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| + | | logo = TrallianceLogo.gif |
| + | | type = Privately Held |
| + | | industry = Domain Registry |
| + | | founded = |
| + | | founders = |
| + | | ownership = Tralliance Registry Management Company, 2008 |
| + | | headquarters = 1500 Cordova Road, Suite 302<br/>Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316 |
| + | | country = USA |
| + | | businesses = |
| + | | products = |
| + | | employees = |
| + | | revenue = |
| + | | website = [http://www.travel.travel travel.travel] |
| + | | blog = |
| + | | facebook = |
| + | | linkedin = |
| + | | twitter = |
| + | | keypeople = [[Edward Cespedes]], President & CEO<br/>[[Patricia Vigilante]], Director of Administration<br/>[[Byron Henderson]], Advisor of Registry Policy<br/>[[Shameka Griffin]], Manager of Customer Care<br/>[[Michael Egan]], Board Member<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=22337452 Business Week]</ref> |
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− | [http://icannwiki.org/Tralliance existing ICANNWiki.org article] | + | '''Tralliance''' (a portmanteau of "travel alliance") is the [[registry]] for the [[.travel]] [[sTLD]]. .travel is meant exclusively for usage by organizations in the travel and tourism industries.<ref>[http://www.travel.travel/index.php/about-travel/ About .travel]</ref> |
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| + | ==History== |
| + | On May 5, 2005, [[ICANN]] signed a contract with Tralliance to operate .travel. The operating procedures and policies for .travel are different from those of all other current TLDs.<ref>[http://www.travel.travel/index.php/about-travel/ About .travel]</ref> |
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| + | Until February 2008, Tralliance was a publicly traded subsidiary of [[TheGlobe.com]]. On Feb. 1, TheGlobe announced that it had sold Tralliance to the privately-held Tralliance Registry Management Company (TRMC),<ref>[http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Online-Travel/Tralliance-is-sold;-dot-travel-domain-now-privately-held/ Travel Weekly - Tralliance is sold; dot-travel domain now privately held]</ref> in order to keep the TLD from bankruptcy.<ref>[http://www.internetnews.me/2007/05/20/tralliance-in-trouble-travel-could-die/ Tralliance in Trouble]</ref> Despite the sale, ultimate ownership of the TLD did not change, as [[Michael Egan]], owner and chairman of TheGlobe.com, and [[Edward Cespedes]], president of Tralliance, together own TRMC.<ref>[http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Online-Travel/Tralliance-is-sold;-dot-travel-domain-now-privately-held/ Travel Weekly - Tralliance is sold; dot-travel domain now privately held]</ref> TheGlobe.com is to receive an earn-out equal to 10% of TRMC's net revenue derived from .travel names registered through May 5, 2015.<ref>[http://www.theglobe.com/ TheGlobe.com]</ref> |
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| + | ==References== |
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