This weekend is Independence Day weekend, which typically signifies a long weekend getaway filled with red, white, and blue, bbqs, and of course fireworks.  If you have yet to make your travel plans, the .travel team did a little research and found some Fourth Favorites all across the country.

Check out these .travel websites with cool ideas for enjoying the Fourth.

• For a dose of history and an infamous parade head to Philadelphia and check out the festivities at PhiladelphiaUSA.travel
• Looking for fun and fireworks in Sweet Home Alabama? Visit Alabama.travel and its list of 40 firework displays across the state.
• How about a New York Times rated event called the Patriot’s Point Fourth of July Blast? Check out VisitSouthCarolina.travel

If you have another .travel favorite for the Fourth, let .travel know!

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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.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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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

.travel team members packed their bags and left sunny South Florida for a colder Midwestern climate this month. .travel was an exhibitor and speaker at the Home Based Travel Agent Show and Conference that took place March 10-12, 2009 in the Chicago Hyatt Regency. The .travel team arrived in Illinois on Tuesday March, 10 and spent the afternoon getting ready for the days to come, and exploring the city of Chicago.

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The .travel 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.

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As new technology is growing quickly, it is important to stay connected at all times. Webcams.travel is a perfect tool for connecting to destinations around the world. Webcams.travel, allows users to search for a country or city and have images of a specific street, site, landmark, or ideal vacation spot shown to them within seconds. Joerg Eugster, CEO of Webcams.travel states, “When creating the idea of an international webcam portal for tourists we were in search of a suitable domain name that fit our company, which is why we choose www.Webcams.travel.”
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As new technology is growing quickly, it is important to stay connected at all times. Webcams.travel is a perfect tool for connecting to destinations around the world. Webcams.travel allows users to search for a country or city and have images of a specific street, site, landmark, or ideal vacation spot shown to them within seconds. Joerg Eugster, CEO of Webcams.travel states, “When creating the idea of an international webcam portal for tourists, we were in search of a suitable domain name that fit our company, which is why we choose www.webcams.travel.”

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It is absolutely imperative in today’s technology-focused world to have a website for your business. Below are some tips from .travel in choosing the best domain name.

There is an entire industry devoted to getting websites to rise to the top of search engines such as Google and Yahoo. Search engine optimization is the process of increasing the amount of traffic to a website through natural search engine results. This means that the higher your site ranks in the pages of Google, the more likely users are to click on your page. A website is optimized when its content and domain are relevant to keywords being searched. A major advantage of registering under the .travel domain is that the keyword travel will be found right in your URL. This will significantly enhance your site’s search engine results when the word travel is searched. By registering with .travel you would be following in the footsteps of great travel sites that have assumed the #1 Google spot, such as: PhiladelphiaUsa.travel, Egypt.travel, VisitTopeka.travel, and Canada.travel.

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Offering a unique blend of modern refinement, scenic allure, culture, and heritage, Brunei is a majestic kingdom of unexpected treasures. With such richness, it is no doubt that Brunei is a distinctive and exciting travel destination in southeast Asia. Brunei Tourism is working to market its undiscovered tourism potential in the extremely competitive global tourism market. It is with a clear and recent strategy of increased expert staff in conjunction with implementation of www.bruneitourism.travel, that Brunei Tourism is beginning to create its identity as a chosen destination.

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