With DOMAINfest Global less than two weeks away, the organisers have been spruiking the party element, or more appropriately from a business point of view, the social networking element of the conference. With the weather likely to be mild, the first party is a Polynesian Paradise Party where you will head straight for the golden era of Hollywood on Wednesday night. Then Thursday is the Playboy Mansion blast.

DOMAINfest Global is coming soon, scheduled for 1 to 3 February in Santa Monica with more than 600 people from 30 countries expected to attend along with presenters from around the globe. Highlights of DOMAINfest are presentations by Bob Parsons, (Go Daddy), Ben Mezrich (author) and Dr. Jörg Schweiger (DENIC) as well as the annual PITCHfest contest, two live domain name auctions and evening networking parties

The recent launch of Russia’s Cyrillic top level domain, where over 600,000 domain names have been registered in less than three weeks since its launch, has been touched by scandal.

09|20|2010 1:46 am EDT Latona Cancels TRAFFIC Hong Kong Show by Adam Strong in Categories: Events – 0 Comments Rick Latona announced from his blog that the TRAFFIC Hong Kong show has been cancelled .

08|18|2010 4:08 pm EDT DomainFest NYC 2010 Live Auction Results by Frank Michlick in Categories: Domain Auction – 2 Comments We will be live blogging the auction results of the auctions at the DomainFEST Power Networking Day in New York City. As always we do not guarantee the accuracy of these results.

DomainFest 2011 will be held back in the beautiful Fairmont in Santa Monica Back by popular demand Oversee.Net have announced in the news release below.

The 2011 DOMAINfest conference, held by Oversee.net will return to this year’s venue, the Fairmont Hotel in Santa Monica, again taking up the entire hotel. The event will take place from February 1-3. From the press release: The highlights from last year’s conference included a keynote fireside chat with Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh, plus DomainSponsor’s Pinup Paradise Fundraising Party at the Playboy Mansion, benefiting Jenny McCarthy’s Generation Rescue Foundation