TRAVEL

Zone Info

.TRAVEL and is a so-called generic Top-Level-Domain (gTLD) for operators of the travel and tourism industry.

Zone Use

The .TRAVEL TLD will be the online community for operators of the travel and tourism industry.

Characters

• Minimum: 3
• Maximum: 63
• Letters and numbers
• Hyphens ("-"), however not at the beginning or directly in front of the TLD

Domain Registration

.TRAVEL domains can be registered online through webinterface

X-TRAVEL-UIN

In order to register .TRAVEL domains the registrant has to provide a UIN "Unique Identification Number". The UIN can be provided to the registrant through an Association Authentification Partner (further information can be found at http://www.travel.travel/index.php/authenticate-register/).

Please note, that a .TRAVEL domain has to be used for a website displaying travel content relevant to the domain name, or in such other manner (such as email) that the Registry may approve after review within 60 days upon registration. If it is not the registry may revoke the registration of the domain.

Change of Registrant

Registrant changes for .TRAVEL domains can be done online. Necessary for this action is the new X-TRAVEL-UIN of the new owner.

Domain Renewal

TRAVEL domains can be renewed through the webinterface.

Restrictions

Name registration is limited to names to which the travel organisation holds rights to, or uses in their business. In the following some examples:

• Incorporation (legal) Name/Partnership Name/Individual Name
• Doing Business As; Trade Name; or Business Name
• Domain Name as used in a URL
• Trade Mark
• Service Mark
• Product Name
• Club or Association Name
• Transport Vessel Name
• Competition/Event Name
• Division Name
• Subsidiary Name
• Acronyms (must be only the first letter of the primary words of the name)

Eligibility is verified by the .travel Registry reviewing information provided by the applicant to determine that the applicant is primarily carrying on business or operations in the travel industry. .TRAVEL can be registered if your entitiy belongs to one fo the following Travel Sectors:

• Airlines
• Attractions/Theme Parks
• Bed & Breakfast Houses
• Bus/Taxi/Limousine Operators
• Camp Facility Operators
• Vehicle Rental Companies/Airport Specialty Car Park Companies Computer Reservation/Travel Technology Provider
• Convention & Visitor's Bureaus
• Cruise Lines
• Ferries
• Hotels/Resorts/Casinos
• National Tourism Offices
• Passenger Rail Lines
• Restaurants
• Tour Operators
• Travel Agents
• Travel Media
• Travel-Consumer and Market Research Organizations

Transfers

.TRAVEL Domain-Transfers are possible. Upon successfully transfering a domain, it is automatically renewed for one year. The registration period is extended by one year.

Transfer procedure

• After the transfer has been requested, our backend system sends a confirmation email to the Owner/Admin-C according to the WHOIS of the respective domain. In order to initiate the transfer successfully it is important, that this email is confirmed.
• After confirmation the transfer is initiated through the official registry and the losing registrar will receive the transfer request.
• The losing registrar will also send an email to the Owner/Admin-C. allowing him/her to deny the transfer. If you do not respond to the email of the losing registrar, then the transfer will get processed successfully after 5 days.

If the Email-Address in the WHOIS is invalid, then the transfer cannot be processed.If this is the case, then kindly contact your current registrar and ask him to update the WHOIS information accordingly.

Transfer notes

• A .TRAVEL Domain Transfer must be initiated with a so-called "Authorisation Code", which can be obtained from the current registrar through the owner or Admin-C of the domain. The Authorisation Code has to be given in a special form with the UIN (see example below).
• Ensure that your respective domain does not have a lock-status (REGISTRAR-LOCK or HOLD). This can be seen in the WHOIS. If the domain is locked, then the owner can demand that this be unlocked.
• Please note that we are only allowed to initiate a gTLD transfer after confirmation of the "ICANN Form of Authorization" by the current registrant. The policies can be viewed under http://www.icann.org/transfers/

A transfer of a .TRAVEL domain will usually take 5 to 10 days.