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History of the website
and Tourism Marketing
in Washington
Visit Washington.com
Domain registration date: 22-04-1996
VisitWashington.com
is one of four Visit Domains
registered all the same day
by a private Travel operator.
the Winged Victory company.
It was the first time a private Tour Operator
registered a "Visit+destination.com Domain",
not only one,
but four at the same moment.
Timeline
1985 first Internet Domains registered VB.com/1985
1986 The US tour operator Winged Victory company
organized educational travel programs,
especially language and school trips.
They have taken students from hundreds of high schools,
junior high schools and middle schools
on educational trips to New York City,
Washington, D.C., Montreal
and Quebec City.
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"
1995 Registration of the domain
Washington.org 23-04-1995
The Washington, DC
Convention and Visitors Association (WCVA)
and the DC Committee
to Promote Washington (DCCTPW)
launch a tourism website
with a .org URL
Less popular today .org adresses
were common during
the early years of the internet
1996 Registration of the domain
VisitWashington.com
22-04-1996
The 4 domains were registered
in one shot
the same moment
All domain
in particular the county visit
are very valuable today
Destination DC
a private, non-profit
destination marketing organization (DMO)
promotes Washington, D.C.
as a global travel, tourism, and convention destination
using the URL Washington.org
The URL of the website never changed
even though .org is much less common today
than.com
VisitWashington.com
a more prominent domain
is opertade by a private company,
but the website
has much less content
than it's official DMO competitor.
Visit Washington.com
is no
longer connected to VisitCanada.com
Visit Washington.com
roots in the no longer
exisitng Educational Tour Operator
Winged Victory company.
It is one of the first
Tourist Information sites
using the now so popular "Visit" style.
Offers from Expedia
Visit Domains
and Tourist Boards
nearby
coming soon
