Conde Nast Traveler

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.

Condé Nast's previous Signature magazine was used as the source of many of the magazine's initial subscribers.

In 1992, the subscribers of European Travel & Life, owned by K-III Magazines, were purchased by Condé Nast for Condé Nast Traveler. 

Condé Nast Traveler has stated that the phrase "Truth in Travel" serves as the "guiding principle" of the magazine. 

The principle promises that the magazine's contributors receive pay only from the magazine, and not from members of the tourist industry. 

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.