Condé Nast Traveler
| Executive Editor | Klara Glowczewksa |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Total circulation (June 2012) |
807,160[1] |
| First issue | 1953 |
| Company | Condé Nast |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York City |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.cntraveler.com |
| ISSN | 0893-9683 |
Condé Nast Traveler is an American magazine published by Condé Nast. The magazine was founded in 1987, with Harold Evans serving as its first editor-in-chief.[2] Condé Nast's previous Signature magazine was used as the source of many of the magazine's initial subscribers.[3] In 1992, the subscribers of European Travel & Life, owned by K-III Magazines, were purchased by Condé Nast for Condé Nast Traveler.[4]
Under its founding editor, Sir Harold Evans, Condé Nast Traveler won four National Magazine Awards, including one for General Excellence (1991). His successor as editor-in-chief, Thomas J. Wallace, secured two more NMAs during his tenure, which ended in 2005. Klara Glowczewksa is the current editor-in-chief of the magazine, and has been since she was appointed in January 2005.[5]
Condé Nast Traveler has stated that the phrase "Truth in Travel" serves as the "guiding principle" of the magazine.[6] The principle promises that the magazine's contributors receive pay only from the magazine, and not from members of the tourist industry.[6] In addition to writing and photography about various popular as well as exotic locales, the magazine also rates travel destinations and travel facilities such as hotels and airlines. The ratings emerge primarily from the annual readers' survey, which results in the Readers' Choice Awards (RCA) and a variety of other survey-based awards published throughout the year. Since its inception under Mr. Evans in 1988, the RCA and the spin-off Gold List have become a popular feature with readers as well as a powerful encomium in the travel industry.
The magazine has predictable annual features. Every December, the Gold List is published. Every February, top reader-rated cruise ships. Every April (or June), top reader-rated golf resorts. Every May, "hot" new hotels, restaurants, and spas. Every June (or April), top reader-rated spas. Every August, favored travel agents, including both generalists and those who specialize in particular activities or regions, under the heading "Wendy Perrin's Top Travel Specialists." Every September, a complex of winners, finalists, and runners-up called "World Savers." Every October, top reader-rated business hotels and airlines. Every November, the RCA. Every December, top ski resorts.
Every month the magazine includes a "Where Are You?" contest wherein readers have to guess the pictured location based on cryptic clues; each monthly winner wins $1,000 and is entered into the annual grand prize drawing for a $10,000 holiday. The most enduring regular feature, which has always occupied the final page of the magazine, "Room with a View" consists of a photograph taken from the window or balcony of a well-situated hotel room, with text about the hotel or the destination.
Condé Nast Traveler is produced at Condé Nast's U.S. headquarters at 4 Times Square, New York, NY. The magazine maintains an online site and offers apps for download on mobile devices.[7]
An entirely separate U.K. edition, Condé Nast Traveller, is produced from Condé Nast's offices at Vogue House in London. It is distinguished not only by use of the British spelling of the operative word, but by marked differences in format, content, and particularly design.
References [edit]
- ^ "eCirc for Consumer Magazines". Alliance for Audited Media. June 30, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
- ^ Fisher, Marc (1 June 1997). "Conde Nast's First-Class Journey". Washington Post. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ Fabrikant, Geraldine (11 August 1987). "Advertising; CONDE NAST MAGAZINE ON TRAVEL". New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ Carmody, Deirdre (23 April 1992). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; European Travel & Life Magazine Is Closed". New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ "Klara Glowczewska". Condé Nast. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Truth in Travel". Condé Nast Traveler. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ "Mobile Apps". Condé Nast Traveler. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
External links [edit]
- Condé Nast Traveler US site
- Condé Nast Traveller UK site
- Condé Nast Traveller India site
- Condé Nast Traveler History and Content
- Magazine Readership
- Wendy Perrin's Top Travel Specialists of 2008
