| Rivercruising.com for sale

internet domain name

rivercruising.com is on sale for

a whopping $250,000 as part of

a portfolio of website addresses

being promoted by Tony Wilson,

the former owner of the defunct

Global Travel Corporation which

collapsed about seven years ago.

Wilson this week circulated

an email promoting 242

“domain names for sale or

rent,” – and cruising features

prominently, with names such as

RiverCruisingAsia.com for $4,950,

RiverCruisingUSA.com for $3,650,

NewZealandCruising.com for

$3,950 and CruisingTheRhine.com,

also for $3,950.

Domain names operated by

Wilson’s former company, which

was placed into administration

with debts of more than $3m in Oct 2008 are also on offer incl

globaltravelcorporation.com for

an equally hefty $19,950.

Former businesses operating

under Global Travel Corporation’s

umbrella included Drive Travel,

Motorhomes Worldwide and

Canal Boat Holidays.

A plethora of websites in line

with these brands are also on sale.

Globalcars.com is offered for

$19,950; MotorhomesDirect.com

is priced at $4,950, while

CruisingCanals.com is going for a

bargain at just $1,250.

Perhaps opportunistically,

Wilson is also asking $9,950 for

TravelCorporation.com.

One of the highest prices ever

paid for a domain name was $11

million for Hotels.com, while

British website cruise.co.uk

paid about US$1.1 million in FOR TRIPLE OFFER in focus for Merricks

2008 for just an extra ‘s’ when it purchased cruises.co.uk – and the same goup also paid US$81,000 in 2012 for cruises.co.