January 3, 2007; 07:15 AM EnCirca,
the leading .travel Registrar, announces that three million
travel destinations have been released for immediate
registration. The released .travel domain names include
cities; towns; heritage, iconic and sacred sites; national
parks and other landmarks.
"Until now, the registration of millions of .travel domain
names representing tourist destinations were restricted to
governments and tourism boards", says Tom Barrett, President
of EnCirca. "But now, these restrictions have been relaxed.
These valuable .travel domain names can be registered today
on a first-come, first-served basis to any travel-related
company who can demonstrate valid use of their desired
travel destination".
.travel is the only internet top-level domain name that
allows government bodies and tourism boards to claim place
names that correspond to cities, towns, heritage sites,
pilgrim centers, sacred sites, national parks/preserves, and
any other geographic location located in their region.
Governments and tourism boards may still claim their .travel
destination names by contacting EnCirca
(http://www.encirca.com). But governments will need to
hurry since these names are now available on a first-come,
first-served basis. Registration of country-specific names
in .travel remains the exclusive right of the national
governments to claim and use for tourism-related activity.
Eligibility for .travel Domain Names
Eligibility for these released travel place names are
restricted to bona fide travel and tourism organizations who
can demonstrate actual use of the desired .travel domain
names.
Travel and tourism organizations are advised to quickly
become authenticated and register using EnCirca's real-time
registration interface at http://www.encirca.com/travel .
Iconic Place Names Reservation
About 10 percent of the newly released 3 million .travel
domain names have been identified as "Iconic Place Names"
and will be subject to a conditional release process,
pending a 30-day public comment period being conducted by
The Travel Partnership Corporation (TTPC.org), the advisory
council for the .travel domain
Upon receiving an application by a commercial entity to
register an Iconic Place Name, Tralliance will inform the
government whose Place Name is being requested and provide
such government the first right to register such name within
thirty (30) days. If the governmental administration for
such Place Name declines or does not take action to register
the name within such thirty (30) day period, then Tralliance
shall allow the commercial entity (applicant) to register
the name.
Premium Names Auction
Certain generic .travel domain names, such as fun.travel,
convention.travel, and cruises.travel have been reserved by
Tralliance and may be sold at a premium price through an
auction methodology. Prior to the sale of any premium name,
Tralliance will obtain TTPC's approval of the names to be
sold.
About EnCirca
As the world's leading .travel Registrar, thousands of
government, non-profit tourism boards and commercial
organizations already trust EnCirca as their official travel
Registrar. EnCirca was formed in 2001 and is accredited by
Tralliance and the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names
and Numbers (ICANN). For more information, see
http://www.encirca.com.
Media Contact: Tom Barrett, [email protected] +1.781.942.9975 (voice), +1.781.823.8911 (fax) |
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