Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026

Top 25 Travel guide and publishing companies worldwide

RevenueBase identified 1,117 travel guide and publishing companies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 11,023 professional contacts across them, including 1,346 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.

This list covers travel guide and publishing companies worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026. Country and city lists for travel guide and publishing companies follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
1,117Companies
11,023Contacts tracked
1,346Verified emails
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The 25 largest travel guide and publishing companies worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,117 travel guide and publishing companies worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to travel guide and publishing companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
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1Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200308 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Créateur du concept de City Guide, le Petit Futé est aujourd'hui l'éditeur n°1 en Europe avec plus de 700 titres et des millions d'adresses dans l'univers de la consommation, des…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2Partial evidenceEdmonds, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200174 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Rick Steves' Europe is a multi-faceted travel company that's committed to creating an environment of inclusiveness where every person feels welcome and valued.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Indirect evidenceStuttgart, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500140 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Indirect evidenceMunich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200124 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Im Jahre 1722 gegründet gehören wir als Unternehmen der HarperCollins Verlagsgruppe zu den führenden deutschen Publikumsverlagen im Ratgeber- und Reiseführermarkt.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200123 contacts →

Partial evidence

“APL Media specialises in producing high quality travel and lifestyle content for the consumer and trade.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6Indirect evidenceOstfildern, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500107 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“MAIRDUMONT GmbH & Co.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Strong evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-50104 contacts →

Strong evidence

“AFAR Media's mission is to inspire, guide and enable travelers to have richer, deeper and more fulfilling travel experiences.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20096 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Matador is the world’s largest independent travel publisher, with over 8 million unique monthly visitors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Partial evidenceEl Segundo, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20091 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Fodor's helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insights and tools you need to experience the trips you want.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Indirect evidenceBlackpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20089 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a global marketing company that has specialised in the international luxury hotel and leisure industry for over 25 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20070 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Wcities is a travel and entertainment content publisher founded in 1998 and based in San Francisco, CA.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Indirect evidenceUtrecht, NetherlandsHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5069 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Kosmos Uitgevers is een toonaangevende uitgeverij van informatieve boeken die je leven verrijken.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20065 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Thrillist helps its ever-curious readers, no matter where they are in the world, to discover their next adventure.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Indirect evidenceRotterdam, NetherlandsHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a57 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Al meer dan 25 jaar maakt mo’media boeken voor nieuwsgierige reizigers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Indirect evidenceAugusta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 20261,001-5,00052 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Morris Media Network is the world’s premier publisher of original, expert-driven print and digital content.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Strong evidenceQuito, EcuadorHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5052 contacts →

Strong evidence

“VIVA Travel Guides is revolutionizing the travel publishing industry by uniting professional travel writers, local experts, and travelers to create the world's most up-to-date…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Indirect evidenceDubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5050 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Explorer provides high-end solutions for government agencies, charities, brands, tourism authorities and academic institutions across the UAE.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Partial evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20049 contacts →

Partial evidence

“FVW Medien, Germany's leading travel industry media group with more than 45 years of expertise in tourism, provides widely known and recognized publications.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Strong evidenceSão Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5048 contacts →

Strong evidence

“PANROTAS is the leading travel trade publishing company in Brazil.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20046 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Mappy SA offers route planning services; publishes maps; and supplies tourist and practical information.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Strong evidenceWillowbrook, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5042 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Premier Travel Media connects the group travel industry through publishing and marketing solutions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5041 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Europe's longest-running independent travel magazine, Wanderlust celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2023.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23Indirect evidenceMilano, ItalyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5040 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“La nostra casa editrice, fondata nel 1994 a Milano, prende il nome dallo street paper Terre di mezzo.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24Partial evidenceCovent Garden, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20040 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Stanfords is the UK's leading specialist retailer of maps, travel books and other travel accessories, having been established in 1853 by Edward Stanford.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25Indirect evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5036 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Publishers Weekly recognized ECW Press as one of the most diversified independent publishers in North America.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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Travel guide and publishing companies worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
12.2%Verified-email coverage
9.9Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
3.8%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
768
11-50
263
51-200
54
201-500
9
501-1,000
3
1,001-5,000
3
5,001-10,000
2
10001+
1

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among travel guide and publishing companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage
Every country. Country and city lists for travel guide and publishing companies are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “travel guide and publishing companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names travel guide and publishing companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among travel guide and publishing companies, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,346 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Travel guide and publishing companies by location

6 lists · largest first

Every Travel guide and publishing companies list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

Countries

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names travel guide and publishing companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many travel guide and publishing companies are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 1,117 travel guide and publishing companies worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Petit Futé, headquartered in Paris, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most travel guide and publishing companies?

The United States leads with 177 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (94) and France (89). Every travel guide and publishing companies list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most travel guide and publishing companies?

London leads with 43 headquartered companies, followed by Paris (33) and New York (16).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.