American Express Publishing Corporation is an authoritative content company primed to deliver lifestyle expertise that informs choices, enriches perspectives, and empowers affluent and accomplished people - and the businesses that serve them - to make decisions and lead extraordinary lives.

A wholly-owned subsidiary of American Express Company, American Express Publishing magazine brands are
Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, Departures, Travel + Leisure Family, Executive Travel, and Black Ink. The company also produces a variety of travel, cooking, wine, time management books and products, creates online content, operates luxury-marketing events, and creates custom print and online programs for clients.

American Express Publishing Corporation is a subsidiary of American Express Company. American Express is a leading global payments, network, and travel company founded in 1850 with operations in over 130 countries around the globe. To learn more about the history of American Express, visit www.americanexpress.com.

The brands of American Express Publishing have established multiple charitable initiatives to raise public awareness and support for a diverse range of important platforms. By leveraging the power of our brands, these ongoing efforts have been able to address issues as varied as increasing access to locally and sustainably grown foods and encouraging environmentally responsible travel. Some of our ongoing programs include:

Grow for Good

Food & Wine Grow for Good, is a national initiative dedicated to supporting local farms and encouraging sustainable agriculture. To celebrate the 25th Food & Wine Classic in Aspen in June 2007, Food & Wine launched this national campaign to increase consumer access to locally- and sustainably-grown foods. The campaign was created to raise $1 million over a multi-year period for nonprofit partners dedicated to supporting small- and medium-sized farms and creating demand for locally-grown foods. In its first year, Grow for Good raised more than $400,000 for Farm to Table, a national initiative of Earth Pledge. For the campaigns second year, Food & Wine has selected Wholesome Wave Foundation as its new beneficiary. > MORE

Global Vision Awards

Travel + Leisure's Global Vision Awards recognize people and organizations that have made significant contributions to the cultural, ecological, and historical treasures of the travelers world since 2005. Categories include Economic Development, Cultural Preservation, Community Outreach, Green/Eco-hotel Initiative, Ecological Conservation, Innovation, and Corporate Initiative.

1850 -

Parent company American Express founded in Buffalo, NY.

1968 -

American Express Corporation acquires 31-year-old U.S. Camera & Travel; three years later, in 1971, it is renamed Travel + Leisure and goes on to become the world's leading travel magazine.

1978 -

Food & Wine, originally an editorial test within Playboy magazine, is acquired by the company and debuts with the May 1978 issue.

1980 -

American Express produces its first appointment book exclusively for American Express Cardmembers, moves it to the Publishing company, and it goes on to become the largest calendar program of its kind in the world.

SkyGuide, a flight reference directory, premieres to serve the important audience segment of frequent business travelers.

1981 -

Travel + Leisure receives its first nomination as a General Excellence National Magazine award finalist by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME), and later receives three subsequent nominations.

1982 -

Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, America's premier culinary event featuring three days of world-class cooking demonstrations, wine tastings, seminars, and panel discussions with top chefs and wine experts, launches. Today, American Express Publishing creates events for both consumers and clients across multiple passion points within the affluent market space.

1984 -

American Express Publishing launches its first book series under the Food & Wine banner, bringing high-quality cookbooks to epicureans with a discriminating palette. Today, the division has more than 15 books in print across multiple lifestyle categories. These titles are available at retail and direct business channels; American Express Publishing also has partnerships with Time Inc. Home Entertainment and Dorling Kindersley.

1985 -

Departures, the luxury lifestyle magazine, is launched as an exclusive benefit for American Express Platinum Card and Centurion members.

1986 -

Food & Wine receives its first nomination for an ASME National Magazine award for the Single Topic issue category.

1988 -

Food & Wine establishes its Best New Chefs awards at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen. As of today,
Food & Wine has named 250 Best New Chefs, many of whom have gone on to become household names, including Thomas Keller, Thomas Collichio, Todd English, and Daniel Boulud.

1993 -

American Express, the parent company of American Express Publishing, and Time Inc. enter into a management services agreement, which enables American Express Publishing to benefit from the largest U.S. Publishers vast publishing expertise, resources and relationships.

1995 -

Travel + Leisure kicks off its Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards platform which surveys readers favorite hotels, spas, airlines, cruise lines, outfitters, cities, and islands around the world.

1997 -

American Express Publishing launches websites for each magazine.

1998 -

American Express Publishing debuts Travel + Leisure Golf, covering all of the elements of the affluent golf lifestyle from top destinations and the world's best courses to golf fashion and the latest in equipment.

American Express Publishing also expands the Travel + Leisure brand with the debut of
Travel + Leisure Family, the first publication of its kind to speak to sophisticated parents who consider traveling with their children to be the ideal shared experience. Travel + Leisure Family continues its dedication to family travel as a supplement and as an online resource.

2000 -

American Express Publishing launches Travel + Leisure Elite Traveler, the first of our six affinity clubs which deliver extraordinary customer value and access. Today, there are six such affinity services across our multiple brands serving more than 720,000 consumers.

2002 -

American Express Publishing launches its first international edition with Travel + Leisure en Espanol. Across the Travel + Leisure, Departures, and Food & Wine brands, we now have 21 editions that serve readers in more than 50 territories across the globe.

2004 -

Executive Travel magazine launches in May as the successor to the SkyGuide flight directory supplement Go. It serves over 100,000 business travelers as the definitive source for business travel information.

American Express Publishing unveils the first no-name magazine in the industry, created as an exclusive benefit for the elite American Express Centurion member. Three years later, in 2007, the company names this one-of-a-kind quarterly Black Ink.