruise Passengers Reader’s Choice Award and became a Hitwise Top 10 award recipient.

ecruising.travel chairman, Brett Dudley has been a supporter of .travel since the domain’s 2005 inception. “.travel made perfect sense to me. When the domain was released, we were thinking of expanding globally. It has worked out well for us and our company’s head office, now based in Hong Kong.” ecruising.travel uses the .travel logo in all of its marketing efforts, including: baseball caps, TV and print ads, .travel is even used on ecruising’s Kombi van! (more…)