.orientexpress domain extension

.orientexpress is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) that was originally slated for Orient Express, the famous luxury train service. The domain was never actually deployed in the internet's root zone, and it was revoked fairly quickly. The sponsor for .orientexpress was not assigned in the final record. Because it never went live, there are no registration eligibility rules or usage restrictions to report. This TLD was essentially stillborn, a case where a brand applied for its own dot-brand gTLD but the delegation did not stick. The IANA record shows a short timeline: it was registered in June 2016, delegated a few days later, then revoked in April 2017, and the record was last updated that same month. So .orientexpress is a reminder that not every gTLD application results in a working domain extension.