Condé Nast Traveler
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Condé Nast Traveler is a US magazine
published by Condé Nast
. It has its origins in a mailing sent out by the Diners Club club beginning in 1953, listing locations that would take the card. It began taking advertising in 1955. In order to attract more advertisers, it became a full-fledged magazine, The Diners Club Magazine, in 1960. It later took the name Signature. Condé Nast bought Signature in 1986, and relaunched it under its current name the next year. In 1992, European Travel & Life magazine was purchased and incorporated.
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.
The subtitle of the magazine is "Truth in Travel," although the high-end magazine consistently features the best hotels in the world, the advertisements are almost exclusively for luxury
brands, including Chanel
, Bulgari
, Jaguar
, Mercedes
, and Dolce and Gabbana, and a portion of its space is aimed at business
travelers.
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 hotel
s and airline
s. 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 January, the Gold List is published. Every February, top reader-rated cruise ships. Every April (or June), top reader-rated spas. Every May, "hot" new hotels, restaurants, and spas. Every June (or April), top reader-rated golf resorts. 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. Every November, the RCA. Every December, top ski resorts. Using the survey results and other editorial products, the magazine began producing apps for iPads and iPhones in 2010.
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 digital magazine resides at concierge.com, a part of Condé Nast Digital. Concierge.com does not adhere to the "Truth in Travel" policy, which forbids contributors from accepting complimentary accommodations, meals, or transportation. The magazine also has a Web presence at truth.travel, which was conceived, developed, and edited by Peter Kaplan
during his second tenure at the magazine (2009-2010).
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.
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
published by Condé Nast
Condé Nast Publications
Condé Nast, a division of Advance Publications, is a magazine publisher. In the U.S., it produces 18 consumer magazines, including Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Vogue, as well as four business-to-business publications, 27 websites, and more than 50 apps...
. It has its origins in a mailing sent out by the Diners Club club beginning in 1953, listing locations that would take the card. It began taking advertising in 1955. In order to attract more advertisers, it became a full-fledged magazine, The Diners Club Magazine, in 1960. It later took the name Signature. Condé Nast bought Signature in 1986, and relaunched it under its current name the next year. In 1992, European Travel & Life magazine was purchased and incorporated.
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.
The subtitle of the magazine is "Truth in Travel," although the high-end magazine consistently features the best hotels in the world, the advertisements are almost exclusively for luxury
Luxury good
Luxury goods are products and services that are not considered essential and associated with affluence.The concept of luxury has been present in various forms since the beginning of civilization. Its role was just as important in ancient western and eastern empires as it is in modern societies...
brands, including Chanel
Chanel
Chanel S.A. is a French fashion house founded by the couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, well established in haute couture, specializing in luxury goods . She gained the name "Coco" while maintaining a career as a singer at a café in France...
, Bulgari
Bulgari
Bulgari is an Italian jeweler and luxury goods retailer which has been owned by the French firm LVMH since October 2011. The trademark is usually written "BVLGARI" in the classical Latin alphabet , and is derived from the surname of the company's Greek founder, Sotirio Voulgaris...
, Jaguar
Jaguar
The jaguar is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Southern United States and Mexico...
, Mercedes
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
, and Dolce and Gabbana, and a portion of its space is aimed at business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
travelers.
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 hotel
Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
s and airline
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...
s. 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 January, the Gold List is published. Every February, top reader-rated cruise ships. Every April (or June), top reader-rated spas. Every May, "hot" new hotels, restaurants, and spas. Every June (or April), top reader-rated golf resorts. 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. Every November, the RCA. Every December, top ski resorts. Using the survey results and other editorial products, the magazine began producing apps for iPads and iPhones in 2010.
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
Condé Nast Publications
Condé Nast, a division of Advance Publications, is a magazine publisher. In the U.S., it produces 18 consumer magazines, including Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Vogue, as well as four business-to-business publications, 27 websites, and more than 50 apps...
's U.S. headquarters at 4 Times Square, New York, NY. The digital magazine resides at concierge.com, a part of Condé Nast Digital. Concierge.com does not adhere to the "Truth in Travel" policy, which forbids contributors from accepting complimentary accommodations, meals, or transportation. The magazine also has a Web presence at truth.travel, which was conceived, developed, and edited by Peter Kaplan
Peter Kaplan
Peter Kaplan is the former Editor-In-Chief of the New York Observer, a weekly newspaper. He wrote the introduction to the book The Kingdom of New York....
during his second tenure at the magazine (2009-2010).
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.