Travel Weekly
| Type | News Media |
|---|---|
| Format | Digital Media Newspaper Events |
| Owner(s) | Northstar Travel Group[1] |
| Editor | Arnie Weissmann[2] |
| Founded | October 1958 |
| Headquarters | Secaucus, New Jersey |
| ISSN | 0041-2082 |
| Website | www |
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Travel Weekly (1958) is a United Stated news media platform and the travel industry's premier resource for breaking U.S. and international news, destination information, hotel headlines, cruise itineraries, travel trends and in-depth industry research.
TW's portfolio of products and services includes:
- Content related to sales, marketing and distribution of travel products, with particular focus on the travel advisor community.
- Digital content via TravelWeekly.com
- 51 annual, printed issues of Travel Weekly magazine, along with a Preview issue, which features opinion and predictions for the year ahead,
- 13 e-newsletters featuring specific destination and news topics
The brand also produces a number of events, including CruiseWorld,[3] Global Travel Marketplace,[4] Leadership Forums[5] and an annual Readers Choice Awards dinner.[6]
The title also maintains social media accounts on Twitter,[7] Facebook[8] and Instagram.[9] Its main website features news articles and analysis, videos, photos, interviews, opinion pieces and other items that are geared toward travel advisors and executives on the sales and marketing end of the travel business.
It is owned by Northstar Travel Group.
History[edit]
Travel Weekly was launched in 1958 in New York City by Irwin Robinson, the editor and publisher. The newspaper combined two previous publications, Travel Items and Travel Courier. The first issue of Travel Weekly was published on October 21, 1958.
- In 1966, Ziff-Davis bought Travel Weekly from Robinson Publications.
- Less than two decades later, Rupert Murdoch bought Ziff-Davis' travel-related publications and renamed them Murdoch Magazines. Included were Travel Weekly, Hotel & Travel Index,[10] Official Hotel & Resort Guide and Meetings & Conventions.[11]
- In 1989, Reed International purchased Travel Weekly, Meetings & Conventions and the hotel directories, and grouped them under Reed Travel Group.
- In 1998, Reed Travel Group was restructured, and the magazine because part of Cahners Travel Group within Cahners Business Information.
- Reed Elsevier sold the group in 2001 to Boston Ventures, which renamed it Northstar Travel Media.
- In 2007, the company headquarters relocated from 500 Plaza Drive in Secaucus, N.J., to 100 Lighting Way, where it remains today.
- On July 9, 2012, Northstar Travel Media (Travel Weekly's parent company) announced that it had been acquired by Wicks Group.[12]
- In 2014, Northstar Travel Media acquired Travel Weekly Asia and Travel Weekly China from Contineo Media.[13]
- In 2016, Wasserstein Partners (now Eagletree Capital) acquired Northstar Travel Media (now Northstar Travel Group) from Wicks Group.[14]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Northstar Travel Group". Northstar Travel Group.
- ↑ https://www.travelweekly.com/Arnie-Weissmann
- ↑ https://www.cruiseworldshow.com/
- ↑ https://www.gtmflagship.com/
- ↑ https://www.travelweekly.com/Media/Highlights-from-the-2019-Travel-Weekly-Hawaii-Leadership-Forum
- ↑ https://www.travelweekly.com/Readers-Choice-2019
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TWtravelnews
- ↑ "Travel Weekly - Secaucus, NJ - Newspaper, Travel Agency". Facebook. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Finley, Carrie (2012-11-01). "Travel Weekly Hotel Search Powered by Hotel & Travel Index- Hotel Reviews, Rates, GDS Reservation Codes". Hotelandtravelindex.travelweekly.com. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
- ↑ "Meetings And Conventions". Meetings-conventions.com. 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
- ↑ retrieved July 13, 2012
- ↑ Northstar Travel Media Expands into Asia With Acquisition
- ↑ [2]
External links[edit]
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- North Star Travel Group
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