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year's
show will run February 11-13, 2010 at the New
Orleans Marriott Hotel on Canal Street
in the French Quarter, just steps from Bourbon
Street. The Marriott is a new venue, replacing the
Westin Canal Place. The conference secured an
exceptionally low room rate for Mardi Gras season at the
Marriott - just $179 a night. The
show will conclude three days before Fat Tuesday (February
16), which is the
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final
day of Mardi Gras festivities that run for approximately
two weeks with dozens of nightly parades highlighting the
celebration.
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The
Executive Director of Domainer Mardi Gras, Michael
Ward, said “Domainers stated that the
inaugural show was a hit and wanted to see it
happen again in 2010. We listened and are moving
forward with putting together a larger than life domainer
extravaganza. In addition to quality
industry panel sessions, and plenty of networking
opportunities, Domainer Mardi Gras will also
provide over the top entertainment, all during
Mardi Gras, that combined will make for an
unbelievable experience.”
Domainers,
publishers, registries, registrars, investors,
domain parking companies, members from the ICANN
community and others are all invited to attend
the event. The theme and agenda for Domainer Mardi
Gras 2010 will be announced in the coming weeks. |
Michael
Ward, Executive Director
Domainer Mardi Gras |
Early
bird conference passes are available now through
October 15th, 2009 at a reduced rate of $795.
In an especially attractive offer, attendees who also stay
at the Marriott can get another $300 discount off
the registration fee. A conference pass gives
attendees access to all conference sessions, meals,
entertainment, including new activities that will be
revealed in the coming weeks, and the popular demand
Bourbon Street balcony party that is back by popular
demand (the photo at the top of this column was taken from
the Parked.com balcony party at this year's
conference).
Domainer
Mardi Gras 2010 is also planning to have specials and
other prizes during the registration process. You
can sign up to receive email alerts and special
notifications at www.DomainerMardiGras.com.
Ward said sponsorship opportunities are also available.
You can email [email protected]
for more information on the show.
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In another conference
note, I was away on vacation when the 2nd annual Domain
Convergence conference was held in Toronto
August 13-14, however the keynote speakers for the
event, Michael Castello and David
Castello, say they were very impressed by the
people they met there.
The Castello Brothers
have developed some of the world's top geodomains,
including PalmSprings.com, Nashville.com
and Acapulco.com, so they were especially
pleased to see the show's focus on development and
selling ads directly to advertisers, a model they
have thrived with. |
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Michael
Castello (left) and David Castello of Castello
Cities Internet Network (CCIN.com)
delivering their keynote talk at the Domain
Convergence conference in Toronto. |
David
said the show gave he and Michael, who are building their
many prime generic .com domains (including Whisky.com,
DayCare.com and Bullion.com) into global
brands, some great insight into the opportunities in the ccTLD
market. Many of the registrants have achieved excellent
results from developing prime generic .ca (Canada's
country code) domains. Among the examples David cited was Rick
Silver of N49.com
who has attracted a sizeable stable of advertisers to a
network that includes developed sites on such gems as Kitchens.ca,
Flights.ca, Printing.ca and dozens of
others.
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