The Outside Sales Support Network (OSSN)strongly
objects to the consideration of the International Air Transport Association (IATA)
proposal to manage the .travel TLD.OSSN supports the recommendations of ICANN's
evaluation team that IATA's proposal raises "significant representativeness issues"
and, therefore, should not be considered by the ICANN Board of Directors this week.
As
stated, IATA "will never be a broadly based representative of the diverse global
travel industry."
IATA, as always, gives its primary loyalty to the 275 airlines
around the world that comprise its membership and not the "675,000 to 759,000 potential
registrants" claimed in IATA's proposal will carry the greatest weight in future
binding decisions involving the awarding of .travel registrations.
OSSN appreciates
ICANN's efforts to solicit as much public comment as possible on the new TLD applications,
and we offer our complete and absolute support to the ICANN evaluation team's recommendation
NOT to approve IATA's .travel application.
Gary M. Fee
President
Outside
Sales Support Network (OSSN)
1340 U.S. Highway One, Ste 102
Jupiter, FL 33469
ossn@ossn.com
Founded in 1990, OSSN is an 5,500 member industry trade association
that provides education, training and support for sellers of travel in the travel
industry.