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Mr. Andruff is a member of the [[Business Users Constiuency]] at [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ron-andruff/9/331/b29 LinkedIn]</ref> He is also known as a former professional hockey player within the NHL.<ref>[http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=11851 LegendsOfHockey.net]</ref>

Mr. Andruff is a member of the [[Business Users Constiuency]] at [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ron-andruff/9/331/b29 LinkedIn]</ref> He is also known as a former professional hockey player within the NHL.<ref>[http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=11851 LegendsOfHockey.net]</ref>

==.Travel==

==.Travel==

As founder and former president of [[Tralliance Corporation]], Ron Andruff has spearheaded the .travel initiative. He founded Tralliance in 2001, and received ICANN approval to run the .travel extension in 2005.<ref>[http://www.employmedia.com/Images/pdfs/ican.board.pdf EmployMedia.com]</ref>  The travel industry’s exclusive .travel  [[TLD]] was confirmed by [[ICANN]] under his leadership; after a 30 month long application process. Commenting on the time it took to receive ICANN's approval, Ron said, "We have got to look at the global good of the internet . The body responsible is ICAAN and they really need to know who is applying, whats behind them and what they stand for".<ref>[http://www.travelmole.com/stories/98433.php travelmole.com]</ref> Tens of thousands of .travel domain names have been registered, and the initiative is currently supported by more than 140 travel trade associations from 9 industry sectors and more than 73 countries.

As founder and former president of [[Tralliance Corporation]], Ron Andruff has spearheaded the .travel initiative. He founded Tralliance in 2001, and received ICANN approval to run the .travel extension in 2005.<ref>[http://www.employmedia.com/Images/pdfs/ican.board.pdf EmployMedia.com]</ref>  The travel industry’s exclusive .travel  [[TLD]] was confirmed by [[ICANN]] under his leadership; after a 30 month long application process. Commenting on the time it took to receive ICANN's approval, Ron said, "We have got to look at the global good of the internet . The body responsible is ICAAN and they really need to know who is applying, whats behind them and what they stand for".<ref>[http://www.travelmole.com/stories/98433.php travelmole.com]</ref> Tens of thousands of .travel domain names have been registered, and the initiative is currently supported by more than 140 travel trade associations from 9 industry sectors and more than 73 countries.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/application-andruff-cv-07mar10-en.pdf ICANN.org CV]</ref>

Ron Andruff brought his 25 years of marketing experience to bear in his evangelizing role with Tralliance. Unfortunately, the [[.travel]] initiative did not pick up steam and Ron left the project as it came under fire for not thoroughly authenticating its registrants as promised.<ref>[http://www.travelindex.com/blog/dot_travel TravelIndex.com]</ref><ref>[http://tourisminternetmarketing.com/featured/dot-travel-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-brilliant-concept/ TourismInternetMarketing.com]</ref> He characterized his departure as due to a difference in vision with the remaining management team.<ref>[http://www.domainesinfo.fr/english/081/travel-founder-resigns.php DomainesInfo.fr]</ref>

Ron Andruff brought his 30+ years of marketing experience to bear in his evangelizing role with Tralliance. Unfortunately, the [[.travel]] initiative did not pick up steam and Ron left the project as it came under fire for not thoroughly authenticating its registrants as promised.<ref>[http://www.travelindex.com/blog/dot_travel TravelIndex.com]</ref><ref>[http://tourisminternetmarketing.com/featured/dot-travel-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-brilliant-concept/ TourismInternetMarketing.com]</ref> He characterized his departure as due to a difference in vision with the remaining management team.<ref>[http://www.domainesinfo.fr/english/081/travel-founder-resigns.php DomainesInfo.fr]</ref>

In 1998, he made his mark in the travel industry when he co-founded [[fare 1, Inc.]], a powerful business-to-trade Internet portal that enables travel agents to quickly search for and provide clients with the lowest available fares. This was later subsumed under his work with [[Tralliance]].<ref>[http://www.dotsportllc.com/index.php?pageId=14 DotSportLLC.com]</ref>

In 1998, he made his mark in the travel industry when he co-founded [[fare 1, Inc.]], a powerful business-to-trade Internet portal that enables travel agents to quickly search for and provide clients with the lowest available fares. This was later subsumed under his work with [[Tralliance]].<ref>[http://www.dotsportllc.com/index.php?pageId=14 DotSportLLC.com]</ref>