One- and Two-Character .TRAVEL domain names will be released in the
near future following ICANN’s approval of the proposal to release all of
the domain names.
The .TRAVEL registry is currently deciding a process for releasing the
domain names that conform to the proposal submitted to ICANN with a
likely release in September 2010.
Registrars and registrants will have ample opportunity to review the
terms of the program before the first names are available for
registration.
There will also be two new policy changes to go into effect on 20 September 2010 following a 30-day notice period.
The first of these changes adds an industry sector to the list of those
travel industry participants who are eligible to register a .travel
domain name. This sector is “Creators and providers of travel and
tourism products, services and content” This sector definition makes it
easier to determine eligibility since it does not require that an
applicant fit within named types, but rather identifies them by their
travel-related activities.
The second change allows the Registry to provide incentives for use of
.TRAVEL domain names. The Registry has not put in place a program of
incentives, but while such a program is developed the Registry has
suspended the requirement that .travel domain names must be used within
12 months of registration.
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