.hotel is a new top-level domain extension (such as .com or .us) which is exclusively dedicated to hotels, their organizations and the hotel business worldwide.

.hotel will enable members of the hotel community to register valuable domain names such as www.adlon.hotel, www.nyc.hotel or www.beach.hotel from next year onwards. The .hotel top-level domain will help to solve existing challenges in a strongly growing online hotel business.

The introduction of the .hotel name space (also called top-level domain or domain extension) is supported by a multiplicity of international and national hotel associations and hotel chains as well as by leading suppliers of the hotel business worldwide. The supporters include among many others:

Background: Hotels are more than a temporary home for travellers. They are the meeting and melting point of people from all over the world, from different backgrounds, cultures and languages. Hotels offer a wide variety of services including recreation, luxury and security by which feelings and passion in the hotel guests minds are created.

The .hotel top-level domain supports the hotels’ strengths and enhances the hotel business network worldwide for the benefit of all – from the guests via the hotel to organizations and providers.

We are cooperating with representatives of the global hotel business, international, national and local associations, the Internet community and many other stakeholders around the world to create the .hotel name space.

Please feel welcome to contribute with your ideas and suggestions to the success of the .hotel top-level domain for the hotel business and its customers. To contact our management please follow this link.

For an overview on frequently asked questions please visit our FAQ website:

• Who may register .hotel domain names?
• Which evidence is needed to register a .hotel domain name?
• Where can .hotel domain name be registered?
• Is there a safeguard for trademark holders?
• What are the costs for a .hotel domain name?