1985 first Internet Domains registered VB.com/1985
1994 Registation of the domain Hotels.com 30-03-1994
1995 / 1996 The first Visitor Bureau,
VBs or CVBs
start to use the prefix "Visit"
1997Luxembourg becomes a Pioneer
in Tourism marketing in the
extended Benelux region.
First registered by the
Luxembourg Promotion office
in
New York the domain
is later adopted by the entire Grand Duchy.
Visit Luxembourg,com
located only 100 km from Koblenz
is one of the first European
sites to adopt the "Visit Style"
2001 Registration of a first
Tourism Promotion domain
koblenz-touristik.de
The domain is linked to
marktplatz-ko.de
2006 VisitKoblenz.com
registered by a domain investor
from Norway that anticipated
the raise of the "Visit" style.
Rather than developping
VisitKoblenz.com
with useful content
the domain
becomes part
of the Vindheim "Spam Link Farm"
redirecting users
to irrelevant content
on
the domain visitNorway.no
Like hundreds of other
hi profile hyphenless
Visit+destination.com domains
VisitKoblenz.com
is polluting the web.
2011Berlin becomes a Pioneer
in Tourism marketing in Germany
Following the example
of other major international cities
the hyphenless domain
VisitBerlin.com registered 2001
is aquired for 230.000 USD
2012 Opening of a Visitors Bureau
on Konrad Adenauer Ufer
facing Deutsches Eck,
the confluence of the Mosel
and Rhine Rivers.
2014 Due to domain renewal charges
The Vindheim domain collection
starts to collaps.
One by one domains
that have a significant value today
lapse.
2014 A domain investor
from Lorraine / France
registeres about 20 lapsed
domains from the Vindheim collectionon
11-06-2014
The list includes visitKoblenz.com
2014 - 2025 VisitKoblenz.com
is listed for sale.
2017 Establishment
of Koblenz Touristik GmbH
an organisation of the city of Koblenz
to promote Tourism
The idea comes up
to use a more international
webadress,
but the hyphenless domain
visitkoblenz.com
is already registered
2020 Registration of a new
never registered domain
adding a "miunus sign"
Visit-Koblenz.com
28-04-2020
2021 Registration of the national domain
Visit-Koblenz.de
Koblenz touristik does not realise
that domains with hypens
are complicated on smartphones
and more and more
Internet Users
search with phones
2025 The domain investor
from Lorraine
does not watch his collection
and many domains lapse
august 2025
Today
There are two Visit Koblenz
- the high profile domain
VisitKoblenz.com
that is listed for sale
- the hyphenated domains
visit-koblenz.com
and visit-koblenz.de
used by Koblenz Touristik
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