However, the MarkMonitor report shows that hotel brands are becoming a victim of their own success, as channel partners have effectively started competing against them for their own customers. That's the message from a recent study by MarkMonitor...
There's no confirmation that Google is the new owner, but that's largely because the new registrant is MarkMonitor – a company that registers on behalf of other groups, including large companies, so the domain registrant can keep their anonymity.
Google often "holds" domains (before something new is launcehd) with a service named Data Docket and registers the domain through MarkMonitor. The Searchblog post, "Google Going P2P? points out what might be about a possible clue into what Google's...
MarkMonitor It's not only a great look at how the domain name industry works but also shares info about what info Google has access to as a domain name registrar. The company became a registrar in February 2005.
