FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-March 23, 2009- .travel, the travel and tourism industry’s exclusive 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.

Here is a list of just some of the key travel industry players that have adopted .travel:

www.Colombia.travel, www.Argentina.travel,

www.ElSalvador.travel, www.Utah.travel,

www.Egypt.travel, www.Poland.travel,

www.PhiladelphiaUSA.travel, www.BruneiTourism.travel,

www.SriLanka.travel, www.TurismoChile.travel,

www.Cancun.travel, www.Slovakia.travel,

www.Canada.travel, www.MadeiraIslands.travel,

www.Montenegro.travel, www.Cannes.travel

.travel has become a global travel movement.  The era of when travel destinations competed with the clutter of the .com world on the Internet is coming to an end.  By creating an exclusive travel marketing channel, .travel is an essential tool for all aspects of travel from destinations to hotels to travel agents and more.

To learn more information about .travel, 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

By: Dennis Schaal

January 30, 2009

The dot-travel Internet domain has been falling short of some of its early aspirations, but two recent developments have drawn new attention to its possibilities.

First, an Australian company paid $3.3 million in a private transaction to buy a bundle of assets that included the address Answers.travel, suggesting that at least one investor sees an opportunity for a big payback in the new domain.

Secondly, the Cruise Lines International Association, which has had little to do with the new domain to date, disclosed that it had become an “authentication provider” for the dot-travel registrar, Tralliance Corp. In essence, CLIA has joined some 40 other travel organizations that have agreed to certify or authenticate the status of members who are seeking dot-travel addresses.

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Consumer awareness and getting large businesses on board are the priorities for top-level domain dot-travel this year.

Chief executive Ed Cespedes of Tralliance, which administers the TLD, said the company is devising ways to further its reach without investing millions.

“Any new top level domain costs $250m to make the consumer aware and although more and more people have heard of it, we’re not there yet and it’s a big task.”

Cespedes added that while dot-travel is seeing uptake amongst new businesses because of the crowded dot-com space, the domain has yet to see a large brand move over.

Dot-travel is hoping awareness will build through the existing destinations such as Egypt using it as well as using some of the social media sites to promote it.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-January 12, 2009-.travel is pleased to welcome the Cruise Line International Association (CLIA) to its family. .travel, the Internet extension specifically for the travel and tourism industry, has over forty partner associations worldwide.  CLIA adds to the roster of these key industry associations that provide .travel as a benefit to their members.

With over 16,000 members ranging from cruise lines to travel agents, CLIA is the world’s largest cruise association and is dedicated to the promotion and growth of the cruise industry. Members of CLIA now have the opportunity to automatically approve their travel businesses with .travel through CLIA’s website.  This approval will allow them to register their .travel names for e-commerce and promotion of their businesses with a .travel website, blog, or email.

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