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ICANN reveals ".travel" sponsor is a front
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With regard to the assertion that there was a "secret deal at least as early as 2001" - I was on ICANN's Board of Directors in 2001. During my term I do not remember that there ever was any discussion of .travel during that time. Of course, ICANN does have its inner sanctum - the Executive Committee of the Board - to which I was not privy. Nor were the acts of "staff" particularly visible to the board.
In other words, what I am saying is that I don't think there was any such "secret deal" at the Board Level. Although I don't think it likely, in fact I consider it highly unlikely, I do not have any information to rule out conclusively any understanding by other elements of ICANN.
Nevertheless I had a general impression, based on more of a feeling than on concrete events and facts, that if any new TLD was going to be approved by ICANN, it would be .travel - In other words, although I could not point to it, I did have a sense that the skids for launching .travel were well lubricated.
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