FORT LAUDERDALE, FL -January 14, 2009- Tralliance, the .travel Registry, has received many inquiries regarding a press release describing a private sale of the “answers.travel” domain name for $3.3 million.

The Registry is not involved in the secondary market of .travel names and has no knowledge of the transaction other than the press release.  In addition, the Registry issues a correction saying that the Registry was launched in the second half of 2005 not 2004 as the January 13, 2009 press release stated.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-January 14, 2009- .travel participates at the United Motorcoach Association’s (UMA) Expo in Orlando, January 21-25. As an exhibitor, .travel will be amongst 180 other travel related companies such as the American Bus Association, National Tour Association and the Mississippi Division of Tourism. This year’s event will be held at the Orange County Convention Center and expects over 1,000 travel industry professionals.  The 4-day event will highlight educational seminars and training in fields such as Operations, Finance and Marketing Techniques.

“I am pleased to have .travel take part in our expo this year,” responded Victor Parra, President and CEO of the United Motorcoach Association. “.travel is a useful tool that all members of the travel and hospitality industry need to maximize their presence on the Internet”.

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This year’s first newsletter bring a special message from the CEO of .travel, Edward A. Cespedes, as well as yet another .travel success story that we met at World Travel Market, GoGlobal.travel

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-January 9, 2009-Tralliance, the registry for the .travel top-level domain, said today that Moniker®, an Oversee.net^TM company and provider of Domain Asset Management™ services, has made .travel names available at the Moniker.com registrar site.

Moniker is one of the fastest-growing registrars in the industry and represents a significant addition to .travel’s reach on a global level.  Now with a total of thirty registrars, registration in and use of the .travel domain is expanding rapidly.

“Moniker is pleased to be a part of the .travel family,” said Moniker founder Monte Cahn. “The Tralliance Registry has some excellent plans in place for growing and promoting the .travel extension, which can only improve on the quantity and quality of traffic for .travel sites.  In addition, the SEO benefits of a .travel domain are evident.  We’re looking forward to serving the many travel entrepreneurs and businesses looking for a .travel domain.”

For a complete list of all .travel’s approved registrars, please visit, www.travel.travel

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-JANUARY 8, 2009-Tralliance and .travel have recently announced Net-Chinese, a Taiwan based registrar, as a .travel approved registrar.  .travel, the top level domain specifically for the travel and hospitality industries, has a total of thirty ICANN-accredited and .travel approved registrars, giving its reach global exposure.  .travel is pleased to welcome Net-Chinese and share in .travel’s success. For a complete list of all .travel’s approved registrars, please visit, www.travel.travel

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Edward A. Cespedes: .travel benefits travel organisations

Edward A. Cespedes, CEO of Tralliance and .travel, speaks to TravelDailyNews International about the benefits and the developments of “.travel” (dot Travel), the sponsored Top Level Domain (sTLD) for the tourism industry.

TravelDailyNews: What has .travel achieved over the past 4 years?

Edward A. Cespedes: I think that after going through our share of growing pains, we have proven we are a viable, stable, and very useful domain for the travel industry. The proof is in the results. You have to look no further than major destinations all over the world that have adopted .travel. And, consumers are finding these on search engines. Both are very important when noting our achievement of the past years. They show that the domain is specific and relevant.

TDN: How could .travel help change the economic downturn?

E. C.: All global travel and tourism sales begin with finding customers. The fact that .travel sites perform exceptionally well in search engines; makes it possible for more people to find .travel sites. This represents a clear reduction of customer acquisition costs, benefitting travel organizations directly in a time where profits are difficult to find.

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GoGlobal.travel is a dynamic travel organization founded by professionals with hotelier and wholesale travel industry backgrounds. The company operates in markets throughout Europe and the Mediterranean and via strategic sales alliances in North and South America and Asia. GoGlobal.travel is the ultimate one-stop shop for car rental and F.I.T. hotel and group bookings worldwide.

Go Global adopted the .travel domain name because, “The idea appealed to us as very appropriate in terms of signifying and clearly placing the company in the ‘domain’ of travel business,” said Natalie Dekalo. “It was also very important that the .travel domains were reserved for authenticated companies within the industry only, which helps prevent misuse and boosts customer trust. The search.travel database is a great added value in terms of sales and marketing support.”

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ANNOUNCEMENT—On November 11, 2008, The Travel Partnership Corporation granted Tralliance, the .travel Registry, the right to register the names forming the Industry Names reserved list and to use such names or to release them for general registration. Tralliance has taken up that right and does not currently have plans to release any of the names.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL- December 29, 2008- Tralliance, the .travel Registry, announces that the policy changes approved by The Travel Partnership Corporation (TTPC) went into effect on December 20 after a 30 day comment period. For a full description of the new policies, visit, www.travel.travel or www.ttpc.travel

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As the Holidays approach us, we wanted to take some time and look back at this year’s trips, events, and other exciting highlights at .travel. Traveling has been a major component of furthering the awareness of .travel. Washington, Berlin, Paris, Mexico, New York, Costa Rica, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Orlando, Quebec, London, and Miami have been on our list of destinations this year.

2008 has taken us all over the world, but the world has also been talking about us. Over the course of 2008, .travel was featured in major travel industry publications that reached well over 1 million viewers. You may be familiar with a few of these key trade publications: Travel Weekly, TravelMole, Travel Trade, TiViPro, FVW, eTurboNews, Washington Daily News and Travolution.

It is true that 2008 has been a year of highlights from travels and press, but also various important announcements and additions to the .travel family. In May, EXPOTUR, one of the largest Buyer/Seller conferences in Central America announced the launch of EXPOTUR.TRAVEL for promotion of its 25^th anniversary event. We have also witnessed many other key industry players that have adopted .travel including: Argentina.travel, Poland.travel, Slovakia.travel, ClimateSolutions.travel, EarthLung.travel, BruneiTourism.travel, and Normandy.travel, just to name a few!

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