Tralliance Corporation Confirmed By ICANN To Serve As Worldwide Registry for New .travel Internet Domain.NEW DELHI New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. , India -- Tralliance Corporation, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , has been confirmed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers See ICANN. (body, networking) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - (ICANN) The non-profit corporation that was formed to assume responsibility for IP address allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system (ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, www.icann.org) A non-profit, international association founded in 1998 and incorporated in the U.S. It is the successor to IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), which manages Internet addresses, domain names and the huge number ), to serve as the registry for the new .travel (dot travel) sponsored top level Internet domain name An organization's unique name on the Internet. The chosen name combined with a top level domain (TLD), such as .com or .org, also called a "domain extension," makes up the Internet domain name. For example, computerlanguage.com is the domain name for the publisher of this Encyclopedia. that will be exclusive to the travel industry. The designation of Tralliance Corporation to administer the registry for .travel concludes a four year process. Tralliance Corporation will oversee policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental for authentication, registration and administrative support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services , worldwide, for the new top level travel domain. "We anticipate enormous interest and participation by both the global travel and tourism industry and consumers in .travel. This is evidenced by consumer spending Consumer demand or consumption is also known as personal consumption expenditure. It is the largest part of aggregate demand or effective demand at the macroeconomic level. on travel, currently at over 28% of all online purchases which continues to spiral upward," said Tralliance Corporation President and Chief Executive Ronald N. Andruff. "The .travel domain will strengthen consumer confidence in their travel purchases and provide a new, distinct, distribution channel for travel suppliers and sellers who cater to the traveling consumer." The .travel domain registration program will be overseen by Tralliance, in conjunction with the sponsor, The Travel Partnership Corporation (TTPC TTPC Type Transaction Phrase Code TTPC Trans Tunisian Pipeline Company Limited TTPC Time Triggered Protocol Controller ), a non-profit corporation that will assist in policy development. TTPC has more than 100 international travel trade associations already committed to participate, on behalf of their members, in the new domain. Expected to launch in late 2005, the full introduction of .travel will be preceded by a start up period for limited registration of pre-authenticated .travel registrants. The .travel domain will allow the travel industry - which includes, among others, cruise lines
Name Headquarters A'rosa Europe NCL America America AIDA Cruises Europe American Cruise Lines America , transportation services, tour packagers, travel agents, hotels, resorts and destinations - to substantially improve their Internet visibility, communications and transactional capability with travel consumers by lifting their companies out of the anonymity of a .com Web. For consumers, the new .travel directory will efficiently match buyers to a broader range of sellers by delivering more precise results to their online travel queries, resulting in increased purchasing from travel suppliers. About ICANN ICANN, established by the U.S. Department of Commerce in 1998, is responsible for centralizing technical coordination functions of the Internet. ICANN is a non-profit organization that manages and coordinates the domain name system to ensure that it continues to function effectively. A private-public partnership, ICANN is dedicated to preserving the operational stability of the Internet; to promoting competition; to achieving broad representation of global Internet communities; and to developing policy appropriate to its mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes. ICANN, a public benefit, non-profit entity, is the international organization responsible for the management and oversight of the coordination of the Internet domain name system. http://www.icann.org About Tralliance Corporation Tralliance Corporation is a privately held New York corporation that, as the .travel registry, develops products and services to enhance online commerce between consumers and the travel and tourism industries. Designed to serve the global travel and tourism community, the major aims of the .travel sponsored Top Level Domain (sTLD) are improved Internet identity, increased adoption of online technology and enhanced linkages between the industry and its customers. http://www.tralliance.info |
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