Europe now has a permanent fixture on the major domaining calendars, at last!

It was announced today that the TRAFFIC domain conference would be returning to Europe in 2010, for two shows.

It is not clear if any of the future shows will be dedicated solely to ccTLDs as was the inaugural European TRAFFIC show held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in earlier this month.

Given the great potential that ccTLDs has to offer, it may be wise to dedicate at least one of the global shows to ccTLDs, or fit in designated sessions in some shows.

I believe the success of the Amsterdam TRAFFIC conference has convinced the organisers that Europe deserves its rightful place on the domaining calendar. The dates and locations have not been set as yet. The timetable is currently as follows:

March/April – Amsterdam

July/August – Either Reykjavik, Barcelona, St Petersburg, Prague or Rome

My preference for the venue of the July/August show will be Prague (as my girlfriend is from Czech Republic) or Barcelona as a second option. Prague is a lovely place and enjoys great sunny weather in the summer. Barcelona is in Spain, is a very scenic city, and has lots to offer, entertainment-wise. Spain, like the Czech Republic has great weather as well.

Yes, the weather is really, really important when you are talking about Europe. It would be a cost, weather and then entertainment options.

London is not on the list of potential 2010 venues. However, from a business perspective that is a good decision. London is a great city, lots of places to visit and lots of things to do. On the other hand, London is a very expensive city. Also, as you would have heard before, even in movies, London is synonymous with bad weather and bad food.

I believe Prague is quite expensive too, when you compare a lot of things.

Although I want to see a show in London one day, and London is quite central, globally, it might be better to get the show entrenched in Europe first.

I don’t know much about Russia and Iceland as they are still on my “places to visit” list.

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