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Flipping .TRAVEL

by Bret Fausett at 07:11AM (PST) on November 17, 2004 | Permanent Link | Cosmos | Digg This

Theglobe.com Announces Purchase Option for Tralliance Corporation: "Theglobe.com (OTCBB:TGLO), an Internet communications company, today disclosed a loan and purchase option agreement with Tralliance Corporation. Tralliance Corporation has entered into exclusive technical and commercial negotiations with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to become the registry for the .travel top-level domain."

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Re: Flipping .TRAVEL

by cambler on Wed 17 Nov 2004 08:57 AM PST | Profile | Permanent Link

It says that TheGlobe is exercising an option they've had for almost two years now.

Did Tralliance disclose this in their application?

Furthermore, does TheGlobe adequately represent the Travel community? If not, I can't see how ICANN could award .travel ...

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