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Date/Time: Wed, November 15, 2000 at 4:15 PM GMT
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Subject: ".travel" support from International Business Travel Organisation

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on behalf of Mr. Glyn Farrell -- President of IBTA :

International Business Travel Organisation has fourteen member countries (Australia-TABTA,Austria -ABTA, Canada -CBTA, Denmark -ATM, Finland -FBTA, France -AFCV, Luxembourg -LABT, The Netherlands -NATM, Norway - NTMA, Spain -AGVE, Sweden -SBTA, U.K. and Ireland -ITM.USA -NBTA

-FBTA in Finland supports IATA's proposal to sponsor a travel TLD.  TLD 'travel' is a good idea and that IATA would well qualify to be the sponsor being a not-for-profit, neutral and global travel industry association.

- There is a great value in the security offered by a .travel address.  What does it cost?  In the end, it will be the consumer who pays for this security and without doubt also willing to do so, but how much?

- This is an eminently sensible and exciting move as it will protect the industry, IATA being the appropriate body in terms of a watchdog over the travel industry.  This will have distinct benefits for the travel industry, to be registered via IATA, and have benefits for consumors in terms of the purchase of travel over the internet.  This is really an issue of ownership and it is prudent that it is owned by IATA.

Kind regards.

Yours sincerely,

/s/

Caroline Prescot
IBTA Secretariat
      
     

 


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