Travel + Leisure

Travel + Leisure is an American travel media brand whose core product is a consumer magazine and a large digital publishing operation devoted to travel, destinations, hotels, food, and lifestyle. The brand was founded in 1937 as a magazine aimed at affluent travelers and has since grown into a multi-platform media property spanning print, web, social video, newsletters, and licensed products. Its editorial identity rests on destination reporting, hotel and cruise reviews, photography, and service journalism for leisure travelers. The brand's best-known franchise is the annual World's Best Awards, a reader-survey program that ranks hotels, airlines, cruise lines, cities, and islands. These rankings are widely cited in the travel industry and are used by hospitality companies in their marketing. Travel + Leisure also publishes city and regional guides, special-interest issues, and a book line, and it has extended its name into licensed goods and travel-related partnerships. Ownership has changed several times. The title was long part of Time Inc.'s magazine portfolio; after Time Inc. was acquired by Meredith Corporation in 2018, the brand became part of the Meredith magazine group. When Meredith sold its magazine business to IAC in 2021, Travel + Leisure moved into Dotdash Meredith, the IAC-owned publisher formed from Dotdash and the former Meredith titles. Under Dotdash Meredith the brand operates as a digital-first publisher alongside sister titles such as People, Better Homes & Gardens, and Food & Wine. Travel + Leisure competes with other travel media brands such as Condé Nast Traveler and Afar, and with online travel platforms for consumer attention. Its positioning is aspirational but practical: high-end photography and destination inspiration combined with service advice and reader-generated rankings. The brand's audience is primarily North American, with international reach through its website and syndicated content.

Travel + Leisure began in 1937 as a U.S. consumer magazine aimed at affluent travelers, publishing destination features, hotel and restaurant coverage, and photography. Over the following decades it established itself as one of the leading American travel titles, and its reader-survey rankings, eventually branded the World's Best Awards, became a widely cited industry benchmark. The magazine was long owned by Time Inc., the major American magazine publisher. In 2018 Meredith Corporation acquired Time Inc., folding Travel + Leisure into the Meredith magazine portfolio alongside titles such as People, Better Homes & Gardens, and Southern Living. Meredith's strategy combined traditional magazine publishing with a growing digital and licensing business. In 2021 IAC acquired Meredith's magazine business, and the former Meredith titles were combined with IAC's Dotdash digital publishing operation to form Dotdash Meredith. Travel + Leisure thus became part of a digital-first publisher, with its website and e-commerce content growing in importance relative to the print magazine. The brand continued to publish its magazine and its annual World's Best Awards while expanding video, newsletters, and shopping content. Today Travel + Leisure operates as a multi-platform travel media brand within Dotdash Meredith, competing with Condé Nast Traveler and other travel publishers and with online travel platforms for audience and advertising revenue.

• 2021

  IAC acquires Meredith's magazine business; Travel + Leisure becomes part of Dotdash Meredith.

• 2018

  Meredith Corporation acquires Time Inc., bringing Travel + Leisure into the Meredith magazine portfolio.

• 1937

  Travel + Leisure launches as a U.S. travel magazine.

Aspirational yet practical travel media for affluent leisure travelers, built on destination inspiration, expert reviews, and reader-voted rankings.

• Travel + Leisure magazine

  Monthly consumer travel magazine covering destinations, hotels, food, and lifestyle.

• World's Best Awards

  Annual reader-survey rankings of hotels, airlines, cruise lines, cities, and islands.

• Travelandleisure.com

  Digital destination with destination guides, reviews, and shopping content.

1. 1Travel + Leisure official websitetravelandleisure.com
2. 2Mahekal Beach Resort Earns Coveted Travel + Leisure 2021 World's Best Awardsprnewswire.com
3. 3Travel + Leisure and Wyndham plan to grow the Sports Illustrated Resorts brand (TNL:NYSE) - Seeking Alphanews.google.com
4. 4Travel Leisure Launches Online Trip Booking Functionality and Subscription Membershipsnbcsandiego.com
5. 5Wyndham Destinations Acquires Travel + Leisure Brandftnnews.com
6. 6Wyndham Destinations acquires Travel + Leisure in $100 million dealorlandosentinel.com