Arnie Weissmann

Arnie Weissmann, Editor in Chief, Travel Weekly and Executive Vice President/Editorial Director, Northstar Travel Group, Based in Secaucus, New Jersey, USA.
www.travelweekly.com

Arnie's Full Bio:
Arnie Weissmann is editor in chief of Travel Weekly, the trusted source of news, research, analysis and opinion for the U.S. travel industry. He also serves as executive vice president/editorial director for its parent company, Northstar Travel Group.

Weissmann began in consumer media, publishing in dozens of national outlets, from the Washington Post to the LA Times. He entered business-to-business publishing after launching Weissmann Travel Reports, which provides frequently updated, unbiased profiles of every country in the world (now incorporated into Northstar product Travel42.) He also authored a geography textbook and served as publisher of critical hotel and destination guides for the travel industry in the U.S. and U.K.

Weissmann licensed destination content to America Online and AT&T, among others. After selling his company to Reed Elsevier, he was named group publisher for Star Service, Official Hotel Guide Worldwide and a dozen OAG-branded publications in the UK.

In 1999, he became senior advisor for business development for Northstar Travel Group, and was appointed editor in chief of Travel Weekly in October 2001.

Weissmann is seen regularly on PBS as a contributor to the television program “The Travel Detective.” His commentary has appeared on CBS, NBC, CNN, BBC and Sky News television, as well as NPR, SiriusXM and Monocle radio. He has been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Toda. Weissmann is on the board of the non-profit Tourism Cares and has been a repeat guest lecturer at Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.

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