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.

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2026.10.13

  Travel + Leisure and Wyndham plan to grow the Sports Illustrated Resorts brand[2]Travel + Leisure 与 Wyndham 计划发展 Sports Illustrated Resorts 品牌news.google.com

  Travel + Leisure and Wyndham plan to grow the Sports Illustrated Resorts brand. The available source is headline-only and provides no further details on the growth plan, its scope, or its timing.

• 2021.09.15

  Reported2021.09.15

  Mahekal Beach Resort recognized in Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards[3]Mahekal Beach Resort获《Travel + Leisure》World's Best Awards认可prnewswire.com

  Mahekal Beach Resort was recognized as a No. 5 resort and ranked No. 76 among the world's Top 100 Hotels in Travel + Leisure's annual World's Best Awards, based on reader voting.

• 2021.09.11

  Reported2021.09.11

  Travel + Leisure launches GO and Club travel services[4]Travel + Leisure推出GO与Club旅行服务nbcsandiego.com

  Travel + Leisure introduced Travel + Leisure GO, an online site for booking travel, and Travel + Leisure Club, a paid membership service offering concierge services, discounts, and other benefits.

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2021.01.07

  Wyndham Destinations acquires Travel + Leisure[5]Wyndham Destinations收购Travel + Leisureorlandosentinel.com

  Wyndham Destinations acquired Travel + Leisure from Meredith Corp. in a $100 million deal. The acquisition included the Travel + Leisure name, content, intellectual property, and existing businesses.

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1. 1Travel + Leisure official websitetravelandleisure.com
2. 2Travel + Leisure 与 Wyndham 计划发展 Sports Illustrated Resorts 品牌news.google.com
3. 3Mahekal Beach Resort获《Travel + Leisure》World's Best Awards认可prnewswire.com
4. 4Travel + Leisure推出GO与Club旅行服务nbcsandiego.com
5. 5Wyndham Destinations收购Travel + Leisureorlandosentinel.com
6. 6Wyndham Destinations Acquires Travel + Leisure Brandftnnews.com