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[[Booking.com]] has applied for [[.hotels]], and [[Despegar Online SRL]] has also applied for [[.hoteis]] ("hotels" in Portuguese) and [[.hoteles]] ("hotels" in Spanish).

[[Booking.com]] has applied for [[.hotels]], and [[Despegar Online SRL]] has also applied for [[.hoteis]] ("hotels" in Portuguese) and [[.hoteles]] ("hotels" in Spanish).

===Community Application===

===Community Application===

The applicant pool includes one [[Community TLD|community priority applicant]], [[HOTEL Top-Level-Domain S.a.r.l]]. Registration would be restricted to hotels, hotel chains, hotel associations, and marketing or other representative organizations that work directly for hotels and hotel chains. The applicant is a member of 4 hotel associations, which support its application; the CEO of [[HOTEL Top-Level-Domain S.a.r.l]], [[Johannes Lenz-Hawliczek]], serves on the board of directors for the International Hotel & Restaurant Association; and the applicant has secured endorsement from the organizations to which it belongs, and other international and regional hotel associations - with 5 total letters attached to its application.  

The applicant pool includes one [[Community TLD|community priority applicant]], [[HOTEL Top-Level-Domain S.a.r.l]]. Registration would be restricted to hotels, hotel chains, hotel associations, and marketing or other representative organizations that work directly for hotels and hotel chains. The applicant is a member of 4 hotel associations, which support its application; one of CEOs of [[HOTEL Top-Level-Domain S.a.r.l]], [[Johannes Lenz-Hawliczek]], serves on the board of directors for the International Hotel & Restaurant Association; and the applicant has secured endorsement from the organizations to which it belongs, and other international and regional hotel associations - with 5 total letters attached to its application. The other CEO is [[Katrin Ohlmer]].

A post-registration verification process will be put in place; whereby the domain can be registered but not fully implemented until the registrant is authorized as a legitimate member of the hotel community. "For evaluation purposes industry databases will be used, like hotel association databases or other electronically available databases. Within 48 hours after registration started, the registry will provide the evaluation result to the registrar.. Once reviewed the reviewer will confirm or deny the registration."<ref>Application 1-1032-95136</ref>

A post-registration verification process will be put in place; whereby the domain can be registered but not fully implemented until the registrant is authorized as a legitimate member of the hotel community. "For evaluation purposes industry databases will be used, like hotel association databases or other electronically available databases. Within 48 hours after registration started, the registry will provide the evaluation result to the registrar.. Once reviewed the reviewer will confirm or deny the registration."<ref>Application 1-1032-95136</ref>