New video explaining the .travel domain name and its global acceptance launched today, highlighting such destinations as Canada.travel, Argentina.travel, Poland.travel, Utah.travel, Montenegro.travel, SriLanka.travel, & Slovakia.travel

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-September 8, 2009- .travel, the top-level domain for the travel and tourism industry, unveils a promotional video highlighting its global appeal and community.  Created as a specific channel on the web for all things travel related, .travel is an excellent marketing tool for all travel and tourism organizations, businesses, and individuals.

The video addresses the basics of .travel, but also demonstrates the worldwide adoption of the .travel domain name across borders and languages with such examples as Canada.travel, Argentina.travel, Poland.travel, Utah.travel, Montenegro.travel, SriLanka.travel, and Slovakia.travel.  Intended to be educational as well as customer focused, the complete video acts as a guide for those in the travel industry. The video walks the viewer through the easy, two step process of registering a .travel domain name.

.travel is proud to showcase its valuable media channel through video and must thank the video production team, Scott St. John Productions, and the Fort Lauderdale based talent for the native language voiceovers.

For more information on the .travel domain, travel news, and to register a .travel domain name, visit http://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

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Operating in beautiful Cape Town for over twelve years, Icon Villas specializes in private and luxurious vacation rentals in and around South Africa’s number one tourist city. Started and headed up by Therese Botha, Icon Villas entertains guests with tailor-made itineraries as private or as fun-filled as a guest prefers. Recently selected as Conde Nast Traveler’s only accredited Villa specialist in South Africa, Icon Villas provides a way for travelers to enjoy Cape Town’s relaxing ambiance and bring its nickname of “Tavern of the Sea” to life.

To keep Icon Villas at the forefront of digital innovation and in tune with the new generation of the Internet, Icon Villas decided to launch a new website with IconVillas.travel. With the new domain name and site, along came heightened online exposure and more interactivity such as Google Maps integration and guest reviews per property.

When asked about Icon Villas’ decision to launch its web site with .travel Francois Botha, marketing director of IconVillas.travel commented, “We believe that grouping companies within a functional domain category such as .travel is definitely the way of the future. With IconVillas.travel, we expect to see close to 100,000 site visits within the year. It is with this new website that we are paving the way for international roll-out.”

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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.

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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.”

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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.”

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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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The .travel domain is becoming popular as more travel industry destinations and businesses adopt it for their websites.

Among those that have taken up .travel is the Ministry of Tourism of Argentina and the Colombian government with www.argentina.travel and www.colombia.travel respectively.

Not only is it flourishing in Latin America, it is also being adopted in Poland, Sri Lanka, Canada and most recently Ibiza and Yucatan.

Statistics from travel.travel show that ibiza.travel received nearly 85,000 visitors whilst yucatan.travel received over 194,000 visitors to its site.

It seems that destinations and businesses are seeing the benefits of using the .travel channel as it is industry specific and provides a clear message and brand security.

The .travel domain is only available to travel industry professionals and perhaps the sign of a true travel entity to the end consumer as well as B2B.

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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.

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