The .hotel Top-Level Domain Eligibility Policies (draft version)

The .hotel top-level domain is designed to serve the the hotel industry and business and its customers worldwide. It is planned that it’s second-level domains such as www.oriental.hotel will be available for registration to all organizations directly associated within global hotel business on a local, national and international level. The registration of .hotel domains shall be exclusively limited to the following hotel community categories.

• Individual Hotels
• Hotel Chains and Hotel Marketing organizations
• International, national and local Associations representing Hotels and Hotel Associations
• Other Organizations representing Hotels and Hotel Owners

It is under discussion with hotel industry leaders how other organizations and stakeholders principally involved in hotel industry supply, education, media and management and other business areas will be able to register .hotel domain names. These stakeholders may include:

• Hotel Schools, Universities & Educational Centres
• Hotel Managers Organizations
• Hotel Industry Publications
• Hotel Booking and Online Distribution Platform
• Hotel Property Technology
• Hotel Revenue Optimization
• Hotel Safety and Security
• Hotel Quality, Health and Food
• Hotel Taxation, Legal and Consulting
• Convention and Event Management in Hotels
• Other Hotel Suppliers and Providers
• Other Hotel Industry Stakeholders and Supporters

These requirements may be extended or restricted as defined by contract with the domain name system (DNS) supervising organization ICANN. As with other top-level domains the registrant will sign upon registration of a .hotel domain that he belongs to the defined community categories of the hotel industry. All .hotel domains will be subject to a verification procedure.

Any disputes regarding .hotel domains will be resolved under international recognized dispute resolution mechanisms as mentioned by ICANN at http://www.icann.org/en/udrp