As Founder and former President of the Tralliance Corporation, 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> | As Founder and former President of the Tralliance Corporation, 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> |