Editor in ChiefPilar Guzmán Frequency8 issues per year Total circulation (December 2013)813,262[1] First issue 1987 CompanyCondé Nast CountryUnited States Based inNew York City LanguageEnglish ISSN0893-9683 Condé Nast Traveler is a luxury and lifestyle travel magazine published by Condé Nast. The magazine has won 25 National Magazine Awards.[2]
The Condé Nast unit of Advance Publications purchased Signature, a magazine for Diners Club members, for $25 million in 1986. The company used it as the basis for Condé Nast Traveler,[3] led by Sir Harold Evans in 1987,[4] with a focus on literary journalism and hard news reporting. As editor in chief, Evans coined the motto "Truth in Travel," which declared that travel industry freebies would not be accepted.
Condé Nast Traveler is currently led by Editor in Chief Pilar Guzman.[5] Ms. Guzman was the founding editor of Cookie magazine from 2005-2009.[6][unreliable source?] Ms. Guzman oversaw the revamp of Martha Stewart Living from 2011-2013, for which the magazine was awarded a National Magazine Award for General Excellence in Lifestyle.[7]
Condé Nast Traveler is produced at Condé Nast's US headquarters at One World Trade Center, New York, NY.
An entirely separate UK edition, Condé Nast Traveller, is produced from Condé Nast's offices at Vogue House in London.
Condé Nast Traveler's main competitors are National Geographic Traveler and Travel + Leisure.