Tralliance
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| Type: | Privately Held |
| Industry: | Domain Registry |
| Ownership: | Tralliance Registry Management Company (2008) |
| Headquarters: | 1500 Cordova Road, Suite 302 Fort Lauderdale Florida 33316 |
| Country: | USA |
| Products: | .travel TLD |
| Website: | http://www.travel.travel |
| Key People | |
| Edward Cespedes, President & CEO Patricia Vigilante, Director of Administration Byron Henderson, Advisor of Registry Policy Shameka Griffin, Manager of Customer Care Michael Egan, Board Member[1] | |
Tralliance (a portmanteau of "travel alliance") is the registry for the .travel TLD. .travel meant exclusively for usage by organizations in the travel and tourism industries.[2]
History[edit | edit source]
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.[3]
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),[4] in order to keep the TLD from bankruptcy.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]
Requirements[edit | edit source]
Tralliance requires that, when a .travel domain name is registered, a website with relevant content must be put up within one year of registration.
Registrants must be verified participants in the travel industry. This can include anything from airlines, to public attractions, to ferries, restaurants, bed & breakfast houses, and more.[8]