Reglikedomain industry desk

Domain names closer to fruition — .Travel, .Jobs

News is flowing following ICANN’s latest round of meetings:

“ICANN is pleased to announce the designation of two fresh sponsored Top-Level Domains (sTLDs), .JOBS and .TRAVEL. The ICANN Board approved the designation at the 22nd ICANN International conference in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The notice marks the culmination of the independent evaluation and contract negotiation process for these two sponsored Top-Level Domains that was outlined in an ICANN request that solicited proposals for fresh registries. The fresh registry operators are Employ Media and Tralliance Corporation.

As the process for selecting fresh sponsored Top Level Domain (sTLDs) continues from a pool of ten applications, ICANN has by now entered into commercial and technical negotiations with the following additional candidate registries, .CAT, .POST & .MOBI. Discussions continue among ICANN Board and Staff regarding the evaluation of five additional proposed sponsored Top Level Domains (sTLDs): .ASIA, .MAIL, .TEL, .TEL, & .XXX.

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